Plant-pathogen interactions: what is proteomics telling us?
Over the years, several studies have been performed to analyse plant-pathogen interactions. Recently, functional genomic strategies, including proteomics and transcriptomics, have contributed to the effort of defining gene and protein function and expression profiles. Using these 'omic' approaches, pathogenicity- and defence-related genes and proteins expressed during phytopathogen infections have been identified and enormous datasets have been accumulated. However, the understanding of molecular plant-pathogen interactions is still an intriguing area of investigation. Proteomics has dramatically evolved in the pursuit of large-scale functional assignment of candidate proteins and, by using this approach, several proteins expressed during phytopathogenic interactions have been identified. In this review, we highlight the proteins expressed during plant-virus, plant-bacterium, plant-fungus and plant-nematode interactions reported in proteomic studies, and discuss these findings considering the advantages and limitations of current proteomic tools.
Mehta
Angela
A
Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil. amehta@cenargen.embrapa.br
Brasileiro
Ana C M
AC
Souza
Djair S L
DS
Romano
Eduardo
E
Campos
Magnólia A
MA
Grossi-de-Sá
Maria F
MF
Silva
Marília S
MS
Franco
Octávio L
OL
Fragoso
Rodrigo R
RR
Bevitori
Rosangela
R
Rocha
Thales L
TL
D000818:Animals; D009348:Nematoda / Q000502:physiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D040901:Proteomics
D010940:Plant Proteins