Impact of Moderate Heat, Carvacrol, and Thymol Treatments on the Viability, Injury, and Stress Response of Listeria monocytogenes

Table 4

Identification of proteins upregulated in Listeria monocytogenes CECT 4031 exposed to mild heat treatment alone (55°C) and combined with essential oils compounds (55°C and carvacrol 0.3 mM and thymol 0.3 mM) for 30 minutes.

Spot number	Protein identity	Accession number	Mascot score	Biological function
18	Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase	gi/16804497	728	Metabolic processes
20	3-Bisphosphoglycerate-independent phosphoglycerate mutase	gi/441475375	141	Metabolic processes
24a	Translation elongation factor Ts	gi/47014632	262	Protein synthesis
24b	Molecular chaperone DnaK	gi/16803513	105	Protein folding
28	Lactate dehydrogenase	gi/185497273	128	Metabolic processes
32	Triosephosphate isomerase	gi/16804495	601	Metabolic processes
34	Rod shape-determining protein MreB	gi/16803588	93	Determination of bacterial cytoskeleton
35	PTS mannose transporter subunit IIAB	gi/16802144	117	Regulation of metabolic and transcriptional processes
37	Cysteine synthase	gi/16802269	191	Metabolic processes
38	ATP-dependent Clp protease proteolytic subunit	gi/16804506	187	Protease activity
41	Transcription elongation factor GreA	gi/735685227	198	Protein synthesis
44	Hypothetical protein lmo2511	gi/16804549	345	Stress response
45	50 ribosomal protein L10	gi/685938168	105	Protein synthesis
47a	Hypothetical protein lmo1580	gi/16803620	204	Stress response
47b	Universal stress protein	gi/46907811	204	Stress response
51a	Regulatory protein SpoVG	gi/16802242	180	Cell division
51b	50S ribosomal protein L7/L12	gi/16802297	110	Protein synthesis
53a	Cochaperonin GroES	gi/16804108	116	Protein folding
53b	Major cold-shock protein homolog CspB	gi/1864167	105	Stress response
53c	50S ribosomal protein L12	gi/786164	58	Protein synthesis