LEA proteins prevent protein aggregation due to water stress.

By K. Goyal, Laura J. Walton, A. Tunnacliffe. Biochemical Journal, 2005

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Vegetative desiccation tolerance: Is it a goldmine for bioengineering crops? (2009, background): “LEA proteins can also be processed into small polypeptides that have activity in preventing protein aggregation upon drought stress [48].”
The continuing conundrum of the LEA proteins (2007, methodology): “One possibility is that the specific activity of LEA protein is increased in this way (Goyal et al. 2005b).”
Comprehending crystalline β-carotene accumulation by comparing engineered cell models and the natural carotenoid-rich system of citrus (2011, neutral): “Therefore, CDeT11-24 was tested for the ability to prevent dehydration-induced loss of enzymatic activities using in vitro dehydration stress assays in the presence of the two enzymes, CS and LDH (Goyal et al., 2005; Haaning et al., 2008).”
Research Advances in Mechanisms of Turfgrass Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses: From Physiology to Molecular Biology (2014, background): “Based on in vitro characterization of biochemical properties, the association of dehydrins with improved freezing tolerance has been attributed to their function as molecular chaperones under conditions of freeze-induced dehydration stress, protecting proteins from aggregation as well as aiding in t”
Expression of dehydrins under heat stress and their relationship with water relations of sugarcane leaves (2007, background): “As regards their putative functions, both act as molecular chaperones (Schoffl et al. 1999, Maestri et al. 2002, Goyal et al. 2005) and associate to the cytoplasmic membranes and organelles (Borovskii et al. 2002, Koag et al. 2003, Sanmiya et al. 2004).”
Recent molecular advances to combat abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants (2011, background): “Besides, protective chaperone like function of LEA pro-teins acting against cellular damage has been proposed (Vincour and Altman, 2005), indicating the role of LEA proteins in anti aggregation of enzymes under desic-cation and freezing stresses (Goyal et al., 2005).”
Engineering Salinity and Water-Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants (2011, background): “Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are low-molecular weight proteins that, in molar excess, and synergistically with trehalose, prevent protein aggregation during desiccation or water stress (Goyal et al., 2005).”
Introduction to Plant-Parasitic Nematodes; Modes of Parasitism (2011, background): “Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins have been associated with survival in some nematodes, including C. elegans (Gal et al. 2004; Burnell and Tunnacliffe 2011), and LEA proteins may protect cellular components against the effects of desiccation ( Goyal et al. 2005 ).”