Quantitative Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis of Fruit Development and Ripening in Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus).

ABSTRACT: Fruit ripening is a highly complicated process, which is modulated by phytohormones, signal regulators and environmental factors playing in an intricate network that regulates ripening-related genes expression. Although transcriptomics is an effective tool to predict protein levels, protein abundances are also extensively affected by post-transcriptional and post-translational regulations. Here, we used RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and tandem mass tag (TMT)-based quantitative proteomics to study the comprehensive mRNA and protein expression changes during fruit development and ripening in watermelon, a non-climacteric fruit. A total of 6,226 proteins were quantified, and the large number of quantitative proteins is comparable to proteomic studies in model organisms such as Oryza sativa

SUBMITTER: Yu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8980866 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature