LEA — Capsicum annuum

Summary

CaLEA (T459_04090) on pepper chromosome 2 encodes a dehydrin DHN2 protein and is annotated with lipid, phosphoinositide, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidate and metal binding activities. The gene is associated with responses to desiccation, salt, cold, wounding, abscisic acid, osmotic stress, and fungal defence, as well as cold acclimation, embryogenesis, seed development, and virus-induced PTGS. It is linked to freezing and cold tolerance, drought and salt stress tolerance, osmotic stress response, seedling establishment, membrane stability, and photosynthetic rate. The protein localises to the vesicle membrane, membrane, cytosol, cytoplasm and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to drought tolerance, salt tolerance, ABA signalling, and traits including seed size, fruit weight, water use efficiency, and root architecture.