LEA2 — Solanum tuberosum

Summary

StLEA2 (PGSC0003DMG400031788) on potato chromosome 9 encodes a late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) protein of the LEA_3 family. In potato, this gene is associated with abiotic stress tolerance, plant development, and a wide range of biological processes including cellular response to drought, proline metabolism, response to hormones such as ethylene, oxidative stress, and light stimulus, as well as wax anabolism, steroidogenesis, and embryogenesis. The protein is linked to mitochondria, cytosol, and nucleus. Associations also include starch concentration, leaf necrosis, plant growth, leaf senescence, and water deficit tolerance. Related genes in other species link the family to oxidative stress tolerance, drought tolerance, shoot biomass, and seed dormancy.