LC-MS/MS Based Proteomic Analysis and Functional Inference of Hypothetical Proteins in Desulfovibrio Vulgaris
Direct liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was used to examine the proteins extracted from Desulfovibrio vulgaris cells. While our previous study provided a proteomic overview of the cellular metabolism based on proteins with known functions (Zhang et al., 2006a, Proteomics, 6: 4286-4299), this study describes the global detection and functional inference for hypothetical D. vulgaris proteins. Across six growth conditions, 15,841 tryptic peptides were identified with high confidence. Using a criterion of peptide identification from at least two out of three independent LC-MS/MS analyses per protein, 176 open reading frames (ORFs) originally annotated as hypothetical proteins were found to encode expressed proteins. These proteins ranged from 6.0 to 153 kDa, and had calculated pI values ranging from 3.7 to 11.5. Based on homology search results (with E value <= 0.01 as a cutoff), 159 proteins were defined as conserved hypothetical proteins, and 17 proteins were unique to the D. vulgaris genome. Functional inference of the conserved hypothetical proteins was performed by a combination of several non-homology based methods: genomic context analysis, phylogenomic profiling, and analysis of a combination of experimental information including peptide detection in cells grown under specific culture conditions and cellular location of the proteins. Using this approach we were able to assign possible functions to 27 conserved hypothetical proteins. This study demonstrated that a combination of proteomics and bioinformatics methodologies can provide verification for the authenticity of hypothetical proteins and improve annotation for the D. vulgaris genome.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 894465
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-51397; 15891; KP1704020
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 349(4):1412-1419, Journal Name: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 349(4):1412-1419
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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