title: Legume proteomics: Progress, prospects, and challenges.
abstract: Legumes are the major sources of food and fodder with strong commercial relevance, and are essential components of agricultural ecosystems owing to their ability to carry out endosymbiotic nitrogen fixation. In recent years, legumes have become one of the major choices of plant research. The legume proteomics is currently represented by more than 100 reference maps and an equal number of stress-responsive proteomes. Among the 48 legumes in the protein databases, most proteomic studies have been accomplished in two model legumes, soybean, and barrel medic. This review highlights recent contributions in the field of legume proteomics to comprehend the defence and regulatory mechanisms during development and adaptation to climatic changes. Here, we attempted to provide a concise overview of the progress in legume proteomics and discuss future developments in three broad perspectives: (i) proteome of organs/tissues; (ii) subcellular compartments; and (iii) spatiotemporal changes in response to stress. Such data mining may aid in discovering potential biomarkers for plant growth, in general, apart from essential components involved in stress tolerance. The prospect of integrating proteome data with genome information from legumes will provide exciting opportunities for plant biologists to achieve long-term goals of crop improvement and sustainable agriculture.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rathi
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Dipak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gayen
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gayali
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Subhra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism; D040901:Proteomics
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D020543:Proteome
keywords: Crop improvement; Legumes; Nitrogen fixation; Plant proteomics; ROS detoxification; Stress response