Mass spectrometric approaches for characterizing bacterial proteomes

Nathan C. VerBerkmoes, Heather M. Connelly, Chongle Pan, Robert L. Hettich

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Abstract

The emergence of advanced liquid chromatography mass spectrometry technologies for characterizing very complex mixtures of proteins has greatly propelled the field of proteomics, the goal of which is the simultaneous examination of all the proteins expressed by an organism. This research area represents a paradigm shift in molecular biology by attempting to provide a top-down qualitative and quantitative view of all the proteins (including their modifications and interactions) that are essential for an organism's life cycle, rather than targeting a particular protein family. This level of global protein information about an organism such as a bacterium can be combined with genomic and metabolomic data to enable a systems biology approach for understanding how these organisms live and function.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)433-447
Number of pages15
JournalExpert Review of Proteomics
Volume1
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004

Funding

This research was sponsored by the Office of Biological and Environmental Sciences, US Department of Energy. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is operated and managed for the US Department of Energy by the University of Tennessee-Battelle, LLC under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725.

FundersFunder number
Office of Biological and Environmental Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy
University of Tennessee-BattelleDE-AC05-00OR22725

    Keywords

    • Bacteria
    • Bottom-up MS
    • Liquid chromatography
    • Mass spectrometry
    • Peptide
    • Protein
    • Proteome
    • Tandem mass spectrometry
    • Top-down MS

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