Cell wall proteome analysis of banana fruit softening using iTRAQ technology

Softening is important for quality formation in some climacteric fruits. The molecular mechanism underlying fruit softening is, however, not well understood. In this study, we performed a comparative cell wall proteomics analysis on pre-climacteric (P1) and post-climacteric (P2) banana fruit, corresponding to fruit at the mature green stage and softening ripening stage, respectively, using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation...