Shotgun proteomic analysis of a chromatophore-enriched preparation from the purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris
Shotgun proteomic analysis of a chromatophore-enriched preparation from the purple phototrophic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris
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DOI:
10.1023/b:pres.0000006752.81486.74
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发表时间:
2003-01-01
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3.7
通讯作者:
Beatty, JT
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作者:
Fejes, AP;Yi, EC;Beatty, JT
A proteomics approach was evaluated for analysis of photosyntheis-related proteins that are characteristic of chromatophores, particles derived from purple phototrophic bacterial intracytoplasmic membranes. Proteins of purified chromatophores from Rhodopseudomonas palustris were solubilized and digested with trypsin, to create a collection of peptides that were fractionated by liquid chromatography. Peptide sequences were determined and assigned to specific proteins by analysis of tandem mass spectra of peptides, and comparison to a library derived from the recently determined R. palustris genome sequence. A total of 300 proteins were detected with a probability value greater than or equal to0.9, and the number of proteins detected increased to 345 when the minimum probability value was reduced to 0.5. Membrane-integral proteins of the reaction center, cytochrome b/c(1), light-harvesting and ATPase complexes were used as controls to assess how well this approach performs with hydrophobic proteins. New genes were identified, and tentatively designated as encoding photosynthesis-related proteins. We conclude that this approach is a powerful method to evaluate the possible existence of new photosynthesis-related proteins (and genes), although alternative methods are needed to evaluate the exact functions of newly discovered genes.