Beyond the Western front: Targeted proteomics and organelle abundance profiling

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Abstract

The application of westerns or immunoblotting techniques for assessing the composition, dynamics, and purity of protein extracts from plant material has become common practice. While the approach is reproducible, can be readily applied and is generally considered robust, the field of plant science suffers from a lack of antibody variety against plant proteins. The development of approaches that employ mass spectrometry to enable both relative and absolute quantification of many hundreds of proteins in a single sample from a single analysis provides a mechanism to overcome the expensive impediment in having to develop antibodies in plant science. We consider it an opportune moment to consider and better develop the adoption of multiple reaction monitoring (MRM)-based analyses in plant biochemistry.

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Parsons, H. T., & Heazlewood, J. L. (2015). Beyond the Western front: Targeted proteomics and organelle abundance profiling. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6(MAY). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00301

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