Plant seed proteins

Small hydrophilic plant seed protein
Identifiers
Symbol Seed_protein_pln
Pfam PF00477
InterPro IPR000389
PROSITE PDOC00355

Plant seed proteins are small hydrophilic proteins some of which are structurally related. These proteins contains from 83 to 153 amino acid residues and may play a role[1][2] in equipping the seed for survival, maintaining a minimal level of hydration in the dry organism and preventing the denaturation of cytoplasmic components. They may also play a role during imbibition by controlling water uptake.

References

  1. ^ Bray EA (1993). "Molecular Responses to Water Deficit". Plant Physiol. 103 (4): 1035–1040. PMC 159086. PMID 12231998. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=159086. 
  2. ^ Gaubier P, Raynal M, Hull G, Huestis GM, Grellet F, Arenas C, Pages M, Delseny M (1993). "Two different Em-like genes are expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds during maturation". Mol. Gen. Genet. 238 (3): 409–418. PMID 8492809. 

This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro IPR000389