A cold-regulated gene whose product is targeted to the chloroplast. Cor15am protects stromal proteins from aggregation under various stress conditions. Constitutive expression increases freezing tolerance in protoplasts in vitro and chloroplasts in vivo. NMR and x-ray diffraction studies suggest that COR15a alters the intrinsic curvature of the inner membrane of chloroplast envelope. Late Embryogenesis abundant protein (LEA).
Computational Description
cold-regulated 15a (COR15A); FUNCTIONS IN: molecular_function unknown; INVOLVED IN: in 9 processes; LOCATED IN: chloroplast stroma, chloroplast, chloroplast envelope; EXPRESSED IN: 21 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 13 growth stages; BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: cold regulated 15b (TAIR:AT2G42530.1); Has 189 Blast hits to 136 proteins in 40 species: Archae - 0; Bacteria - 9; Metazoa - 3; Fungi - 13; Plants - 155; Viruses - 0; Other Eukaryotes - 9 (source: NCBI BLink).