Characterisation of the plasma membrane subproteome of bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei

Bridges, D.J., Pitt, A.R., Hanrahan, O., Brennan, K., Voorheis, H.P., Herzyk, P. , de Koning, H.P. and Burchmore, R.J.S. (2008) Characterisation of the plasma membrane subproteome of bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei. Proteomics, 8(1), pp. 83-99. (doi: 10.1002/pmic.200700607)

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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmic.200700607

Abstract

Proteome analysis by conventional approaches is biased against hydrophobic membrane proteins, many of which are also of low abundance. We have isolated plasma membrane sheets from bloodstream forms of <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> by subcellular fractionation, and then applied a battery of complementary protein separation and identification techniques to identify a large number of proteins in this fraction. The results of these analyses have been combined to generate a subproteome for the pellicular plasma membrane of bloodstream forms of <i>T. brucei</i> as well as a separate subproteome for the pellicular cytoskeleton. In parallel, we have used <i>in silico</i> approaches to predict the relative abundance of proteins potentially expressed by bloodstream form trypanosomes, and to identify likely polytopic membrane proteins, providing quality control for the experimentally defined plasma membrane subproteome. We show that the application of multiple high-resolution proteomic techniques to an enriched organelle fraction is a valuable approach for the characterisation of relatively intractable membrane proteomes. We present here the most complete analysis of a protozoan plasma membrane proteome to date and show the presence of a large number of integral membrane proteins, including 11 nucleoside/nucleobase transporters, 15 ion pumps and channels and a large number of adenylate cyclases hitherto listed as putative proteins.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Burchmore, Dr Richard and Herzyk, Dr Pawel and Pitt, Dr Andrew
Authors: Bridges, D.J., Pitt, A.R., Hanrahan, O., Brennan, K., Voorheis, H.P., Herzyk, P., de Koning, H.P., and Burchmore, R.J.S.
Subjects:Q Science > QP Physiology
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity
College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Molecular Biosciences
Journal Name:Proteomics
ISSN:1615-9853

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