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The Archaeal Proteome Project advances knowledge about archaeal cell biology through comprehensive proteomics.

ABSTRACT: While many aspects of archaeal cell biology remain relatively unexplored, systems biology approaches like mass spectrometry (MS) based proteomics offer an opportunity for rapid advances. Unfortunately, the enormous amount of MS data generated often remains incompletely analyzed due to a lack of sophisticated bioinformatic tools and field-specific biological expertise for data interpretation. Here we present the initiation of the Archaeal Proteome Project (ArcPP), a community-based effort to comprehensively analyze archaeal proteomes. Starting with the model archaeon Haloferax volcanii, we reanalyze MS datasets from various strains and culture conditions. Optimized peptide spectrum matching, with strict control of false discovery rates, facilitates identifying?>?72% of the reference proteome, with a median protein sequence coverage of 51%. These analyses, together with expert knowledge in diverse aspects of cell biology, provide meaningful insights into processes such as N-terminal protein maturation, N-glycosylation, and metabolism. Altogether, ArcPP serves as an invaluable blueprint for comprehensive prokaryotic proteomics.

SUBMITTER: Schulze S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7305310 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Archaeal Proteome Project advances knowledge about archaeal cell biology through comprehensive proteomics.

Schulze Stefan S Adams Zachary Z Cerletti Micaela M De Castro Rosana R Ferreira-Cerca Sébastien S Fufezan Christian C Giménez María Inés MI Hippler Michael M Jevtic Zivojin Z Knüppel Robert R Legerme Georgio G Lenz Christof C Marchfelder Anita A Maupin-Furlow Julie J Paggi Roberto A RA Pfeiffer Friedhelm F Poetsch Ansgar A Urlaub Henning H Pohlschroder Mechthild M

Nature communications 20200619 1

While many aspects of archaeal cell biology remain relatively unexplored, systems biology approaches like mass spectrometry (MS) based proteomics offer an opportunity for rapid advances. Unfortunately, the enormous amount of MS data generated often remains incompletely analyzed due to a lack of sophisticated bioinformatic tools and field-specific biological expertise for data interpretation. Here we present the initiation of the Archaeal Proteome Project (ArcPP), a community-based effort to comp ...[more]

PMID: 32561711

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The Archaeal Proteome Project advances knowledge about archaeal cell biology through comprehensive proteomics.

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The Archaeal Proteome Project advances knowledge about archaeal cell biology through comprehensive proteomics.

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