The prevailing abiotic stresses, especially heat stress is of great significance on the growth of plants, yield and distribution. In the
conditions of heat stress, plants modulate protein processes leading to development of heat tolerance. Of such proteins, the molecular
chaperone functions of HSP70/HSC70 proteins are important where their enhanced expression positively correlates with the acquisition of
heat tolerance. The key players in the regulation of such tailored protein responses of plants to heat stress are the phytohormones. In the
present study, phytohormone mediated interaction of Pennisetum glaucum HSC70 (PgHSC70) protein was performed through docking
studies involving sequence analysis, 3D modeling and model evaluation. In silico analysis has shown better interaction and good binding
energy of PgHSC70 with the phytohormone brassinolide. Furthermore, the predicted structural information can be helpful for future
studies on role of interaction between HSC70 and brassinolide in heat tolerance.
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