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The Escherichia coli K-12 ORFeome: a resource for comparative molecular microbiology.

ABSTRACT: Systems biology and functional genomics require genome-wide datasets and resources. Complete sets of cloned open reading frames (ORFs) have been made for about a dozen bacterial species and allow researchers to express and study complete proteomes in a high-throughput fashion.We have constructed an open reading frame (ORFeome) collection of 3974 or 94% of the known Escherichia coli K-12 ORFs in Gateway entry vector pENTR/Zeo. The collection has been used for protein expression and protein interaction studies. For example, we have compared interactions among YgjD, YjeE and YeaZ proteins in E. coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus aureus. We also compare this ORFeome with other Gateway-compatible bacterial ORFeomes and show its utility for comparative functional genomics.The E. coli ORFeome provides a useful resource for functional genomics and other areas of protein research in a highly flexible format. Our comparison with other ORFeomes makes comparative analyses straighforward and facilitates direct comparisons of many proteins across many genomes.

SUBMITTER: Rajagopala SV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3091666 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Escherichia coli K-12 ORFeome: a resource for comparative molecular microbiology.

Rajagopala Seesandra V SV Yamamoto Natsuko N Zweifel Adrienne E AE Nakamichi Tomoko T Huang Hsi-Kuang HK Mendez-Rios Jorge David JD Franca-Koh Jonathan J Boorgula Meher Preethi MP Fujita Kazutoshi K Suzuki Ken-ichirou K Hu James C JC Wanner Barry L BL Mori Hirotada H Uetz Peter P

BMC genomics 20100811

<h4>Background</h4>Systems biology and functional genomics require genome-wide datasets and resources. Complete sets of cloned open reading frames (ORFs) have been made for about a dozen bacterial species and allow researchers to express and study complete proteomes in a high-throughput fashion.<h4>Results</h4>We have constructed an open reading frame (ORFeome) collection of 3974 or 94% of the known Escherichia coli K-12 ORFs in Gateway entry vector pENTR/Zeo. The collection has been used for pr ...[more]

PMID: 20701780

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The Escherichia coli K-12 ORFeome: a resource for comparative molecular microbiology.

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