Characterization of the chloroplast proteome of young plants of Eucalyptus urograndis grown in an atmosphere enriched with carbon dioxide

• Grant number: 14/07454-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: July 01, 2014
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Forestry Resources and Forestry Engineering - Forestry
• Principal Investigator: Tiago Santana Balbuena
• Grantee: Bruna Marques dos Santos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The brazilian forest sector is of great importance to the national economy and society, contributing to the generation of products, taxes, jobs and income. In this scenario, we highlight the culture of eucalyptus, whose acreage has been growing due to the demand from the pulp and paper segment and is currently the main source of raw material for the Brazilian forestry industry. The emission of carbon dioxide by human activities has been increasing since the industrial revolution, forecasts indicate that it will occur a significant increase in the atmospheric concentration of this gas in the coming years, which should result in metabolic changes in plants and therefore potentially will impact the Brazilian forest sector. The major organelles of plant cells whose metabolism can undergo such changes are chloroplasts, since these are the key organelles in the attachment and early carbon partitioning in plants. Proteomics allows analysis of a large number of proteins that directly influence cellular biochemistry and thus provides an accurate analysis of the biological condition or systematic changes throughout the growth, development and response to environmental factors. The objective of this proposal is to evaluate whether the cultivation of young plants of Eucalyptus urograndis in an environment enriched with CO2 will result in changes in the chloroplast proteome of this species of great economic importance in Brazil.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DOS SANTOS, BRUNA MARQUES; BALBUENA, TIAGO SANTANA. Carbon assimilation in Eucalyptus urophylla grown under high atmospheric CO2 concentrations: A proteomics perspective. JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS, v. 150, p. 252-257, JAN 6 2017. (11/11650-0, 14/07454-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SANTOS, Bruna Marques dos. Eucalyptus urograndis growth under CO2-enriched atmosphere: changes in the chloroplast proteome. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.