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SUBMITTER: Yuen F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6458962 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yuen Fanny F Watson Matthew M Barker Robert R Grillo Isabelle I Heenan Richard K RK Tunnacliffe Alan A Routh Alexander F AF
The Biochemical journal 20190410 7
Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins comprise a diverse family whose members play a key role in abiotic stress tolerance. As intrinsically disordered proteins, LEA proteins are highly hydrophilic and inherently stress tolerant. They have been shown to stabilise multiple client proteins under a variety of stresses, but current hypotheses do not fully explain how such broad range stabilisation is achieved. Here, using neutron reflection and surface tension experiments, we examine in detail t ...[more]