LEA — Lactuca sativa

Summary

LsLEA (LSAT_V11C300130930) on lettuce chromosome 3 encodes a dehydrin family protein with a Dehydrin_CS domain and is annotated for phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidate, phosphoinositide, and lipid binding, as well as metal binding. This gene is associated with cellular responses to desiccation, salt, drought, cold, heat, wounding, light stimulus, and ABA signaling, along with embryogenesis, nodulation, and defence response to fungi. It localizes to the vesicle membrane, membrane, cytosol, cytoplasm, and nucleus. Associations include transpiration rate, photosynthetic rate, chlorophyll content, and salt tolerance, as well as phenotypes such as freezing and cold tolerance, drought and salt stress tolerance, osmotic stress tolerance, seedling establishment, membrane stability, and ABA response. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to drought tolerance, salt tolerance, ABA sensitivity, and hydrogen peroxide accumulation.