Recent advances in proteomics of cereals

Abstract

Cereals contribute a major part of human nutrition and are considered as an integral source of energy for human diets. With genomic databases already available in cereals such as rice, wheat, barley, and maize, the focus has now moved to proteome analysis. Proteomics studies involve the development of appropriate databases based on developing suitable separation and purification protocols, identification of protein functions, and can confirm their functional networks based on already available data from other sources. Tremendous progress has been made in the past decade in generating huge data-sets for covering interactions among proteins, protein composition of various organs and organelles, quantitative and qualitative analysis of proteins, and to characterize their modulation during plant development, biotic, and abiotic stresses. Proteomics platforms have been used to identify and improve our understanding of various metabolic pathways. This article gives a brief review of efforts made by different research groups on comparative descriptive and functional analysis of proteomics applications achieved in the cereal science so far.

Identification and characterization of the first cytokinin glycosyltransferase from rice

“…In recent years, with an increasing populations and environmental degradation, the land suitable for rice cultivation has diminished. To address these problems, the use of biotechnology to improve the stress resistance, yield and nutritional quality of rice is urgently required (Bansal et al 2016). Cytokinins are important small molecule compounds, which are derivatives of adenine that occur naturally in plants (Plihalova et al 2016).…”

Proteomic analysis of chloroplasts from chlorophyll-deficient melon mutant

“…Proteomics is a powerful tool to study the protein networks and molecular regulatory mechanisms of plant development and response to biotic and abiotic stresses (Singh et al 2013, Bansal et al 2016. Proteomic studies based on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis have been applied to investigate the mechanisms underlying leaf color determination in Hosta and Ginkgo biloba (Liu et al 2016.…”