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Abstract The proteins produced just prior to maturation desiccation in the developing, orthodox seed, are stored in the desiccated state and recruited as the functional proteome upon imbibition. For the resumption of protein function, these stored proteins must be protected from permanent denaturation while dehydrating, throughout desiccation, and during rehydration. For some forms of damage there is the possibility of repair following imbibition potentially coordinated with de-aggregation into monodispersed polypeptides capable of refolding into a functional configuration. While studying aspects of the natural protection and repair mechanism in seeds, evidence has accrued that those proteins directly involved in translation are particular targets of both protection and protein repair. Such a phenomenon was first described by Rajjou et al . (2008) examining the frequency with which proteins involved in translation were identified as differentially abundant between aged and un-aged Arabidopsis seeds and the translational competence of aged versus un-aged seeds. The inference drawn from these observations was that, of all the stored proteins, it is imperative that those involved in translation endure desiccation, quiescence and rehydration in a functional state if the seed is to survive. Proteins involved in any other process other than translation can be replaced from the stored transcriptome or by de novo transcription but no mRNA is of value without the translational machinery. This has become known as ‘Job's rule’ in honour of the laboratory from which this hypothesis was first put forward (Rajjou et al ., 2008). We review in this manuscript the evidence accrued to date on which Job's rule is based.
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Uses of Phage Display in Agriculture: A Review of Food-Related Protein-Protein Interactions Discovered by Biopanning over Diverse Baits
This review highlights discoveries made using phage display that impact the use of agricultural products. The contribution phage display made to our fundamental understanding of how various protective molecules serve to safeguard plants and seeds from herbivores and microbes is discussed. The utility of phage display for directed evolution of enzymes with enhanced capacities to degrade the complex polymers of the cell wall into molecules useful for biofuel production is surveyed. Food allergies are often directed against components of seeds; this review emphasizes how phage display has been employed to determine the seed component(s) contributing most to the allergenic reaction and how it has played a central role in novel approaches to mitigate patient response. Finally, an overview of the use of phage display in identifying the mature seed proteome protection and repair mechanisms is provided. The identification of specific classes of proteins preferentially bound by such protection and repair proteins leads to hypotheses concerning the importance of safeguarding the translational apparatus from damage during seed quiescence and environmental perturbations during germination. These examples, it is hoped, will spur the use of phage display in future plant science examining protein-ligand interactions.
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- Award ID(s):
- 0449646
- PAR ID:
- 10078824
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
- Volume:
- 2013
- ISSN:
- 1748-670X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 1 to 12
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/653759
