title: Plant-pathogen interactions: what is proteomics telling us?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Brazil. amehta@cenargen.embrapa.br
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Ana C M
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Brasileiro
authors.forename: Djair S L
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.forename: Magnólia A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Maria F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Grossi-de-Sá
authors.forename: Marília S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Octávio L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Rodrigo R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Fragoso
authors.forename: Rosangela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bevitori
authors.forename: Thales L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Rocha
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins