Lettuce proteome

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) as one of the most economically important leaf vegetables, is easy bolting in high temperature condition. Early bolting loses its commodity value and edible value and bring huge losses and waste of resources. However, the initiation and molecular mechanism underlying early bolting induced by high temperature remains largely elusive. To better understand it, a comparative proteomics analysis was conducted on lettuce, in the initiation period of bolting induced by a high temperature (33 oC) and a control temperature (20 oC) using iTRAQ-based proteomics, phenotypic measures, and biological verifications using qRT-PCR. The morphologic and microscopic observation showed that the initiation of bolting was on 8 day after high temperature treatment.