Proteomics of <i>Synechocystis</i> sp. PCC 6803

Authors: Pisareva, Tatiana¹; Shumskaya, Maria¹; Maddalo, Gianluca²; Ilag, Leopold²; Norling, Birgitta¹

Source: FEBS Journal, Volume 274, Number 3, 1 February 2007 , pp. 791-804(14)

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Abstract:

The cyanobacterial plasma membrane is an essential cell barrier with functions such as the control of taxis, nutrient uptake and secretion. These functions are carried out by integral membrane proteins, which are difficult to identify using standard proteomic methods. In this study, integral proteins were enriched from purified plasma membranes of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using urea wash followed by protein resolution in 1D SDS/PAGE. In total, 51 proteins were identified by peptide mass fingerprinting using MALDI-TOF MS. More than half of the proteins were predicted to be integral with 1-12 transmembrane helices. The majority of the proteins had not been identified previously, and include members of metalloproteases, chemotaxis proteins, secretion proteins, as well as type 2 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase and glycosyltransferase. The obtained results serve as a useful reference for further investigations of the address codes for targeting of integral membrane proteins in cyanobacteria.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05624.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden 2: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden

Publication date: 2007-02-01