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Function of Heat-Shock Proteins in Drought Tolerance Regulation of Plants

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Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 1

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Plants are sessile organisms and unlike all other organisms, they are constantly exposed to persistently changing environmental factors. Environmental stresses such as drought, cold, salinity, and hot temperatures are interrelated in their effects on plants. Drought stress is a significant factor that limits growth and productivity of plant species and is one of the major problems in the circumstances of global warming. Cells from all organisms, including plants, effectively respond to stresses by the synthesis of a highly conserved set of polypeptides termed heat-shock proteins (HSPs). The induced expression of these proteins is a common phenomenon in all living things. These proteins are grouped into five classes in plants according to their molecular weight: (1) Hsp100, (2) Hsp90, (3) Hsp70, (4) Hsp60, and (5) small heat-shock proteins (sHsps). There is considerable evidence that these stress response proteins play a major role in plants both normal and stress condition. In fact, Hsps are now understood to mediate signaling mechanism, host defense mechanisms, translation, carbohydrate metabolism, and amino acid metabolism by playing a significant function in controlling the genome and ultimately features that are obvious. Nevertheless, this chapter reveals the function of heat-shock proteins (HSPs), research progress on the response of Hsps in plant tolerance to drought stress as well as the role of Hsps under drought stress as an adaptive defense mechanism.

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Augustine, S.M. (2016). Function of Heat-Shock Proteins in Drought Tolerance Regulation of Plants. In: Hossain, M., Wani, S., Bhattacharjee, S., Burritt, D., Tran, LS. (eds) Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants, Vol 1. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28899-4_7

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