Research Article

Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography Technique Coupled with Mass Spectrometry Analysis to Compare the Proteomic Response to Cadmium Stress in Plants

Table 2

Functional classes and putative locations of the proteins identified by MS.

Protein classProtein nameLocalizationPredicted function or domains

UptakeAquaporin NIP-2Plasma membraneChannel/ pore transporter
ProteolysisThylakoidal processing peptidaseChloroplast membranePeptidase activity
Stress proteinsCysteine proteinase inhibitorCytosolInhibition of exogenous proteases such as those present in digestive tracks of insects and nematodes
Aldo/keto reductaseCytosolOxidoreductase activity involved in response to cadmium ions
Cytochrome P450Endoplasmic reticulumFerulate 5-hydrolase activity, monoxygenase activity
Dehydration responsive proteinGolgi apparatusBiological process unknown
ClpB, chloroplasticChloroplastATP binding, ATPase activity
ATP-dependent ClpChloroplastProtease activity
MetabolismNADPH isocitrate dehydrogenaseMitochondrionTCA cycle
CRS2A, chloroplastic intron splicing facilitatorChloroplastAminoacyl-tRNA hydrolase activity
Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunitChloroplastCalvin cycle
Nucleotide translocatorMitochondrial inner membraneATP  :  ADP antiporter activity
Acetyl-CoA carboxylaseMitochondrionFatty acid metabolism
Predicted proteinMitochondrionSuccinyl-CoA synthetase subunit beta
Regulatory proteinAPK1B kinaseChloroplastSerine/ threonine activity
GTP binding proteinMitochondrionProtein targeting, sorting and translocation
Predicted proteinSerine/ threonine kinase domain
Glutathione pathwayHydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase 1MitochondrionThiolesterase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of S-D-lactoyl glutathione to form glutathione and D-lactic acid

Predictions were obtained by checking putative protein acquisition with the annotation in SWISS-PROT, NCBI, and databases.