Desiccation tolerance enables plant seeds to survive for decades or even centuries in a dry environment. We performed a shotgun proteome study on isolated embryo and endosperm from mature seeds of Amborella trichopoda, an understory shrub endemic to New Caledonia that is thought to be the basal extant angiosperm, in order to discover potential evolutionary mechanisms of this feature. The isolated embryonic and endosperm tissues' respective proteins were characterised by the current analysis. Given that the acquisition of desiccation tolerance corresponds to the ultimate developmental stage of mature seeds with big embryos, the relevance of these proteins is examined in terms of protein evolution and physiological features of the primitive, immature Amborella embryos.

Proteomic approaches have greatly expanded the possibilities for studying intricate aspects of plant biology, such as seed dormancy, germination, and vigour, as the availability of genomic sequence data and EST sequences for a growing number of plant species, as well as the significant advancements in protein isolation and separation techniques, as well as in instrumental sensitivity and accuracy. Proteomic studies on germination of seeds from several species, including Arabidopsis thaliana, barley, tomato, rice, sugar beet, alfalfa, and maize, have been carried out. These research have uncovered a large number of important proteins, the majority of which are involved in storage, carbohydrate catabolism and biosynthesis, and stress-related proteins. The proteome of the germinating embryonic axis has not previously been targeted, and the majority of these investigations have been conducted on intact seeds.

On 2-D gels, three biological replicates for each treatment were carried out independently. Using Image Master 2-D platinum, gel maps from seeds ingested in distilled water for various amounts of time as well as seeds ingested in CaCl2 or MV and in distilled water were compared. When spots were well resolved in two out of the three biological replicates, they were deemed to be reproducible. Each spot's normalised volume was taken to represent the abundance of its expression.