Plant Proteomics

Abstract

Proteomics, or the study of the protein complement of the genome, promises to help bridge the divide between genomic DNA sequence and biological state and represents one of the most rapidly developing and innovative fields in genome‐scale research. The term is now commonly and broadly used to encompass almost any aspect of protein structure, expression and function. However, as used here it refers to characterising quantitative and qualitative characteristics of global protein expression, with an emphasis on scale, including polypeptide synthesis, degradation, post‐translational modification, the structure of protein complexes and interactions with other proteins and cellular components. The systematic characterisation of complex protein populations can be pursued using many approaches and numerous reviews have recently been published describing developments in diverse areas of proteomics, including protein structure, function and protein–protein, or protein–ligand interactions A number of reviews have also been specifically devoted to plant proteomics. Consequently, the multiplicity of proteomics‐related experimentation and developing technologies are not reiterated here in detail. Instead, this chapter intends to provide an overview of the diversity of proteomics‐based studies that have been reported in plants to date and emerging technologies, which in turn should underscore the tremendous potential utility of proteomics for plant biologists and give an indication of future applications.

Colonialism and conservation: Commercialisation of forests and decline of tribals in Madras Presidency, 1882–1947

“…59 Coffee plantations were largely found in the highlands of the westcoast regions, viz., Mysore, Coorg, Travancore, Wynad and the Nilgiris during the nineteenth century. 60 Apart from Wynad and the Nilgiris in Madras Presidency, coffee was cultivated in the Shervaroy hills of Salem and Baramahal regions since the early nineteenth century.…”