LEA — Triticum turgidum subsp. durum

Summary

TRITD5BV1G190660 (TtLEA) encodes a dehydrin family protein on durum wheat chromosome 5B. The product is annotated with lipid, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidate, and phosphoinositide binding activities. This gene is associated with cellular responses to desiccation, salt, drought, cold acclimation, light stimulus, wounding, abscisic acid, and mannitol, as well as with embryogenesis, seed development, and seed germination. It is linked to salinity tolerance, germination rate, photosynthetic rate, seedling establishment, drought, seed traits, and desiccation tolerance. The protein localizes to the vesicle membrane, cytosol, cytoplasm, and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to winter survival, water stress response, abscisic acid content and sensitivity, cold and heat tolerance, root and shoot traits, seed maturation and size, and cell membrane stability.