title: Proteome analysis of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) elucidates constitutive adaptation during the first phase of salt stress.
abstract: Salinity is one of the major stress factors responsible for growth reduction of most of the higher plants. In this study, the effect of salt stress on protein pattern in shoots and roots of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) was examined. Sugar beet plants were grown in hydroponics under control and 125 mM salt treatments. A significant growth reduction of shoots and roots was observed. The changes in protein expression, caused by salinity, were monitored using two-dimensional gel-electrophoresis. Most of the detected proteins in sugar beet showed stability under salt stress. The statistical analysis of detected proteins showed that the expression of only six proteins from shoots and three proteins from roots were significantly altered. At this stage, the significantly changed protein expressions we detected could not be attributed to sugar beet adaptation under salt stress. However, unchanged membrane bound proteins under salt stress did reveal the constitutive adaptation of sugar beet to salt stress at the plasma membrane level.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Nutrition, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany. Abdul.Wakeel@agrar.uni-giessen.de
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wakeel
authors.forename: Abdul R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Asif
authors.forename: Britta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pitann
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D027461:Beta vulgaris / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D018527:Hydroponics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D054712:Salinity; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013312:Stress, Physiological
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D020543:Proteome; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases