Open AccessHeat Shock Proteins: Classification, Functions and Expressions in Plants during Environmental Stresses.
Author(s) -
Sara Khan,
Raheela Jabeen,
Farah Deeba,
Ummara Waheed,
Plosha Khanum,
Nadia Iqbal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of bioresource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2309-3854
DOI - 10.35691/jbm.1202.0183
Subject(s) - abiotic component , heat shock protein , microbiology and biotechnology , abiotic stress , protein folding , biology , transcription factor , salinity , function (biology) , hsp90 , heat shock factor , heat shock , hsp70 , biochemistry , ecology , gene
Heat shock proteins assist in folding proteins that is a basic cellular constituent responsible for various crucial functions including protein assembly, transportation, folding in normal conditions and denaturation of proteins in stress and in other cellular function. Abiotic factors like increased temperature, drought and salinity negatively affect reproduction and survival of plants. Plants (HSPs), as chaperones, have crucial part in conversing biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. Plants react towards critical changes through biochemical, growth, and physiological mechanisms included expression of stress-reactive proteins, which are regulated by interconnected signaling cascades of transcription factors including heat stress TFs.