Table 3. Predicted functional classes of proteins in the A. thaliana stem sub-proteome.
Functional classes have been defined according to Jamet et al. (2006). A list of all proteins identified in this study is provided in Table 2. The detailed bioinformatics functional analysis is given in Supplementary Table S1 at JXB online.
| Functional classes | Number of proteins | |
|---|---|---|
| Proteins acting on polysaccharides | 31 | |
| Glycoside hydrolases | 29 | |
| Esterases | 2 | |
| Oxido-reductases | 13 | |
| Peroxidases | 4 | |
| Multicopper oxidases | 6 | |
| Others | 3 | |
| Proteins with interacting domains | 12 | |
| Lectin domains | 6 | |
| LRR domains | 3 | |
| Others | 3 | |
| Signalling | 2 | |
| Proteases | 14 | |
| Serine proteases | 10 | |
| Aspartyl proteases | 4 | |
| Miscellaneous | 7 | |
| Homologs to phosphatase | 3 | |
| Homologs to proline-rich protein (lipase acid hydrolase domain) | 2 | |
| Others | 2 | |
| Unknown function | 10 | |
| Intracellular proteins | 13 | |
| Total | 102 | |