Evaluating Mycorrhizal association of Funneliformis mosseae and Glomus macrocarpum with Solanum melongena L.( brinjal) using proteomics and system biology approaches.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) symbiotically associate with plant roots and enhance the uptake of inorganic nutrients, increase the ability to withstand the biotic and abiotic stresses. The interaction between plants and microbes can be studied using proteomic. The proteomic profile of an organism can be used to determine the subcellular localization, different chemical environments, potential interaction partners etc. The study was carried out to explore the comparative proteomics of Solanum melongena upon association with Glomus macrocarpum and Funneliformis mosseae. The study revealed that in comparison to the untreated control, mycorrhizal fungi, G.macrocarpum and F. mosseae led to upregulation of 43 and 31 proteins respectively. Of these proteins, 26 proteins were common in both the species while 17 were specific to G. macrocarpum and 5 were specific to F. mosseae. These proteins were predicted to be involved in major physiologically important pathways.