Intracellular Localization and Gene Expression Analysis Provides New Insights on LEA Proteins' Diversity in Anhydrobiotic Cell Line.

Anhydrobiosis, an adaptive ability to withstand complete desiccation, in the nonbiting midge , is associated with the emergence of new multimember gene families, including a group of 27 genes of late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins (). To obtain new insights into the possible functional specialization of these genes, we investigated the expression and localization of genes in a -derived cell line (Pv11), capable of anhydrobiosis. We confirmed that all but two genes identified in the genome of are expressed in Pv11 cells.

New group of transmembrane proteins associated with desiccation tolerance in the anhydrobiotic midge Polypedilum vanderplanki.

Larvae of the sleeping chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki are known for their extraordinary ability to survive complete desiccation in an ametabolic state called "anhydrobiosis". The unique feature of P. vanderplanki genome is the presence of expanded gene clusters associated with anhydrobiosis.