LEA — Triticum turgidum subsp. durum

Summary

TRITD5BV1G211630, also known as TtLEA, encodes a dehydrin family protein on durum wheat chromosome 5B. The product is a lipid-binding protein with affinity for phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidate, and phosphoinositides. This gene is associated with cold acclimation, salt response, seed development and germination, embryogenesis, response to abscisic acid, and thirst response. It localizes to the vesicle membrane, cytosol, and nucleus. TtLEA is associated with salinity tolerance, germination rate, photosynthetic rate, seedling establishment, drought, desiccation tolerance, and salt stress tolerance. Related genes in other species link the family to drought tolerance, salt tolerance, and water stress response.