Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2019, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (5): 582-595.DOI: 10.11983/CBB19014

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Research Advances in DREPP Gene Family in Plants

Xun Zhang1,Juanjuan Yu1,3,Sizhu Wang1,Ying Li1,*(),Shaojun Dai1,2,*()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Saline-alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China
    2. China Development Centre of Plant Germplasm Resources, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China
    3. College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China;
  • Received:2019-01-21 Accepted:2019-04-23 Online:2019-09-01 Published:2020-03-10
  • Contact: Ying Li,Shaojun Dai

Abstract: Developmentally regulated plasma membrane polypeptide (DREPP) proteins, a family of plant-specific proteins associated with the plasma membrane, have multiple functions such as combining PtdInsPs, the Ca 2+/CaM complex, microtubules and microfilaments. DREPPs play an important role in plant growth and development and response to stress (e.g., low temperature and drought). This paper reviews the composition of the DREPP family as well as their protein sequence characteristics and biological functions during development and stress response and provides information for understanding how DREPPs mediate signaling networks.

Key words: DREPP, plant development, abiotic stress