Expression profiling and proteomic analysis of isolated photosynthetic cells of the non-Kranz C4 species Bienertia sinuspersici
Joonho Park A , Thomas W. Okita B and Gerald E. Edwards A CA School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4236, USA.
B Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6340, USA.
C Corresponding author. Email: edwardsg@wsu.edu
Functional Plant Biology 37(1) 1-13 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP09074
Submitted: 4 April 2009 Accepted: 8 September 2009 Published: 5 January 2010
Abstract
Bienertia sinuspersici Akhani represents one form of C4 photosynthesis that occurs without Kranz anatomy in family Chenopodiaceae. Analysis of transcript profiles and proteomics were made to gain information on this single-cell C4 photosynthetic mechanism. Chlorenchyma cells were isolated and purified from mature leaves. From these cells, a cDNA library was made from which sequences were obtained on 2385 clones using conventional methods. To obtain a protein profile, the multi dimensional protein identification technique was used, resulting in identification of 322 unique proteins in chlorenchyma cells. After analysing datasets from the EST library and proteomics, genes and proteins were classified into 23 and 17 categories according to types of biological processes, respectively. These include photosynthesis and photorespiration, other biosynthetic and metabolic processes, cell wall modification, defence response, DNA repair, electron transport, other cellular and developmental processes, protein folding, protein targeting, protein modification, proteolysis, redox and ion homeostasis, response to biotic and abiotic stresses, RNA modification, transcription, translation, transport and unknowns. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses were made of C4 cycle enzymes to characterise the relationship between homologues found in Bienertia with public gene sequences from other chenopods and representative C3 and C4 species from other families. Identified photosynthetic genes and proteins are discussed with respect to the proposed function of an NAD-ME type C4 cycle in this single-cell C4 system.
Additional keywords: EST library, photosynthesis, proteomics.
Acknowledgements
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants IBN-0236959 and IBN-0641232. The authors thank Mr. Abdulrahman Alsirhan for providing seeds of Bienertia sinuspersici from Kuwait. We thank C. Cody for plant growth management and E. Roalson for advice on phylogenetics.
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