Structural Plasticity of Intrinsically Disordered LEA Proteins from Provides Protection and .

Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are essential to the ability of resurrection plants and orthodox seeds to protect the subcellular milieu against irreversible damage associated with desiccation. In this work, we investigated the structure and function of six LEA proteins expressed during desiccation in the monocot resurrection species (XsLEAs). analyses suggested that XsLEAs are hydrophilic proteins with variable intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) properties.