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Zhang Y, Wang Q, Liu Y, Dong S, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Tian Y, Li J, Wang Z, Wang Y, Yan F. Overexpressing GmCGS2 Improves Total Amino Acid and Protein Content in Soybean Seed. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14125. [PMID: 37762432 PMCID: PMC10532240 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241814125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is an important source of plant protein, the nutritional quality of which is considerably affected by the content of the sulfur-containing amino acid, methionine (Met). To improve the quality of soybean protein and increase the Met content in seeds, soybean cystathionine γ-synthase 2 (GmCGS2), the first unique enzyme in Met biosynthesis, was overexpressed in the soybean cultivar "Jack", producing three transgenic lines (OE3, OE4, and OE10). We detected a considerable increase in the content of free Met and other free amino acids in the developing seeds of the three transgenic lines at the 15th and 75th days after flowering (15D and 75D). In addition, transcriptome analysis showed that the expression of genes related to Met biosynthesis from the aspartate-family pathway and S-methyl Met cycle was promoted in developing green seeds of OE10. Ultimately, the accumulation of total amino acids and soluble proteins in transgenic mature seeds was promoted. Altogether, these results indicated that GmCGS2 plays an important role in Met biosynthesis, by providing a basis for improving the nutritional quality of soybean seeds.
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- Correspondence: (Y.W.); (F.Y.)
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Deng J, Zhao J, Huang J, Damaris RN, Li H, Shi T, Zhu L, Cai F, Zhang X, Chen Q. Comparative proteomic analyses of Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) seeds at three stages of development. Funct Integr Genomics 2022; 22:1449-1458. [DOI: 10.1007/s10142-022-00912-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Tartary buckwheat is among the valuable crops, utilized as both food and Chinese herbal medicine. To uncover the accumulation dynamics of the main nutrients and their regulatory mechanism of Tartary buckwheat seeds, microscopic observations and nutrient analysis were conducted which suggested that starch, proteins as well as flavonoid gradually accumulated among seed development. Comparative proteomic analysis of rice Tartary buckwheat at three different developmental stages was performed. A total of 78 protein spots showed differential expression with 74 of them being successfully identified by MALDI-TOF/TOF MS. Among them, granule bound starch synthase (GBSS1) might be the critical enzyme that determines starch biosynthesis, while 11 S seed storage protein and vicilin seemed to be the main globulin and affect seed storage protein accumulation in Tartary buckwheat seeds. Two enzymes, flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) and anthocyanidin reductase (ANR), involved in the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway were identified. Further analysis on the expression profiles of flavonoid biosynthetic genes revealed that F3H might be the key enzyme that promote flavonoid accumulation. This study provides insights into the mechanism of nutrition accumulation at the protein level in Tartary buckwheat seeds and may facilitate in the breeding and enhancement of Tartary buckwheat germplasm.
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Cao P, Zhao Y, Wu F, Xin D, Liu C, Wu X, Lv J, Chen Q, Qi Z. Multi-Omics Techniques for Soybean Molecular Breeding. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:4994. [PMID: 35563386 PMCID: PMC9099442 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23094994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Soybean is a major crop that provides essential protein and oil for food and feed. Since its origin in China over 5000 years ago, soybean has spread throughout the world, becoming the second most important vegetable oil crop and the primary source of plant protein for global consumption. From early domestication and artificial selection through hybridization and ultimately molecular breeding, the history of soybean breeding parallels major advances in plant science throughout the centuries. Now, rapid progress in plant omics is ushering in a new era of precision design breeding, exemplified by the engineering of elite soybean varieties with specific oil compositions to meet various end-use targets. The assembly of soybean reference genomes, made possible by the development of genome sequencing technology and bioinformatics over the past 20 years, was a great step forward in soybean research. It facilitated advances in soybean transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and phenomics, all of which paved the way for an integrated approach to molecular breeding in soybean. In this review, we summarize the latest progress in omics research, highlight novel findings made possible by omics techniques, note current drawbacks and areas for further research, and suggest that an efficient multi-omics approach may accelerate soybean breeding in the future. This review will be of interest not only to soybean breeders but also to researchers interested in the use of cutting-edge omics technologies for crop research and improvement.
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- Pan Cao
- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (P.C.); (Y.Z.); (F.W.); (D.X.); (C.L.)
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (P.C.); (Y.Z.); (F.W.); (D.X.); (C.L.)
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (P.C.); (Y.Z.); (F.W.); (D.X.); (C.L.)
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (P.C.); (Y.Z.); (F.W.); (D.X.); (C.L.)
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (P.C.); (Y.Z.); (F.W.); (D.X.); (C.L.)
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (P.C.); (Y.Z.); (F.W.); (D.X.); (C.L.)
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- Department of Innovation, Syngenta Biotechnology China, Beijing 102206, China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (P.C.); (Y.Z.); (F.W.); (D.X.); (C.L.)
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China; (P.C.); (Y.Z.); (F.W.); (D.X.); (C.L.)
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Zhang M, Liu S, Wang Z, Yuan Y, Zhang Z, Liang Q, Yang X, Duan Z, Liu Y, Kong F, Liu B, Ren B, Tian Z. Progress in soybean functional genomics over the past decade. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2022; 20:256-282. [PMID: 34388296 PMCID: PMC8753368 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Soybean is one of the most important oilseed and fodder crops. Benefiting from the efforts of soybean breeders and the development of breeding technology, large number of germplasm has been generated over the last 100 years. Nevertheless, soybean breeding needs to be accelerated to meet the needs of a growing world population, to promote sustainable agriculture and to address future environmental changes. The acceleration is highly reliant on the discoveries in gene functional studies. The release of the reference soybean genome in 2010 has significantly facilitated the advance in soybean functional genomics. Here, we review the research progress in soybean omics (genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics and proteomics), germplasm development (germplasm resources and databases), gene discovery (genes that are responsible for important soybean traits including yield, flowering and maturity, seed quality, stress resistance, nodulation and domestication) and transformation technology during the past decade. At the end, we also briefly discuss current challenges and future directions.
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- Min Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and EvolutionSchool of Life SciencesGuangzhou UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and EvolutionSchool of Life SciencesGuangzhou UniversityGuangzhouChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant GenomicsInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome EngineeringInstitute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyInnovative Academy for Seed DesignChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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Ku YS, Lin X, Fan K, Cheng SS, Chan TF, Chung G, Lam HM. The Identification of MATE Antisense Transcripts in Soybean Using Strand-Specific RNA-Seq Datasets. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:228. [PMID: 35205273 PMCID: PMC8871956 DOI: 10.3390/genes13020228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Natural antisense transcripts (NATs) have been generally reported as negative regulators of their sense counterparts. Multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) proteins mediate the transport of various substrates. Although MATEs have been identified genome-wide in various plant species, their transcript regulators remain unclear. Here, using the publicly available strand-specific RNA-seq datasets of Glycine soja (wild soybean) which have the data from various tissues including developing pods, developing seeds, embryos, cotyledons and hypocotyls, roots, apical buds, stems, and flowers, we identified 35 antisense transcripts of MATEs from 28 gene loci after transcriptome assembly. Spearman correlation coefficients suggested the positive expression correlations of eight MATE antisense and sense transcript pairs. By aligning the identified transcripts with the reference genome of Glycine max (cultivated soybean), the MATE antisense and sense transcript pairs were identified. Using soybean C08 (Glycine max), in developing pods and seeds, the positive correlations between MATE antisense and sense transcript pairs were shown by RT-qPCR. These findings suggest that soybean antisense transcripts are not necessarily negative transcription regulators of their sense counterparts. This study enhances the existing knowledge on the transcription regulation of MATE transporters by uncovering the previously unknown MATE antisense transcripts and their potential synergetic effects on sense transcripts.
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- Yee-Shan Ku
- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (Y.-S.K.); (X.L.); (K.F.); (S.-S.C.); (T.-F.C.)
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (Y.-S.K.); (X.L.); (K.F.); (S.-S.C.); (T.-F.C.)
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (Y.-S.K.); (X.L.); (K.F.); (S.-S.C.); (T.-F.C.)
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (Y.-S.K.); (X.L.); (K.F.); (S.-S.C.); (T.-F.C.)
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (Y.-S.K.); (X.L.); (K.F.); (S.-S.C.); (T.-F.C.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Korea;
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- Centre for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (Y.-S.K.); (X.L.); (K.F.); (S.-S.C.); (T.-F.C.)
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Kim W, Nott J, Kim S, Krishnan HB. Soybean seed proteomics: Methods for the isolation, detection, and identification of low abundance proteins. Methods Enzymol 2022; 676:325-345. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2022.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Ji H, Liu D, Yang Z. High oil accumulation in tuber of yellow nutsedge compared to purple nutsedge is associated with more abundant expression of genes involved in fatty acid synthesis and triacylglycerol storage. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:54. [PMID: 33653389 PMCID: PMC7923336 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-01909-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Yellow nutsedge is a unique plant species that can accumulate up to 35% oil of tuber dry weight, perhaps the highest level observed in the tuber tissues of plant kingdom. To gain insight into the molecular mechanism that leads to high oil accumulation in yellow nutsedge, gene expression profiles of oil production pathways involved carbon metabolism, fatty acid synthesis, triacylglycerol synthesis, and triacylglycerol storage during tuber development were compared with purple nutsedge, the closest relative of yellow nutsedge that is poor in oil accumulation. RESULTS Compared with purple nutsedge, high oil accumulation in yellow nutsedge was associated with significant up-regulation of specific key enzymes of plastidial RubisCO bypass as well as malate and pyruvate metabolism, almost all fatty acid synthesis enzymes, and seed-like oil-body proteins. However, overall transcripts for carbon metabolism toward carbon precursor for fatty acid synthesis were comparable and for triacylglycerol synthesis were similar in both species. Two seed-like master transcription factors ABI3 and WRI1 were found to display similar transcript patterns but were expressed at 6.5- and 14.3-fold higher levels in yellow nutsedge than in purple nutsedge, respectively. A weighted gene co-expression network analysis revealed that ABI3 was in strong transcriptional coordination with WRI1 and other key oil-related genes. CONCLUSIONS These results implied that pyruvate availability and fatty acid synthesis in plastid, along with triacylglycerol storage in oil bodies, rather than triacylglycerol synthesis in endoplasmic reticulum, are the major factors responsible for high oil production in tuber of yellow nutsedge, and ABI3 most likely plays a critical role in regulating oil accumulation. This study is of significance with regard to understanding the molecular mechanism controlling carbon partitioning toward oil production in oil-rich tuber and provides a valuable reference for enhancing oil accumulation in non-seed tissues of crops through genetic breeding or metabolic engineering.
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- Hongying Ji
- Key Lab of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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- Key Lab of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
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- Key Lab of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093 China
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Peng L, Qian L, Wang M, Liu W, Song X, Cheng H, Yuan F, Zhao M. Comparative transcriptome analysis during seeds development between two soybean cultivars. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10772. [PMID: 33717671 PMCID: PMC7931715 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Soybean is one of the important economic crops, which supplies a great deal of vegetable oil and proteins for human. The content of nutrients in different soybean seeds is different, which is related to the expression of multiple genes, but the mechanisms are complicated and still largely uncertain. In this study, to reveal the possible causes of the nutrients difference in soybeans A7 (containing low oil and high protein) and A35 (containing high oil and low protein), RNA-seq technology was performed to compare and identify the potential differential expressed genes (DEGs) at different seed developmental stages. The results showed that DEGs mainly presented at the early stages of seeds development and more DEGs were up-regulated at the early stage than the late stages. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis showed that the DEGs have diverged in A7 and A35. In A7, the DEGs were mainly involved in cell cycle and stresses, while in A35 were the fatty acids and sugar metabolism. Specifically, when the DEGs contributing to oil and protein metabolic pathways were analyzed, the differences between A7 and A35 mainly presented in fatty acids metabolism and seeds storage proteins (SSPs) synthesis. Furthermore, the enzymes, fatty acid dehydrogenase 2, 3-ketoacyl-CoA synthase and 9S-lipoxygenase, in the synthesis and elongation pathways of fatty acids, were revealed probably to be involved in the oil content difference between A7 and A35, the SSPs content might be due to the transcription factors: Leafy Cotyledon 2 and Abscisic acid-intensitive 3, while the sugar transporter, SWEET10a, might contribute to both oil and protein content differences. Finally, six DEGs were selected to analyze their expression using qRT-PCR, and the results were consistent with the RNA-seq results. Generally, the study provided a comprehensive and dynamic expression trends for the seed development processes, and uncovered the potential DEGs for the differences of oil in A7 and A35.
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- Li Peng
- College of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hang Zhou, China
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- College of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hang Zhou, China
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- College of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hang Zhou, China
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- College of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hang Zhou, China
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- College of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hang Zhou, China
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- College of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hang Zhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hang Zhou, China
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- College of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hang Zhou, China
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A proteomic analysis of peanut seed at different stages of underground development to understand the changes of seed proteins. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243132. [PMID: 33284814 PMCID: PMC7721164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In order to obtain more valuable insights into the protein dynamics and accumulation of allergens in seeds during underground development, we performed a proteomic study on developing peanut seeds at seven different stages. A total of 264 proteins with altered abundance and contained at least one unique peptide was detected by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF MS). All identified proteins were classified into five functional categories as level 1 and 20 secondary functional categories as level 2. Among them, 88 identified proteins (IPs) were related to carbohydrate/ amino acid/ lipid transport and metabolism, indicating that carbohydrate/amino acid/ lipid metabolism played a key role in the underground development of peanut seeds. Hierarchical cluster analysis showed that all IPs could be classified into eight cluster groups according to the abundance profiles, suggesting that the modulatory patterns of these identified proteins were complicated during seed development. The largest group contained 41 IPs, the expression of which decreased at R 2 and reached a maximum at R3 but gradually decreased from R4. A total of 14 IPs were identified as allergen-like proteins by BLAST with A genome (Arachis duranensis) or B genome (Arachis ipaensis) translated allergen sequences. Abundance profile analysis of 14 identified allergens showed that the expression of all allergen proteins was low or undetectable by 2-DE at the early stages (R1 to R4), and began to accumulate from the R5 stage and gradually increased. Network analysis showed that most of the significant proteins were involved in active metabolic pathways in early development. Real time RT-PCR analysis revealed that transcriptional regulation was approximately consistent with expression at the protein level for 8 selected identified proteins. In addition, some amino acid sequences that may be associated with new allergens were also discussed.
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Ebinezer LB, Franchin C, Trentin AR, Carletti P, Trevisan S, Agrawal GK, Rakwal R, Quaggiotti S, Arrigoni G, Masi A. Quantitative Proteomics of Maize Roots Treated with a Protein Hydrolysate: A Comparative Study with Transcriptomics Highlights the Molecular Mechanisms Responsive to Biostimulants. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:7541-7553. [PMID: 32608980 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Protein hydrolysate (PH)-based biostimulants offer a cost-effective and sustainable approach for the regulation of physiological processes in plants to stimulate growth and improve stress tolerance. Understanding the mode of action of PHs is challenging, but it is indispensable to improve existing candidates and to develop novel molecules with enhanced stimulatory effects. Hence, the present study aimed to understand the proteome level responses in the B73 maize roots treated with APR, a PH biostimulant, at two increasing concentrations and to compare and integrate it with the transcriptomic data obtained previously under identical experimental conditions. Results indicate that APR induced dose-dependent global changes in the transcriptome and proteome of maize roots. APR treatment altered the expression and abundance of several genes and proteins related to redox homeostasis, stress response, glycolysis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, pentose phosphate pathway, and other metabolic pathways of carbohydrates, amino acids, and lipids. Further, metabolic processes of phytohormone, secondary metabolites, especially phenylpropanoids, flavonoids, and terpenoids and transport, and cytoskeletal reorganization associated mechanisms were stimulated. Our results suggest that APR treatment altered the redox homeostasis and thus triggered an oxidative signal. This could be one of the key regulators of the cascade of downstream events involving multiple signaling, hormonal, and metabolic pathways, resulting in an altered physiological and metabolic state which consequently could lead to improved growth and stress adaptation observed in biostimulant-treated plants.
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- Leonard Barnabas Ebinezer
- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals, and Environment, University of Padova, Padua 35020, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua 35121, Italy
- Proteomics Center, University of Padova and Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padua 35131, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals, and Environment, University of Padova, Padua 35020, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals, and Environment, University of Padova, Padua 35020, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals, and Environment, University of Padova, Padua 35020, Italy
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
- GRADE (Global Research Arch for Developing Education) Academy Private Limited, Birgunj 44300, Nepal
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
- GRADE (Global Research Arch for Developing Education) Academy Private Limited, Birgunj 44300, Nepal
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals, and Environment, University of Padova, Padua 35020, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padua 35121, Italy
- Proteomics Center, University of Padova and Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padua 35131, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals, and Environment, University of Padova, Padua 35020, Italy
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Adaptations in Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch. and Cenchrus ciliaris L. for altitude tolerance. Biologia (Bratisl) 2019. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-019-00380-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Min CW, Gupta R, Agrawal GK, Rakwal R, Kim ST. Concepts and strategies of soybean seed proteomics using the shotgun proteomics approach. Expert Rev Proteomics 2019; 16:795-804. [PMID: 31398080 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2019.1654860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Introduction: The last decade has yielded significant developments in the field of proteomics, especially in mass spectrometry (MS) and data analysis tools. In particular, a shift from gel-based to MS-based proteomics has been observed, thereby providing a platform with which to construct proteome atlases for all life forms. Nevertheless, the analysis of plant proteomes, especially those of samples that contain high-abundance proteins (HAPs), such as soybean seeds, remains challenging. Areas covered: Here, we review recent progress in soybean seed proteomics and highlight advances in HAPs depletion methods and peptide pre-fractionation, identification, and quantification methods. We also suggest a pipeline for future proteomic analysis, in order to increase the dynamic coverage of the soybean seed proteome. Expert opinion: Because HAPs limit the dynamic resolution of the soybean seed proteome, the depletion of HAPs is a prerequisite of high-throughput proteome analysis, and owing to the use of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis-based proteomic approaches, few soybean seed proteins have been identified or characterized. Recent advances in proteomic technologies, which have significantly increased the proteome coverage of other plants, could be used to overcome the current complexity and limitation of soybean seed proteomics.
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- Cheol Woo Min
- Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University , Miryang , Korea
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University , Miryang , Korea
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), GPO 13265 , Kathmandu , Nepal
- GRADE (Global Research Arch for Developing Education) Academy Private Limited , Birgunj , Nepal
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), GPO 13265 , Kathmandu , Nepal
- GRADE (Global Research Arch for Developing Education) Academy Private Limited , Birgunj , Nepal
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba , Ibaraki , Japan
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University , Miryang , Korea
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Wang WQ, Wang Y, Zhang Q, Møller IM, Song SQ. Changes in the mitochondrial proteome of developing maize seed embryos. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2018; 163:552-572. [PMID: 29575040 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Mitochondria are required for seed development, but little information is available about their function and role during this process. We isolated the mitochondria from developing maize (Zea mays L. cv. Nongda 108) embryos and investigated the mitochondrial membrane integrity and respiration as well as the mitochondrial proteome using two proteomic methods, the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and sequential windowed acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion mass spectra (SWATH). Mitochondrial membrane integrity and respiration were maintained at a high level up to 21 days after pollination (DAP) and decreased thereafter, while total mitochondrial number, cytochrome c oxidase activity and respiration per embryo exhibited a bell-shaped change with peaks at 35-45 DAP. A total of 286 mitochondrial proteins changed in abundance during embryo development. During early stages of seed development (up to 21 DAP), proteins involved in energy production, basic metabolism, protein import and folding as well as removal of reactive oxygen species dominated, while during mid or late stages (35-70 DAP), some stress- and detoxification-related proteins increased in abundance. Our study, for the first time, depicted a relatively comprehensive map of energy production by mitochondria during embryo development. The results revealed that mitochondria were very active during the early stages of maize embryo development, while at the late stages of development, the mitochondria became more quiescent, but well-protected, presumably to ensure that the embryo passes through maturation, drying and long-term storage. These results advance our understanding of seed development at the organelle level.
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- Wei-Qing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Gupta M, Bhaskar PB, Sriram S, Wang PH. Integration of omics approaches to understand oil/protein content during seed development in oilseed crops. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:637-652. [PMID: 27796489 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-2064-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Oilseed crops, especially soybean (Glycine max) and canola/rapeseed (Brassica napus), produce seeds that are rich in both proteins and oils and that are major sources of energy and nutrition worldwide. Most of the nutritional content in the seed is accumulated in the embryo during the seed filling stages of seed development. Understanding the metabolic pathways that are active during seed filling and how they are regulated are essential prerequisites to crop improvement. In this review, we summarize various omics studies of soybean and canola/rapeseed during seed filling, with emphasis on oil and protein traits, to gain a systems-level understanding of seed development. Currently, most (80-85%) of the soybean and rapeseed reference genomes have been sequenced (950 and 850 megabases, respectively). Parallel to these efforts, extensive omics datasets from different seed filling stages have become available. Transcriptome and proteome studies have detected preponderance of starch metabolism and glycolysis enzymes to be the possible cause of higher oil in B. napus compared to other crops. Small RNAome studies performed during the seed filling stages have revealed miRNA-mediated regulation of transcription factors, with the suggestion that this interaction could be responsible for transitioning the seeds from embryogenesis to maturation. In addition, progress made in dissecting the regulation of de novo fatty acid synthesis and protein storage pathways is described. Advances in high-throughput omics and comprehensive tissue-specific analyses make this an exciting time to attempt knowledge-driven investigation of complex regulatory pathways.
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- Manju Gupta
- Dow AgroSciences, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, USA.
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- Dow AgroSciences, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, USA
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- Dow AgroSciences, 9330 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, USA
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Wang X, Komatsu S. Improvement of Soybean Products Through the Response Mechanism Analysis Using Proteomic Technique. ADVANCES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH 2017; 82:117-148. [PMID: 28427531 DOI: 10.1016/bs.afnr.2016.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Soybean is rich in protein/vegetable oil and contains several phytochemicals such as isoflavones and phenolic compounds. Because of the predominated nutritional values, soybean is considered as traditional health benefit food. Soybean is a widely cultivated crop; however, its growth and yield are markedly affected by adverse environmental conditions. Proteomic techniques make it feasible to map protein profiles both during soybean growth and under unfavorable conditions. The stress-responsive mechanisms during soybean growth have been uncovered with the help of proteomic studies. In this review, the history of soybean as food and the morphology/physiology of soybean are described. The utilization of proteomics during soybean germination and development is summarized. In addition, the stress-responsive mechanisms explored using proteomic techniques are reviewed in soybean.
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- Xin Wang
- National Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- National Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Yang Z, Ji H, Liu D. Oil Biosynthesis in Underground Oil-Rich Storage Vegetative Tissue: Comparison of Cyperus esculentus Tuber with Oil Seeds and Fruits. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 57:2519-2540. [PMID: 27742886 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Cyperus esculentus is unique in that it can accumulate rich oil in its tubers. However, the underlying mechanism of tuber oil biosynthesis is still unclear. Our transcriptional analyses of the pathways from pyruvate production up to triacylglycerol (TAG) accumulation in tubers revealed many distinct species-specific lipid expression patterns from oil seeds and fruits, indicating that in C. esculentus tuber: (i) carbon flux from sucrose toward plastid pyruvate could be produced mostly through the cytosolic glycolytic pathway; (ii) acetyl-CoA synthetase might be an important contributor to acetyl-CoA formation for plastid fatty acid biosynthesis; (iii) the expression pattern for stearoyl-ACP desaturase was associated with high oleic acid composition; (iv) it was most likely that endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated acyl-CoA synthetase played a significant role in the export of fatty acids between the plastid and ER; (v) lipid phosphate phosphatase (LPP)-δ was most probably related to the formation of the diacylglycerol (DAG) pool in the Kennedy pathway; and (vi) diacylglyceroltransacylase 2 (DGAT2) and phospholipid:diacylglycerolacyltransferase 1 (PDAT1) might play crucial roles in tuber oil biosynthesis. In contrast to oil-rich fruits, there existed many oleosins, caleosins and steroleosins with very high transcripts in tubers. Surprisingly, only a single ortholog of WRINKLED1 (WRI1)-like transcription factor was identified and it was poorly expressed during tuber development. Our study not only provides insights into lipid metabolism in tuber tissues, but also broadens our understanding of TAG synthesis in oil plants. Such knowledge is of significance in exploiting this oil-rich species and manipulating other non-seed tissues to enhance storage oil production.
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- Zhenle Yang
- Key Lab of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Lab of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Lab of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Yu T, Li G, Dong S, Liu P, Zhang J, Zhao B. Proteomic analysis of maize grain development using iTRAQ reveals temporal programs of diverse metabolic processes. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:241. [PMID: 27809771 PMCID: PMC5095984 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0878-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Grain development in maize is an essential process in the plant's life cycle and is vital for use of the plant as a crop for animals and humans. However, little is known regarding the protein regulatory networks that control grain development. Here, isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) technology was used to analyze temporal changes in protein expression during maize grain development. RESULTS Maize grain proteins and changes in protein expression at eight developmental stages from 3 to 50 d after pollination (DAP) were performed using iTRAQ-based proteomics. Overall, 4751 proteins were identified; 2639 of these were quantified and 1235 showed at least 1.5-fold changes in expression levels at different developmental stages and were identified as differentially expressed proteins (DEPs). The DEPs were involved in different cellular and metabolic processes with a preferential distribution to protein synthesis/destination and metabolism categories. A K-means clustering analysis revealed coordinated protein expression associated with different functional categories/subcategories at different development stages. CONCLUSIONS Our results revealed developing maize grain display different proteomic characteristics at distinct stages, such as numerous DEPs for cell growth/division were highly expressed during early stages, whereas those for starch biosynthesis and defense/stress accumulated in middle and late stages, respectively. We also observed coordinated expression of multiple proteins of the antioxidant system, which are essential for the maintenance of reactive oxygen species (ROS) homeostasis during grain development. Particularly, some DEPs, such as zinc metallothionein class II, pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) and 14-3-3 proteins, undergo major changes in expression at specific developmental stages, suggesting their roles in maize grain development. These results provide a valuable resource for analyzing protein function on a global scale and also provide new insights into the potential protein regulatory networks that control grain yield and quality.
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- Tao Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology and College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 Shandong People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology and College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 Shandong People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology and College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 Shandong People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology and College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 Shandong People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology and College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 Shandong People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology and College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 Shandong People’s Republic of China
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Parreira J, Bouraada J, Fitzpatrick M, Silvestre S, Bernardes da Silva A, Marques da Silva J, Almeida A, Fevereiro P, Altelaar A, Araújo S. Differential proteomics reveals the hallmarks of seed development in common bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.). J Proteomics 2016; 143:188-198. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Revised: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Natarajan S, Khan F, Song Q, Lakshman S, Cregan P, Scott R, Shipe E, Garrett W. Characterization of Soybean Storage and Allergen Proteins Affected by Environmental and Genetic Factors. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:1433-45. [PMID: 26807503 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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There is limited information on the influence of genetic and environmental variability on soybean protein composition. This study aimed to determine the role of genotype (G), environments (E), and the interrelationship of genotype and environment (G×E) on soybean seed protein. Three sets of nine soybean genotypes were grown in replicated trials at Maryland, South Carolina, and South Dakota. At each location, the nine genotypes were grown with two planting/sowing dates. We applied two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry to study the variability of soybean storage and allergen proteins. Statistical analysis of 47 storage and 8 allergen proteins, in terms of differentially expressed protein spots significant at the p<0.005 level, was performed. We found more spots that showed statistically significant differences in expression among E compared to G and G×E interaction.
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- Savithiry Natarajan
- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Crop Production and Protection, Oilseeds & Bioscience, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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- Clemson University , Department of Entomology, Soils, & Plant Sciences, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, USDA-ARS , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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Wang L, Fu J, Li M, Fragner L, Weckwerth W, Yang P. Metabolomic and Proteomic Profiles Reveal the Dynamics of Primary Metabolism during Seed Development of Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:750. [PMID: 27375629 PMCID: PMC4894879 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) belongs to the Nelumbonaceae family. Its seeds are widely consumed in Asian countries as snacks or even medicine. Besides the market value, lotus seed also plays a crucial role in the lotus life cycle. Consequently, it is essential to gain a comprehensive understanding of the development of lotus seed. During its development, lotus seed undergoes cell division, expansion, reserve accumulation, desiccation, and maturation phases. We observed morphological and biochemical changes from 10 to 25 days after pollination (DAP) which corresponded to the reserve synthesis and accumulation phase. The volume of the seed expanded until 20 DAP with the color of the seed coat changing from yellow-green to dark green and gradually fading again. Starch and protein rapidly accumulated from 15 to 20 DAP. To further reveal metabolic adaptation, primary metabolites and proteins profiles were obtained using mass spectrometry based platforms. Metabolites and enzymes involved in sugar metabolism, glycolysis, TCA cycle and amino acid metabolism showed sequential dynamics enabling the clear separation of the different metabolic states during lotus seed development. The integration of the data revealed a highly significant metabolic switch at 15 DAP going through a transition of metabolically highly active tissue to the preparation of storage tissue. The results provide a reference data set for the evaluation of primary metabolism during lotus seed development.
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- Lei Wang
- Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesWuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesWuhan, China
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- Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of ViennaVienna, Austria
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- Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of ViennaVienna, Austria
- Vienna Metabolomics Center, University of ViennaVienna, Austria
- *Correspondence: Pingfang Yang, ; Wolfram Weckwerth,
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of SciencesWuhan, China
- Sino-African Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of SciencesWuhan, China
- *Correspondence: Pingfang Yang, ; Wolfram Weckwerth,
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Rathi D, Gayen D, Gayali S, Chakraborty S, Chakraborty N. Legume proteomics: Progress, prospects, and challenges. Proteomics 2015; 16:310-27. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Revised: 09/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Divya Rathi
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research; Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research; Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research; Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research; Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research; Aruna Asaf Ali Marg New Delhi India
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Li M, Wang K, Li S, Yang P. Exploration of rice pistil responses during early post-pollination through a combined proteomic and transcriptomic analysis. J Proteomics 2015; 131:214-226. [PMID: 26546731 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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UNLABELLED Pollen-stigma interaction is a multi-step and complex physiological process which contains different signaling and biochemical pathways. However, little is known about the molecular mechanism underlying this process in rice (Oryza sativa). In this study, the changes of gene expression were investigated through a combination study of transcriptome and proteome profiles in rice pistil during pollination. Totally, 1117 differentially expressed genes were identified, among which 962 and 167 were detected at transcriptional and protein level respectively. Functional categorization analysis showed that the genes involved in central metabolism were up-regulated, which can lead to the enhancement of these metabolisms. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) were over-accumulated in the stigma. In response to this, the proteins or transcripts involved in redox homeostasis regulation were differentially expressed. Furthermore, significant changes of protein ubiquitination and its related genes or proteins, especially some E3 ligases encoding genes, indicate that protein ubiquitination might play important roles in cell signal transduction during the pollination process. Our study sheds some lights on gene and protein expression profiles of rice pistil pollination process, and gives us a comprehensive understanding of the basic molecular mechanisms controlling pollination in rice. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE Using RNA-seq, 2-DE and iTRAQ assays, we have generated the large-scale transcriptomic and proteomic data containing abundant information on genes involved in pollen and pistil interaction. Our results showed that ROS were significantly accumulated in stigma after pollination, and the abundance of genes involve in redox homeostasis system were changed variously. We also show that, changes of some E3 ligases encoding genes might indicate that protein ubiquitination play important roles in cell signal transduction during the pollination process. Data in this study might be helpful to deeply understand the pollination in rice.
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- Ming Li
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
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Min CW, Gupta R, Kim SW, Lee SE, Kim YC, Bae DW, Han WY, Lee BW, Ko JM, Agrawal GK, Rakwal R, Kim ST. Comparative Biochemical and Proteomic Analyses of Soybean Seed Cultivars Differing in Protein and Oil Content. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2015; 63:7134-42. [PMID: 26237057 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b03196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This study develops differential protein profiles of soybean (Glycine max) seeds (cv. Saedanbaek and Daewon) varying in protein (47.9 and 39.2%) and oil (16.3 and 19.7%) content using protamine sulfate (PS) precipitation method coupled with a 2D gel electrophoresis (2DGE) approach. Of 71 detected differential spots between Daewon and Saedanbaek, 48 were successfully identified by MALDI-TOF/TOF. Gene ontology analysis revealed that up-regulated proteins in Saedanbaek were largely associated with nutrient reservoir activity (42.6%), which included mainly seed-storage proteins (SSPs; subunits of glycinin and β-conglycinin). Similar results were also obtained in two cultivars of wild soybean (G. soja cv. WS22 and WS15) differing in protein content. Western blots confirmed higher accumulation of SSPs in protein-rich Saedanbaek. Findings presented and discussed in this study highlight a possible involvement of the urea cycle for increased accumulation of SSPs and hence the higher protein content in soybean seeds.
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- Chul Woo Min
- †Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University, Miryang 627-706, South Korea
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- †Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University, Miryang 627-706, South Korea
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- †Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University, Miryang 627-706, South Korea
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- †Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University, Miryang 627-706, South Korea
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- †Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University, Miryang 627-706, South Korea
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- ‡Center for Research Facilities, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, South Korea
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- §Department of Functional Crops, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Miryang 627-803, South Korea
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- §Department of Functional Crops, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Miryang 627-803, South Korea
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- §Department of Functional Crops, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Miryang 627-803, South Korea
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- ∥Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), GPO 13265, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
- ⊥GRADE (Global Research Arch for Developing Education) Academy, Pvt. Ltd, Adarsh Nagar-13, Birgunj 44300, Nepal
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- ∥Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), GPO 13265, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
- ⊥GRADE (Global Research Arch for Developing Education) Academy, Pvt. Ltd, Adarsh Nagar-13, Birgunj 44300, Nepal
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- †Department of Plant Bioscience, Life and Industry Convergence Research Institute, Pusan National University, Miryang 627-706, South Korea
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Fekecsová S, Danchenko M, Uvackova L, Skultety L, Hajduch M. Using 7 cm immobilized pH gradient strips to determine levels of clinically relevant proteins in wheat grain extracts. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:433. [PMID: 26124766 PMCID: PMC4464201 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The aim of the work was to test a relatively simple proteomics approach based on phenol extraction and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) with 7 cm immobilized pH gradient strips for the determination of clinically relevant proteins in wheat grain. Using this approach, 157 2-DE spots were quantified in biological triplicate, out of which 55 were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization - time of flight tandem mass spectrometry. Clinically relevant proteins associated with celiac disease, wheat dependent exercise induced anaphylaxis, baker's asthma, and food allergy, were detected in 24 2-DE spots. However, alcohol-soluble gliadins were not detected with this approach. The comparison with a recent quantitative study suggested that gel-based and gel-free proteomics approaches are complementary for the detection and quantification of clinically relevant proteins in wheat grain.
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- Sona Fekecsová
- Department of Developmental and Reproduction Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of SciencesNitra, Slovakia
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius UniversityBratislava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of SciencesBratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Developmental and Reproduction Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of SciencesNitra, Slovakia
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- Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of SciencesBratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Developmental and Reproduction Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of SciencesNitra, Slovakia
- Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of SciencesBratislava, Slovakia
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Chakraborty S, Salekdeh GH, Yang P, Woo SH, Chin CF, Gehring C, Haynes PA, Mirzaei M, Komatsu S. Proteomics of Important Food Crops in the Asia Oceania Region: Current Status and Future Perspectives. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:2723-44. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 362-763, Korea
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- University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- National Institute of Crop Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518, Japan
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Gupta R, Min CW, Kim SW, Wang Y, Agrawal GK, Rakwal R, Kim SG, Lee BW, Ko JM, Baek IY, Bae DW, Kim ST. Comparative investigation of seed coats of brown- versus yellow-colored soybean seeds using an integrated proteomics and metabolomics approach. Proteomics 2015; 15:1706-16. [PMID: 25545850 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2014] [Revised: 11/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Seed coat color is an important attribute determining consumption of soybean seeds. Soybean cultivar Mallikong (M) has yellow seed coat while its naturally mutated cultivar Mallikong mutant (MM), has brown colored seed coat. We used integrated proteomics and metabolomics approach to investigate the differences between seed coats of M and MM during different stages of seed development (4, 5, and 6 weeks after flowering). 2DE profiling of total seed coat proteins from three stages showed 178 differentially expressed spots between M and MM of which 172 were identified by MALDI-TOF/TOF. Of these, 62 were upregulated and 105 were downregulated in MM compared with M, while five spots were detected only in MM. Proteins involved in primary metabolism showed downregulation in MM suggesting energy in MM might be utilized for proanthocyanidin biosynthesis via secondary metabolic pathways that leads to the development of brown seed coat color. Besides, downregulation of two isoforms of isoflavone reductase indicated reduced isoflavones in seed coat of MM that was confirmed by quantitative estimation of total and individual isoflavones using HPLC. We propose that low isoflavones level in MM may offer a high substrate for proanthocyanidin production that results in the development of brown seed coat in MM.
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- Ravi Gupta
- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Pusan National University, Miryang, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Pusan National University, Miryang, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Pusan National University, Miryang, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Microbe Interaction, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), Kathmandu, Nepal
- GRADE Academy Private Limited, Birgunj, Nepal
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- Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), Kathmandu, Nepal
- GRADE Academy Private Limited, Birgunj, Nepal
- Organization for Educational Initiatives, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Department of Anatomy I, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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- Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
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- Department of Functional Crops, NICS, RDA, Miryang, South Korea
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- Department of Functional Crops, NICS, RDA, Miryang, South Korea
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- Department of Functional Crops, NICS, RDA, Miryang, South Korea
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- Central Laboratory, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Pusan National University, Miryang, South Korea
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Dastmalchi M, Dhaubhadel S. Proteomic insights into synthesis of isoflavonoids in soybean seeds. Proteomics 2015; 15:1646-57. [PMID: 25757747 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Soybean seeds are the major human dietary source of isoflavonoids, a class of plant natural products almost entirely exclusive to legumes. Isoflavonoids reduce the risk of a number of chronic human illnesses. Biosynthesis and accumulation of this class of compounds is a multigenic and complex trait, with a great deal of variability among soybean cultivars and with respect to the environment. There is a wealth of genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomics data regarding isoflavonoid biosynthesis, but the connection between multigene families and their cognate proteins is a missing link that could provide us with a great deal of functional information. The changing proteome of the developing seed can shed light on the correlative increase in isoflavonoids, while the maternal seed coat proteome can provide the link with inherited metabolic and signaling machinery. In this effort, 'seed-filling' proteomics has revealed key secondary metabolite enzymes that quantitatively vary throughout seed development. Seed coat proteomics has revealed the existence of metabolic apparatus specific to isoflavonoid biosynthesis (isoflavonoid reductase) that could potentially influence the chemical content of this organ. The future of proteomic analysis of isoflavonoid biosynthesis should be centered on the development of quantitative, tissue-specific proteomes that emphasize low-abundance metabolic proteins to extract the whole suite of factors involved.
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- Mehran Dastmalchi
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, Canada
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Biochemical and proteomic analysis of soybean sprouts at different germination temperatures. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13765-015-0053-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Chaudhary J, Patil GB, Sonah H, Deshmukh RK, Vuong TD, Valliyodan B, Nguyen HT. Expanding Omics Resources for Improvement of Soybean Seed Composition Traits. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:1021. [PMID: 26635846 PMCID: PMC4657443 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Food resources of the modern world are strained due to the increasing population. There is an urgent need for innovative methods and approaches to augment food production. Legume seeds are major resources of human food and animal feed with their unique nutrient compositions including oil, protein, carbohydrates, and other beneficial nutrients. Recent advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) together with "omics" technologies have considerably strengthened soybean research. The availability of well annotated soybean genome sequence along with hundreds of identified quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with different seed traits can be used for gene discovery and molecular marker development for breeding applications. Despite the remarkable progress in these technologies, the analysis and mining of existing seed genomics data are still challenging due to the complexity of genetic inheritance, metabolic partitioning, and developmental regulations. Integration of "omics tools" is an effective strategy to discover key regulators of various seed traits. In this review, recent advances in "omics" approaches and their use in soybean seed trait investigations are presented along with the available databases and technological platforms and their applicability in the improvement of soybean. This article also highlights the use of modern breeding approaches, such as genome-wide association studies (GWAS), genomic selection (GS), and marker-assisted recurrent selection (MARS) for developing superior cultivars. A catalog of available important resources for major seed composition traits, such as seed oil, protein, carbohydrates, and yield traits are provided to improve the knowledge base and future utilization of this information in the soybean crop improvement programs.
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Thakur A, Bhatla SC. Proteomic analysis of oil body membrane proteins accompanying the onset of desiccation phase during sunflower seed development. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2015; 10:e1030100. [PMID: 26786011 PMCID: PMC4854339 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1030100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A noteworthy metabolic signature accompanying oil body (OB) biogenesis during oilseed development is associated with the modulation of the oil body membranes proteins. Present work focuses on 2-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-D PAGE)-based analysis of the temporal changes in the OB membrane proteins analyzed by LC-MS/MS accompanying the onset of desiccation (20-30 d after anthesis; DAA) in the developing seeds of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Protein spots unique to 20-30 DAA stages were picked up from 2-D gels for identification and the identified proteins were categorized into 7 functional classes. These include proteins involved in energy metabolism, reactive oxygen scavenging, proteolysis and protein turnover, signaling, oleosin and oil body biogenesis-associated proteins, desiccation and cytoskeleton. At 30 DAA stage, exclusive expressions of enzymes belonging to energy metabolism, desiccation and cytoskeleton were evident which indicated an increase in the metabolic and enzymatic activity in the cells at this stage of seed development (seed filling). Increased expression of cruciferina-like protein and dehydrin at 30 DAA stage marks the onset of desiccation. The data has been analyzed and discussed to highlight desiccation stage-associated metabolic events during oilseed development.
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- Anita Thakur
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Department of Botany; University of Delhi; Delhi, India
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry; Department of Botany; University of Delhi; Delhi, India
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Wang WQ, Liu SJ, Song SQ, Møller IM. Proteomics of seed development, desiccation tolerance, germination and vigor. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2015; 86:1-15. [PMID: 25461695 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Proteomics, the large-scale study of the total complement of proteins in a given sample, has been applied to all aspects of seed biology mainly using model species such as Arabidopsis or important agricultural crops such as corn and rice. Proteins extracted from the sample have typically been separated and quantified by 2-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify the proteins in the gel spots. In this way, qualitative and quantitative changes in the proteome during seed development, desiccation tolerance, germination, dormancy release, vigor alteration and responses to environmental factors have all been studied. Many proteins or biological processes potentially important for each seed process have been highlighted by these studies, which greatly expands our knowledge of seed biology. Proteins that have been identified to be particularly important for at least two of the seed processes are involved in detoxification of reactive oxygen species, the cytoskeleton, glycolysis, protein biosynthesis, post-translational modifications, methionine metabolism, and late embryogenesis-abundant (LEA) proteins. It will be useful for molecular biologists and molecular plant breeders to identify and study genes encoding particularly interesting target proteins with the aim to improve the yield, stress tolerance or other critical properties of our crop species.
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- Wei-Qing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark.
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Hua S, Chen ZH, Zhang Y, Yu H, Lin B, Zhang D. Chlorophyll and carbohydrate metabolism in developing silique and seed are prerequisite to seed oil content of Brassica napus L. BOTANICAL STUDIES 2014; 55:34. [PMID: 28510961 PMCID: PMC5432831 DOI: 10.1186/1999-3110-55-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/03/2013] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although the seed oil content in canola is a crucial quality determining trait, the regulatory mechanisms of its formation are not fully discovered. This study compared the silique and seed physiological characteristics including fresh and dry weight, seed oil content, chlorophyll content, and carbohydrate content in a high oil content line (HOCL) and a low oil content line (LOCL) of canola derived from a recombinant inbred line in 2010, 2011, and 2012. The aim of the investigation is to uncover the physiological regulation of silique and seed developmental events on seed oil content in canola. RESULTS On average, 83% and 86% of silique matter while 69% and 63% of seed matter was produced before 30 days after anthesis (DAA) in HOCL and LOCL, respectively, over three years. Furthermore, HOCL exhibited significantly higher fresh and dry matter at most developmental stages of siliques and seeds. From 20 DAA, lipids were deposited in the seed of HOCL significantly faster than that of LOCL, which was validated by transmission electron microscopy, showing that HOCL accumulates considerable more oil bodies in the seed cells. Markedly higher silique chlorophyll content was observed in HOCL consistently over the three consecutive years, implying a higher potential of photosynthetic capacity in siliques of HOCL. As a consequence, HOCL exhibited significantly higher content of fructose, glucose, sucrose, and starch mainly at 20 to 45 DAA, a key stage of seed lipid deposition. Moreover, seed sugar content was usually higher than silique indicating the importance of sugar transportation from siliques to seeds as substrate for lipid biosynthesis. The much lower silique cellulose content in HOCL was beneficial for lipid synthesis rather than consuming excessive carbohydrate for cell wall. CONCLUSIONS Superior physiological characteristics of siliques in HOCL showed advantage to produce more photosynthetic assimilates, which were highly correlated to seed oil contents.
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- Shuijin Hua
- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021 P.R. China
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- School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, 2751NSW Australia
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021 P.R. China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021 P.R. China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021 P.R. China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021 P.R. China
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Ge X, Zhang C, Wang Q, Yang Z, Wang Y, Zhang X, Wu Z, Hou Y, Wu J, Li F. iTRAQ Protein Profile Differential Analysis between Somatic Globular and Cotyledonary Embryos Reveals Stress, Hormone, and Respiration Involved in Increasing Plantlet Regeneration of Gossypium hirsutum L. J Proteome Res 2014; 14:268-78. [PMID: 25367710 DOI: 10.1021/pr500688g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Xiaoyang Ge
- State
Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huanghe Road, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huanghe Road, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huanghe Road, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huanghe Road, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huanghe Road, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huanghe Road, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huanghe Road, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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- College
of Science, China Agricultural University, No.2 Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
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- Institute
of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beichen West Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Huanghe Road, Anyang, Henan 455000, China
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Staszak AM, Pawłowski TA. Proteomic analysis of embryogenesis and the acquisition of seed dormancy in Norway maple (Acer platanoides L.). Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:10868-91. [PMID: 24941250 PMCID: PMC4100186 DOI: 10.3390/ijms150610868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Revised: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The proteome of zygotic embryos of Acer platanoides L. was analyzed via high-resolution 2D-SDS-PAGE and MS/MS in order to: (1) identify significant physiological processes associated with embryo development; and (2) identify changes in the proteome of the embryo associated with the acquisition of seed dormancy. Seventeen spots were identified as associated with morphogenesis at 10 to 13 weeks after flowering (WAF). Thirty-three spots were associated with maturation of the embryo at 14 to 22 WAF. The greatest changes in protein abundance occurred at 22 WAF, when seeds become fully mature. Overall, the stage of morphogenesis was characterized by changes in the abundance of proteins (tubulins and actin) associated with the growth and development of the embryo. Enzymes related to energy supply were especially elevated, most likely due to the energy demand associated with rapid growth and cell division. The stage of maturation is crucial to the establishment of seed dormancy and is associated with a higher abundance of proteins involved in genetic information processing, energy and carbon metabolism and cellular and antioxidant processes. Results indicated that a glycine-rich RNA-binding protein and proteasome proteins may be directly involved in dormancy acquisition control, and future studies are warranted to verify this association.
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O'Rourke JA, Bolon YT, Bucciarelli B, Vance CP. Legume genomics: understanding biology through DNA and RNA sequencing. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2014; 113:1107-20. [PMID: 24769535 PMCID: PMC4030821 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND The legume family (Leguminosae) consists of approx. 17 000 species. A few of these species, including, but not limited to, Phaseolus vulgaris, Cicer arietinum and Cajanus cajan, are important dietary components, providing protein for approx. 300 million people worldwide. Additional species, including soybean (Glycine max) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa), are important crops utilized mainly in animal feed. In addition, legumes are important contributors to biological nitrogen, forming symbiotic relationships with rhizobia to fix atmospheric N2 and providing up to 30 % of available nitrogen for the next season of crops. The application of high-throughput genomic technologies including genome sequencing projects, genome re-sequencing (DNA-seq) and transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) by the legume research community has provided major insights into genome evolution, genomic architecture and domestication. SCOPE AND CONCLUSIONS This review presents an overview of the current state of legume genomics and explores the role that next-generation sequencing technologies play in advancing legume genomics. The adoption of next-generation sequencing and implementation of associated bioinformatic tools has allowed researchers to turn each species of interest into their own model organism. To illustrate the power of next-generation sequencing, an in-depth overview of the transcriptomes of both soybean and white lupin (Lupinus albus) is provided. The soybean transcriptome focuses on analysing seed development in two near-isogenic lines, examining the role of transporters, oil biosynthesis and nitrogen utilization. The white lupin transcriptome analysis examines how phosphate deficiency alters gene expression patterns, inducing the formation of cluster roots. Such studies illustrate the power of next-generation sequencing and bioinformatic analyses in elucidating the gene networks underlying biological processes.
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- Jamie A O'Rourke
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Soybean, the world's most widely grown seed legume, is an important global source of vegetable oil and protein. Though, complete draft genome sequence of soybean is now available, but functional genomics studies remain in their infancy, as this agricultural legume species exhibits genetic constrains like genome duplications and self-incompatibilities. The techniques of proteomics provide much powerful tool for functional analysis of soybean. In the present review, an attempt has been made to summarize all significant contributions in the field of soybean proteomics. Special emphasis is given to subcellular proteomics in response to abiotic stresses for better understanding molecular basis of acquisition of stress tolerance mechanism. Detailed protocols of protein extraction, solubilization, fractionation of subcellular organelle, and proteins identification are explained for soybean proteomics. All this information would not only enrich us in understanding the plants response to environmental stressors but would also enable us to design genetically engineered stress tolerant soybean.
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- Zahed Hossain
- Department of Botany, West Bengal State University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Romero-Rodríguez MC, Maldonado-Alconada AM, Valledor L, Jorrin-Novo JV. Back to Osborne. Sequential protein extraction and LC-MS analysis for the characterization of the Holm oak seed proteome. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1072:379-89. [PMID: 24136536 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-631-3_27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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It is impossible to capture in just one experiment all or most of the total set of protein species that constitute the cell's proteome. Thus, according to our results, and even considering that they depend on the experimental system carried out (plant, yeast, fungi, or bacteria), the best protein extraction protocol yielded less than 20 % of the total amount of proteins, as determined by the Kjeldahl method. For this reason, protein cataloguing and the whole proteome characterization require the use of firstly, fractionation techniques at the cellular, subcellular, protein, or peptide level, and secondly, the use of complementary approaches.Within our current research on Holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota), we aim to characterize its seed proteome. For that we have optimized an experimental workflow in which the Osborne sequential protein extraction (Osborne, Science 28:417-427, 1908) is combined with downstream electrophoretic protein separation or shotgun MS analysis. In general, it can be used to study any plant seed, as well as to investigate on seed maturation and germination, genotype characterization, allergens identification, food traceability, and substantial equivalence, among others.
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- M Cristina Romero-Rodríguez
- Agroforestry and Plant Biochemistry and Proteomics Research Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
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Wang WQ, Ye JQ, Rogowska-Wrzesinska A, Wojdyla KI, Jensen ON, Møller IM, Song SQ. Proteomic Comparison between Maturation Drying and Prematurely Imposed Drying of Zea mays Seeds Reveals a Potential Role of Maturation Drying in Preparing Proteins for Seed Germination, Seedling Vigor, and Pathogen Resistance. J Proteome Res 2013; 13:606-26. [DOI: 10.1021/pr4007574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Wei-Qing Wang
- Key
Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China
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Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department
of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg,
Forsøgsvej 1, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark
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Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China
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Natarajan S, Luthria D, Bae H, Lakshman D, Mitra A. Transgenic soybeans and soybean protein analysis: an overview. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2013; 61:11736-43. [PMID: 24099420 DOI: 10.1021/jf402148e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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To meet the increasing global demand for soybeans for food and feed consumption, new high-yield varieties with improved quality traits are needed. To ensure the safety of the crop, it is important to determine the variation in seed proteins along with unintended changes that may occur in the crop as a result various stress stimuli, breeding, and genetic modification. Understanding the variation of seed proteins in the wild and cultivated soybean cultivars is useful for determining unintended protein expression in new varieties of soybeans. Proteomic technology is useful to analyze protein variation due to various stimuli. This short review discusses transgenic soybeans, different soybean proteins, and the approaches used for protein analysis. The characterization of soybean protein will be useful for researchers, nutrition professionals, and regulatory agencies dealing with soy-derived food products.
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- Savithiry Natarajan
- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , Beltsville, Maryland 20705, United States
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Deswal R, Gupta R, Dogra V, Singh R, Abat JK, Sarkar A, Mishra Y, Rai V, Sreenivasulu Y, Amalraj RS, Raorane M, Chaudhary RP, Kohli A, Giri AP, Chakraborty N, Zargar SM, Agrawal VP, Agrawal GK, Job D, Renaut J, Rakwal R. Plant proteomics in India and Nepal: current status and challenges ahead. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 19:461-477. [PMID: 24431515 PMCID: PMC3781272 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-013-0198-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Plant proteomics has made tremendous contributions in understanding the complex processes of plant biology. Here, its current status in India and Nepal is discussed. Gel-based proteomics is predominantly utilized on crops and non-crops to analyze majorly abiotic (49 %) and biotic (18 %) stress, development (11 %) and post-translational modifications (7 %). Rice is the most explored system (36 %) with major focus on abiotic mainly dehydration (36 %) stress. In spite of expensive proteomics setup and scarcity of trained workforce, output in form of publications is encouraging. To boost plant proteomics in India and Nepal, researchers have discussed ground level issues among themselves and with the International Plant Proteomics Organization (INPPO) to act in priority on concerns like food security. Active collaboration may help in translating this knowledge to fruitful applications.
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- Renu Deswal
- />Molecular Plant Physiology and Proteomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- />Molecular Plant Physiology and Proteomics Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- />Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh India
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- />Department of Plant Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Sejong University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- />Department of Botany, Gargi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- />Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- />Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Center, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- />National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- />Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh India
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- />Plant Pathology Section, Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Tamil Nadu, India
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- />Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
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- />Central Department of Botany, and Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
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- />Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines
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- />Plant Molecular Biology Unit, Division of Biochemical Sciences, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
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- />School of Biotechnology, SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Chatha, Jammu, 180009 Jammu and Kashmir India
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- />Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), GPO Box 13265, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- />CNRS/Bayer Crop Science (UMR 5240) Joint Laboratory, Lyon, France
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- />Department of Environment and Agrobiotechnologies, Centre de Recherche Public-Gabriel Lippmann, Belvaux, GD Luxembourg
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- />Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB), GPO Box 13265, Kathmandu, Nepal
- />Organization for Educational Initiatives, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577 Japan
- />Department of Anatomy I, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa, Tokyo 142-8555 Japan
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Gan L, Zhang CY, Wang XD, Wang H, Long Y, Yin YT, Li DR, Tian JH, Li ZY, Lin ZW, Yu LJ, Li MT. Proteomic and Comparative Genomic Analysis of Two Brassica napus Lines Differing in Oil Content. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:4965-78. [DOI: 10.1021/pr4005635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Lu Gan
- Institute
of Resource Biology and Biotechnology, College of Life Science and
Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- National
Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institute
of Resource Biology and Biotechnology, College of Life Science and
Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Hybrid Rapeseed Research Center of Shaanxi Province, Dali 715105, China
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- National
Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institute
of Resource Biology and Biotechnology, College of Life Science and
Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Hybrid Rapeseed Research Center of Shaanxi Province, Dali 715105, China
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- Hybrid Rapeseed Research Center of Shaanxi Province, Dali 715105, China
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- National
Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1, Shizishan Street, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Institute
of Resource Biology and Biotechnology, College of Life Science and
Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Institute
of Resource Biology and Biotechnology, College of Life Science and
Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Institute
of Resource Biology and Biotechnology, College of Life Science and
Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Zi J, Zhang J, Wang Q, Zhou B, Zhong J, Zhang C, Qiu X, Wen B, Zhang S, Fu X, Lin L, Liu S. Stress responsive proteins are actively regulated during rice (Oryza sativa) embryogenesis as indicated by quantitative proteomics analysis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74229. [PMID: 24058531 PMCID: PMC3776822 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 07/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Embryogenesis is the initial step in a plant’s life, and the molecular changes that occur during embryonic development are largely unknown. To explore the relevant molecular events, we used the isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification (iTRAQ) coupled with the shotgun proteomics technique (iTRAQ/Shotgun) to study the proteomic changes of rice embryos during embryogenesis. For the first time, a total of 2 165 unique proteins were identified in rice embryos, and the abundances of 867 proteins were actively changed based on the statistical evaluation of the quantitative MS/MS signals. The quantitative data were then confirmed using multiple reactions monitoring (MRM) and were also supported by our previous study based on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2 DE). Using the proteome at 6 days after pollination (DAP) as a reference, cluster analysis of these differential proteins throughout rice embryogenesis revealed that 25% were up-regulated and 75% were down-regulated. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis implicated that most of the up-regulated proteins were functionally categorized as stress responsive, mainly including heat shock-, lipid transfer-, and reactive oxygen species-related proteins. The stress-responsive proteins were thus postulated to play an important role during seed maturation.
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- Jin Zi
- Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Beijing Institutes of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institutes of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Beijing Institutes of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Beijing Institutes of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, China
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- Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- * E-mail: (LL); (SL)
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- Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
- Beijing Institutes of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Dussert S, Guerin C, Andersson M, Joët T, Tranbarger TJ, Pizot M, Sarah G, Omore A, Durand-Gasselin T, Morcillo F. Comparative transcriptome analysis of three oil palm fruit and seed tissues that differ in oil content and fatty acid composition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 162:1337-58. [PMID: 23735505 PMCID: PMC3707537 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.220525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) produces two oils of major economic importance, commonly referred to as palm oil and palm kernel oil, extracted from the mesocarp and the endosperm, respectively. While lauric acid predominates in endosperm oil, the major fatty acids (FAs) of mesocarp oil are palmitic and oleic acids. The oil palm embryo also stores oil, which contains a significant proportion of linoleic acid. In addition, the three tissues display high variation for oil content at maturity. To gain insight into the mechanisms that govern such differences in oil content and FA composition, tissue transcriptome and lipid composition were compared during development. The contribution of the cytosolic and plastidial glycolytic routes differed markedly between the mesocarp and seed tissues, but transcriptional patterns of genes involved in the conversion of sucrose to pyruvate were not related to variations for oil content. Accumulation of lauric acid relied on the dramatic up-regulation of a specialized acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase paralog and the concerted recruitment of specific isoforms of triacylglycerol assembly enzymes. Three paralogs of the WRINKLED1 (WRI1) transcription factor were identified, of which EgWRI1-1 and EgWRI1-2 were massively transcribed during oil deposition in the mesocarp and the endosperm, respectively. None of the three WRI1 paralogs were detected in the embryo. The transcription level of FA synthesis genes correlated with the amount of WRI1 transcripts and oil content. Changes in triacylglycerol content and FA composition of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves infiltrated with various combinations of WRI1 and FatB paralogs from oil palm validated functions inferred from transcriptome analysis.
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- Stéphane Dussert
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Unité Mixte de Recherche Diversité, Adaptation et Développement des Plantes, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier, France.
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Dussert S, Guerin C, Andersson M, Joët T, Tranbarger TJ, Pizot M, Sarah G, Omore A, Durand-Gasselin T, Morcillo F. Comparative transcriptome analysis of three oil palm fruit and seed tissues that differ in oil content and fatty acid composition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013. [PMID: 23735505 DOI: 10.2307/41943482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) produces two oils of major economic importance, commonly referred to as palm oil and palm kernel oil, extracted from the mesocarp and the endosperm, respectively. While lauric acid predominates in endosperm oil, the major fatty acids (FAs) of mesocarp oil are palmitic and oleic acids. The oil palm embryo also stores oil, which contains a significant proportion of linoleic acid. In addition, the three tissues display high variation for oil content at maturity. To gain insight into the mechanisms that govern such differences in oil content and FA composition, tissue transcriptome and lipid composition were compared during development. The contribution of the cytosolic and plastidial glycolytic routes differed markedly between the mesocarp and seed tissues, but transcriptional patterns of genes involved in the conversion of sucrose to pyruvate were not related to variations for oil content. Accumulation of lauric acid relied on the dramatic up-regulation of a specialized acyl-acyl carrier protein thioesterase paralog and the concerted recruitment of specific isoforms of triacylglycerol assembly enzymes. Three paralogs of the WRINKLED1 (WRI1) transcription factor were identified, of which EgWRI1-1 and EgWRI1-2 were massively transcribed during oil deposition in the mesocarp and the endosperm, respectively. None of the three WRI1 paralogs were detected in the embryo. The transcription level of FA synthesis genes correlated with the amount of WRI1 transcripts and oil content. Changes in triacylglycerol content and FA composition of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves infiltrated with various combinations of WRI1 and FatB paralogs from oil palm validated functions inferred from transcriptome analysis.
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- Stéphane Dussert
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Unité Mixte de Recherche Diversité, Adaptation et Développement des Plantes, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier, France.
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Han C, Yin X, He D, Yang P. Analysis of proteome profile in germinating soybean seed, and its comparison with rice showing the styles of reserves mobilization in different crops. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56947. [PMID: 23460823 PMCID: PMC3584108 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 01/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Seed germination is a complex physiological process during which mobilization of nutrient reserves happens. In different crops, this event might be mediated by different regulatory and metabolic pathways. Proteome profiling has been proved to be an efficient way that can help us to construct these pathways. However, no such studies have been performed in soybean germinating seeds up to date. RESULTS Proteome profiling was conducted through one-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry strategy in the germinating seeds of soybean (glycine max). Comprehensive comparisons were also carried out between rice and soybean germinating seeds. 764 proteins belonging to 14 functional groups were identified and metabolism related proteins were the largest group. Deep analyses of the proteins and pathways showed that lipids were degraded through lipoxygenase dependent pathway and proteins were degraded through both protease and 26S proteosome system, and the lipoxygenase could also help to remove the reactive oxygen species during the rapid mobilization of reserves of soybean germinating seeds. The differences between rice and soybean germinating seeds proteome profiles indicate that each crop species has distinct mechanism for reserves mobilization during germination. Different reserves could be converted into starches before they are totally utilized during the germination in different crops seeds. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first comprehensive analysis of proteome profile in germinating soybean seeds to date. The data presented in this paper will improve our understanding of the physiological and biochemical status in the imbibed soybean seeds just prior to germination. Comparison of the protein profile with that of germinating rice seeds gives us new insights on mobilization of nutrient reserves during the germination of crops seeds.
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- Chao Han
- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Speciality Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Barvkar VT, Pardeshi VC, Kale SM, Kadoo NY, Giri AP, Gupta VS. Proteome profiling of flax (Linum usitatissimum) seed: characterization of functional metabolic pathways operating during seed development. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:6264-76. [PMID: 23153172 DOI: 10.1021/pr300984r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) seeds are an important source of food and feed due to the presence of various health promoting compounds, making it a nutritionally and economically important plant. An in-depth analysis of the proteome of developing flax seed is expected to provide significant information with respect to the regulation and accumulation of such storage compounds. Therefore, a proteomic analysis of seven seed developmental stages (4, 8, 12, 16, 22, 30, and 48 days after anthesis) in a flax variety, NL-97 was carried out using a combination of 1D-SDS-PAGE and LC-MSE methods. A total 1716 proteins were identified and their functional annotation revealed that a majority of them were involved in primary metabolism, protein destination, storage and energy. Three carbon assimilatory pathways appeared to operate in flax seeds. Reverse transcription quantitative PCR of selected 19 genes was carried out to understand their roles during seed development. Besides storage proteins, methionine synthase, RuBisCO and S-adenosylmethionine synthetase were highly expressed transcripts, highlighting their importance in flax seed development. Further, the identified proteins were mapped onto developmental seed specific expressed sequence tag (EST) libraries of flax to obtain transcriptional evidence and 81% of them had detectable expression at the mRNA level. This study provides new insights into the complex seed developmental processes operating in flax.
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- Vitthal T Barvkar
- Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India
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To gain insights into the protein dynamics during seed development, a proteomic study on the developing Brassica campestri L. seeds with embryos in different embryogenesis stages was carried out. The seed proteins at 10, 16, 20, 25 and 35 DAP (days after pollination), respectively, were separated using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and identities of 209 spots with altered abundance were determined by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF MS). These proteins were classified into 16 groups according to their functions. The most abundant proteins were related to primary metabolism, indicating the heavy demand of materials for rapid embryo growth. Besides, the high amount of proteins involved in protein processing and destination indicated importance of protein renewal during seed development. The remaining were those participated in oxidation/detoxification, energy, defense, transcription, protein synthesis, transporter, cell structure, signal transduction, secondary metabolism, transposition, DNA repair, storage and so on. Protein abundance profiles of each functional class were generated and hierarchical cluster analysis established 8 groups of dynamic patterns. Our results revealed novel characters of protein dynamics in seed development in Brassica campestri L. and provided valuable information about the complex process of seed development in plants.
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- Wenlan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Klubicová K, Danchenko M, Skultety L, Berezhna VV, Uvackova L, Rashydov NM, Hajduch M. Soybeans grown in the Chernobyl area produce fertile seeds that have increased heavy metal resistance and modified carbon metabolism. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48169. [PMID: 23110204 PMCID: PMC3482187 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Plants grow and reproduce in the radioactive Chernobyl area, however there has been no comprehensive characterization of these activities. Herein we report that life in this radioactive environment has led to alteration of the developing soybean seed proteome in a specific way that resulted in the production of fertile seeds with low levels of oil and β-conglycinin seed storage proteins. Soybean seeds were harvested at four, five, and six weeks after flowering, and at maturity from plants grown in either non-radioactive or radioactive plots in the Chernobyl area. The abundance of 211 proteins was determined. The results confirmed previous data indicating that alterations in the proteome include adaptation to heavy metal stress and mobilization of seed storage proteins. The results also suggest that there have been adjustments to carbon metabolism in the cytoplasm and plastids, increased activity of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and decreased condensation of malonyl-acyl carrier protein during fatty acid biosynthesis.
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- Katarína Klubicová
- Department of Reproduction and Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
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- Department of Reproduction and Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
- Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Virology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Center for Molecular Medicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Reproduction and Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Reproduction and Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia
- Institute of Chemistry, Centre of Excellence for White-Green Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovak Republic
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Stevenson SE, Woods CA, Hong B, Kong X, Thelen JJ, Ladics GS. Environmental effects on allergen levels in commercially grown non-genetically modified soybeans: assessing variation across north america. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2012; 3:196. [PMID: 22969785 PMCID: PMC3427918 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Soybean (Glycinemax) is a hugely valuable soft commodity that generates tens of billions of dollars annually. This value is due in part to the balanced composition of the seed which is roughly 1:2:2 oil, starch, and protein by weight. In turn, the seeds have many uses with various derivatives appearing broadly in processed food products. As is true with many edible seeds, soybeans contain proteins that are anti-nutritional factors and allergens. Soybean, along with milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, and wheat, elicit a majority of food allergy reactions in the United States. Soybean seed composition can be affected by breeding, and environmental conditions (e.g., temperature, moisture, insect/pathogen load, and/or soil nutrient levels). The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of genotype and environment on allergen and anti-nutritional proteins in soybean. To address genetic and environmental effects, four varieties of non-GM soybeans were grown in six geographically distinct regions of North America (Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Ontario, and Pennsylvania). Absolute quantification of proteins by mass spectrometry can be achieved with a technique called multiple reaction monitoring (MRM), during which signals from an endogenous protein are compared to those from a synthetic heavy-labeled internal standard. Using MRM, eight allergens were absolutely quantified for each variety in each environment. Statistical analyses show that for most allergens, the effects of environment far outweigh the differences between varieties brought about by breeding.
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- Severin E. Stevenson
- Interdisciplinary Plant Group, Department of Biochemistry, Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of MissouriColumbia, MO, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Plant Group, Department of Biochemistry, Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of MissouriColumbia, MO, USA
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- Pioneer Hi-Bred InternationalAnkeny, IA, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Plant Group, Department of Biochemistry, Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center, University of MissouriColumbia, MO, USA
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- DuPont Agricultural Biotechnology, Pioneer Hi-BredWilmington, DE, USA
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Meyer LJ, Gao J, Xu D, Thelen JJ. Phosphoproteomic analysis of seed maturation in Arabidopsis, rapeseed, and soybean. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 159:517-28. [PMID: 22440515 PMCID: PMC3375983 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.191700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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To characterize protein phosphorylation in developing seed, a large-scale, mass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomic study was performed on whole seeds at five sequential stages of development in soybean (Glycine max), rapeseed (Brassica napus), and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Phosphopeptides were enriched from 0.5 mg of total peptides using a combined strategy of immobilized metal affinity and metal oxide affinity chromatography. Enriched phosphopeptides were analyzed by Orbitrap tandem mass spectrometry and mass spectra mined against cognate genome or cDNA databases in both forward and randomized orientations, the latter to calculate false discovery rate. We identified a total of 2,001 phosphopeptides containing 1,026 unambiguous phosphorylation sites from 956 proteins, with an average false discovery rate of 0.78% for the entire study. The entire data set was uploaded into the Plant Protein Phosphorylation Database (www.p3db.org), including all meta-data and annotated spectra. The Plant Protein Phosphorylation Database is a portal for all plant phosphorylation data and allows for homology-based querying of experimentally determined phosphosites. Comparisons with other large-scale phosphoproteomic studies determined that 652 of the phosphoproteins are novel to this study. The unique proteins fall into several Gene Ontology categories, some of which are overrepresented in our study as well as other large-scale phosphoproteomic studies, including metabolic process and RNA binding; other categories are only overrepresented in our study, like embryonic development. This investigation shows the importance of analyzing multiple plants and plant organs to comprehensively map the complete plant phosphoproteome.
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- Louis J. Meyer
- Department of Biochemistry (L.J.M., J.J.T.) and Department of Computer Sciences (J.G., D.X.), Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- Department of Biochemistry (L.J.M., J.J.T.) and Department of Computer Sciences (J.G., D.X.), Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- Department of Biochemistry (L.J.M., J.J.T.) and Department of Computer Sciences (J.G., D.X.), Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- Department of Biochemistry (L.J.M., J.J.T.) and Department of Computer Sciences (J.G., D.X.), Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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