title: Analysis of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) proteins affected by copper stress.
abstract: The effect of excess copper on the expression of soluble proteins in 10-day old Phaseolus vulgaris seedlings was studied with two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, to find sensitive biochemical markers of exposure. Despite major differences in root Cu contents, both 15 and 50 microM Cu treatments resulted in equal enhancements of Cu in the primary leaves. Three proteins, apparently reacting in a dose-dependent manner to Cu exposure, were identified from roots. The levels of an intracellular pathogenesis-related protein and a newly identified protein homologous to PvPR1, PvPR2, were increased with increasing Cu concentration. The level of a newly identified PR-10 protein decreased in a dose-dependent manner. No significant difference was observed in the leaf protein pattern between controls and 15 microM Cu-treated plants. However, at 50 microM Cu exposure, the appearance of PvPR1 and a homologue of Arabidopsis thaliana thylakoid lumenal 17.4kDa protein was observed. Another protein slightly enhanced by Cu treatment had sequence homology to a mitochondrial precursor of glycine cleavage system H protein of Flaveria pringlei.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Universitaire Campus Building, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. ann.cuypers@luc.ac.be
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cuypers
authors.forename: Kaisa M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Koistinen
authors.forename: Harri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kokko
authors.forename: Sirpa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kärenlampi
authors.forename: Seppo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Auriola
authors.forename: Jaco
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vangronsveld
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003300:Copper / Q000633:toxicity*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D027805:Phaseolus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D003300:Copper