An Abundance and Interaction Encyclopedia of Plant Protein Function

Abstract

Unlike the situation for humans and microbes, the active multiprotein assemblies of plants have not been systematically defined. A recent report by McWhite et al. remedies this by analyzing the protein complexes of 13 plant species, thereby defining core assemblies and providing an essential resource for interpreting the genotype-phenotype space of plants.

Keywords: cofractionation mass spectrometry; evolution; protein complexes; protein–protein interactions.