Project description:description Blastocystis sp. is a highly prevalent anaerobic eukaryotic parasite of humans and animals. The genome of several representatives has been sequenced revealing specific traits such as an intriguing 3’-end processing of primary transcripts. We have acquired a first high-throughput proteomics dataset on the difficult to cultivate ST4 isolate WR1 and detected 2,761 proteins. We evidenced for the first time by proteogenomics a functional termination codon derived from transcript polyadenylation for seven different key cellular components.
Project description:Ethyl Acetate fraction of Streptomyces sp. CBMAI 2042 was investigated for identifying cyclodepsipeptides using electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS). Without prior isolation, the structural determination was achieved on the basis of mass fragmentation pattern and comparison with the previously established data. The ESI-MS of the fraction in the positive ion mode gave clusters of singly and doubly charged molecular ion peaks. The ESI-MS spectrum showed peaks for the presence of the cyclodepsipeptides Valinomycin, Montanastatin and at least 5 structural analogues never reported before.