title: Anhydrobiosis: drying out with sugar.
abstract: The disaccharide trehalose is a major determinant of desiccation tolerance via unresolved mechanisms. A new study highlights a critical role for this chemical chaperone in energy-independent maintenance of protein homeostasis during extended periods of dehydration and relative metabolic inactivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: kevin.a.morano@uth.tmc.edu.
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Morano
mesh_terms: D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000502:physiology*; D014199:Trehalose / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014199:Trehalose