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. 2021 Dec 14;12:793113. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.793113

TABLE 3.

Overview of high-throughput proteomic studies focused on PTMome analysis in stress-treated plants.

Plant species Stress treatment Method Differentially abundant proteins with PTM References
Phosphorylation
Arabidopsis thaliana Col—4 week old plants Salinity (200 mM NaCl, 3 day) Zr4+-IMAC beads PP enrichment; LC-MS/MS 15 phosphoproteins in membrane fraction: aquaporins PIP2;1, PIP2;4; 14-3-3 interacting protein AHA-I Hsu et al., 2009
Arabidopsis thaliana—12 day old seedlings 800 mM mannitol, 100 μM ABA (30 min.) Phosphopeptide enrichment with PolyMAC-Ti, nanoLC HPLC, LTQ-Orbitrap 1,850 quantified phosphopeptides, 468 differentially regulated: MAPK, CKII, SnRK2.1, SnRK2.4, SnRK2.5, SnRK2.10 Xue et al., 2013
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum)
cv. JG-62
Drought 2-DE Pro-Q Diamond staining; immunoblots (anti-phosphoserine, antiphospho-threonine, antiphospho-tyrosine antibodies Regulatory and functional proteins: photosynthesis (OEE1, CA, ATP synthase subunit α) and photorespiration, stress and defense, molecular chaperones, ion transport—CaDREPP1—plasma membrane polypeptide family protein Subba et al., 2013
TMT labeling and TiO2 phosphopeptide enrichment Kinases, phosphatases, spliceosome components Barua et al., 2019
Common bean VAX1 root tip Osmotic stress (PEG-6000) 2DE ProQ Diamond staining 10 PPs: Ser/Thr-specific PP2A; PRK; DHN; actin; lactoylglutathione lyase; Yang et al., 2013
Soybean cv. Enrei root tip—nuclei—2 day old seedlings Flooding: 3 h Polymer-based metal ion affinity phosphopeptide enrichment; nanoLC-MS/MS ABA-responsive proteins: zinc finger/BTB domain containing protein 47, GRP, rRNA processing protein Rrp5 Yin and Komatsu, 2015
Brachypodium distachyon Bd21 at 3-leaf stage Osmotic stress (20% PEG-6000 in Hoagland solution) 48 h TiO2 IMAC beads enrichment;
LC-MS/MS
Signaling (MAPK cascade, SnRK2, CDPK, PP2C), TFs (NF-Y, Hsf), ion transport (PIP, NIP, H+-ATPase in plasma membrane), stress (DHN3-like, HSP90) Yuan et al., 2016
Barley cv. Haruna-nijyo Salinity (200 mM NaCl) 24 h qRT-PCR 10 HvPIP aquaporins (HvPIP2) Horie et al., 2011
Einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum) 3-leaf stage Salinity (0, 80, 320 mM NaCl) 2-DE and Pro-Q Diamond phosphoprotein staining
MALDI-TOF/TOF
20 phosphoproteins identified: cp31BHv, betaine-aldehyde dehydrogenase, leucine aminopeptidase 2, redox enzymes (Cu/Zn-SOD, 2-Cys Prx BAS1), chaperone (CPN60α), photosynthesis (OEE), ATP synthesis (ATP synthase CF1β) Lv et al., 2016
Wheat (Triticum aestivum) Zhongmai 175 Drought Pro-Q Diamond phosphoprotein staining, 2-DE, MALDI-TOF/TOF Wheat flag leaf: photosynthesis-related
(LHCII), dephosphorylation of RCA under drought; Phosphorylation of glycolysis enzymes (FBA, GAPDH, ENO), TCA cycle
Luo et al., 2018
Zhengmai 366 Salinity (180 mM NaCl) 24 h 2-DE and Pro-Q Diamond phosphoprotein staining Wheat embryo and endosperm: 14 PPs in embryo, 6 PPs in endosperm: COR, 27K protein, SOD Luo et al., 2019
Hanxuan 10, Ningchun 47—3-leaf stage Osmotic stress (20% PEG-6000) TiO2 beads microcolumn enrichment, LC-MS/MS Wheat seedling leaves: 31 PPs involved in RNA transcription/processing, stress and defense, signal transduction Zhang et al., 2014a
Henong 341—flag leaf and grains at 28 day after flowering Drought (decreased SWC) TiO2 beads microcolumn enrichment, LC-MS/MS Wheat grain: 63 PPs—signaling (LRR-receptor kinases, casein kinase I, CDK, CDK-like); chaperones (HSPs), starch biosynthesis Zhang et al., 2014b
Yangmai 18—spike Fusarium graminearum 2-DE, immunoblots (anti-phosphoserine, anti-phosphothreonine, anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies), MALDI-TOF MS 28 PPs: signaling (receptor protein kinase PERK1-like); RING-finger E3 ubiquitin ligase; dnaJ-like protein; ADP ribosylation factor; metabolism (PGK; cinnamoyl-CoA reductase, isochorismate synthase); transport (ABC transporter); stress/defense (cytochrome P450) Ding et al., 2016
Rice (cv. Nipponbare) Salinity 2-DE ProQ Diamond Up: Putative ribosomal protein S29, HSP70, MRL
Down: ATP synthase β, glucan endo-1,3-β-glucosidase
Chitteti and Peng, 2007
Drought 10 PPs: NAD-MDH, ribosomal protein, r40c1 protein, S-like ribonuclease, ethylene-inducible protein, GLP1, ABA-inducible protein Ke et al., 2009
Rice cv. Zhong Jiazao-17 indica rice—12 day seedlings 10, 100 μM CdCl2*2.5 H2O TiO2-IMAC enrichment, LC-MS/MS 1,244 PPs, 392↑—Cd: ABA signaling (PP2C30, PP2C66), CDPK signaling, MAPK signaling; WRKY TFs, 14-3-3 like, NADH dehydrogenase, LHCB Zhong et al., 2017
D69 (S), D28 (T)—3-leaf stage 0.1 mmol dm–3 Cd 2-DE MALDI-TOF/TOF Carbon metabolism, proteolytic enzymes, F-box containing TFs, zinc-finger, MYB TFs, DEAD-box ATP-dependent RNA helicase 37 Fang et al., 2019
Maize cv. Zhengdan 958—5-leaf stage Drought (PEG -−0.7 MPa, 8 h), heat (42°C, 1 h) and combined stress TiO2-IMAC beads PP enrichment; iTRAQ, nano LC-MS/MS Stress proteins: HSPs;
Receptor proteins: Ca-dependent receptor, gibberellin receptor GID1
Hu et al., 2015b
Maize mutant vp5 (ABA deficient)—2 week old Osmotic stress (−0.7 MPa PEG6000, 8 h) TiO2-IMAC beads PP enrichment; iTRAQ, nanoLC-MS/MS 4,052 phosphopeptides—3,017 phosphoproteins; 14 categories: signaling (receptor-like protein kinase; tpa: protein kinase superfamily protein, leucine-rich repeat protein kinase, CDPK); chloroplast PPs (CPN60β; stresschloroplastic like X2 isoform); E3 ubiquitin protein ligase Hu et al., 2015a
Maize inbred line B73—5-leaf stage Drought (mild and severe water deficits) and recovery (5–60 min) TiO2-IMAC beads PP enrichment; nano LC-MS/MS Identified phosphoproteins: cell division and expansion related (GAP, USP, Golgi SNARE12), carbohydrate metabolism (SuSy3), chromatin remodeling (histone deacetylase 2b, HDT2), ABC-transporter, DEAD-box ATP-dependent RNA helicase 52C, BZIP, RING finger protein 126 Bonhomme et al., 2012
Sugarbeet monosomic addition line M14—3 week Salinity (0, 200, 400 mM NaCl, 10, 30, 60, 90 min.) Nutip PP enrichment; LC-MS/MS Signaling: CDPK, MAPK, 14-3-3; calcium binding protein CML35; Ras-related smallGTP binding protein Yu et al., 2016
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) cv. Wufu leaves Salinity (300 mM NaCl, 48 h) Affinity enrichment, TMT kit, LC-MS/MS Photosynthesis antenna proteins (LHCII), RNA degradation Yu et al., 2019
N-glycosylation
Soybean (cv. Enrei) root tip—2 day old Flooding (2 day) SDS-PAGE and concanavalin A lectin blot Up: glycolysis enzymes (GAPDH)
Down: N-glycan synthesis enzymes (STT3)
Mustafa and Komatsu, 2014
Rice (cv. Nipponbare) leaf sheath—2 week old seedlings Cold (5°C, 2 day) SDS-PAGE and concanavalin A lectin blot Up: energy metabolism (mitochondrial F1-ATPase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, NADP-dependent malic enzyme, enolase, UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase), chaperone (CPN60α, HSP90), signaling (calreticulin) Komatsu et al., 2009
Carbonylation
Rice cv. Malviya-36 (S), Vandana (T) 15% PEG-6000, 1 mM AlCl3 2DE, immunoblot of DNPH-derivatized proteins Up: RubisCO LSU, OEE3, PS I subunit II, IV; CaM Pandey and Dubey, 2021
S-nitrosylation
Brassica juncea var. Pusa Jaikisan 7 day old seedlings Cold (4°C) for 2–96 h 2-DE, biotin-switch 20 S-nitrosylated proteins: RubisCO LSU, SSU; ACC synthase 4, PRX, FBA, HSP70, APX, SOD Abat and Deswal, 2009
RubisCO depletion, 2DE, biotin switch assay, nLC-MS/MS S-nitrosylated proteins: SOD, Trx-H type; GAPDH, FBA, sedoheptulose-bisphosphatase Sehrawat et al., 2013
RubisCO depletion, 2DE, biotin switch assay, MALDI-TOF/TOF, nLC-MS/MS 48 (24 GSNO-treated, 24 cold-responsive) S-nitrosoproteins: 12S globulin protein cruciferin; redox (DHAR, Cu/Zn-SOD), stress defense (lactoylglutathione lyase, GLP) Sehrawat and Deswal, 2014
Citrus (Citrus aurantium) mature leaves from 5-month old plants 150 mM NaCl, 16 day 2-DE, immunoblots (carbonylation, Tyr-nitration), biotin-switch (S-nitrosylation) Leaves:
Carbonylation: RCA,
Tyr-nitration: RubisCO LSU,
S-nitrosylation: PRX
Tanou et al., 2009
150 mM NaCl, 8 day 1-DE, immunoblots (carbonylation, Tyr-nitration), biotin-switch (S-nitrosylation) Leaves: Fe-SOD, NOX, AOX, GSNOR,
Roots: Cu/Zn-SOD, Mn-SOD, NOX, DAO, PAO, GSNOR
Tanou et al., 2012
Continuous light, dark, heat, cold, drought, salinity SDS-PAGE and immunoblots (biotin switch assay) S-nitrosylation patterns enhanced by heat, cold and drought but suppressed by dark and salinity with respect to control Ziogas et al., 2013
Pea (Pisum sativum) cv. Lincoln—leaf mitochondria 150 mM NaCl, 14 day SDS-PAGE, MALDI-TOF/TOF, immunoblot ATP synthase β, HSP90, PRXIIF Camejo et al., 2013

AOX, alternative oxidase; APX, ascorbate peroxidase; CA, carbonic anhydrase; CaM, calmodulin; CDK, cyclin-dependent kinase; CDPK, calcium-dependent protein kinase; CK, casein kinase; DHAR, dehydroascorbate reductase; DHN, dehydrin; ENO, enolase; FBA, fructose bisphosphate aldolase; GAP, GTPase-activating protein; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; GLP, germin-like protein; GRP, glycine-rich protein; GSNO, S-nitrosoglutathione; GSNOR, S-nitrosoglutathione reductase; LHC, light-harvesting complex; MDH, malate dehydrogenase; OEE, oxygen-evolving enhancer protein; PGK, phosphoglycerate kinase; PP, protein phosphatase; PS, photosystem; PRK, pyruvate kinase; PRX, peroxiredoxin; RCA, RubisCO activase; RubisCO (LSU, SSU), ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (large and small subunit); S, susceptible genotype (to a given stress); SOD, superoxide dismutase; SuSy, sucrose synthase; SWC, soil water content; T, tolerant genotype (to a given stress); Trx, thioredoxin.