Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Wild and Cultivated Amaranth Species Seeds by 2-DE and ESI-MS/MS
Artículo
Te invitamos a leer el artículo "Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Wild and Cultivated Amaranth Species Seeds by 2-DE and ESI-MS/MS" publicado en Plants, a cargo del profesor investigador Dr. Alfredo Heriberto Herrera Estrella y su equipo de trabajo de la Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (UGA).
Autores: Esaú Bojórquez-Velázquez / Jesus Alejandro Zamora-Briseño / Alberto Barrera-Pacheco / Eduardo Espitia-Rangel / Alfredo Herrera-Estrella / Ana Paulina Barba de la Rosa
- Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A. C. San Luis Potosí 78216, Mexico
- Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Campus III, Instituto de Ecología A. C., Xalapa 91073, Mexico
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Texcoco 56250, Mexico
- Unidad de Genómica Avanzada del Cinvestav, Irapuato 36821, Mexico
Felicitamos al estudiantado y profesorado que contribuyeron en esta investigación por su arduo trabajo.
Summary:
Amaranth is a promising staple food that produces seeds with excellent nutritional quality. Although cultivated species intended for grain production have interesting agronomic traits, relatively little is known about wild species, which can prosper in diverse environments and could be a rich genetic source for crop improvement. This work focuses on the proteomic comparison between the seeds of wild and cultivated amaranth species using polarity-based protein extraction and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs) showed changes in granule-bound starch synthases and a wide range of 11S globulin isoforms. The electrophoretic profile of these proteins suggests that they may contain significant phosphorylation as post-translational modifications (PTMs), which were confirmed via immunodetection. These PTMs may impact the physicochemical functionality of storage proteins, with potential implications for seed agronomic traits and food system applications. Low-abundant DAPs with highly variable accumulation patterns are also discussed; these were involved in diverse molecular processes, such as genic regulation, lipid storage, and stress response.