LEA — Brachypodium distachyon

Summary

BRADI_3G43855V3 (BdLEA) encodes a dehydrin family protein, characterised by a Dehydrin_CS domain and associated with lipid binding, including phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidate, and phosphoinositide binding. In Brachypodium distachyon, this gene is linked to cold acclimation, response to abscisic acid, embryogenesis, and response to thirst. It localises to the vesicle membrane, cytosol, and nucleus. Associations include photosynthetic rate, seedling establishment, drought, seed, salinity stress, and desiccation tolerance. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to winter survival, water stress response, salt and cold tolerance, seed maturation, germination rate, and water use efficiency, though these are not established for BdLEA itself.