Project description:The physiology of the planctomycetal anammox bacteria makes them particularly special because they share features with all three domains of life. Anammox bacteria have been reported recently to produce surface-layer proteins, which represent the outermost layer and provide structure, shape and protection under extreme conditions. Furthermore, we report on the unique cell surface-layer glycosylation of the anammox bacterium Ca. Kuenenia stuttgartiensis as revealed by a newly established glycoproteomics approach. This approach enables untargeted exploration of prokaryotic protein glycosylation from (high-resolution) shotgun proteomics data directly.
