title: Proteomic analysis of chlorosome-depleted membranes of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum.
abstract: Green sulfur bacteria are obligate anaerobic phototrophs, which in addition to outer and plasma membranes contain chlorosomes. The analysis of the membrane proteome of Chlorobium tepidum from chlorosome-depleted membranes is described in this study. The membranes were purified by sucrose density centrifugation and characterized by 1-DE and 2-DE coupled with MS, absorption spectroscopy, and electron microscopy. 1-DE and 2-DE were employed to analyze the membrane proteins and to characterize the capabilities of the methods. Solubilization of the membrane proteins prior to 2-DE was improved by using a series of zwitterionic detergents. Based on the resolved spots after 2-DE, the combination of amidosulfobetaine 14 with Triton X-100 is more efficient than the combination of CHAPS, N-decyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propane sulfonate, and Triton X-100. From the application of 1-DE and 2-DE, 167 and 202 unique proteins were identified, respectively, using PMF by MALDI-TOF MS. Both methods resulted in the detection of 291 different proteins of which only 88 were predicted membrane proteins, indicating the limitation of membrane protein detection after separation with electrophoresis methods. In addition, 53 of these proteins were identified as outer membrane proteins.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71409 Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: Michalis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aivaliotis
authors.forename: Winfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karas
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsiotis
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry; D041883:Chlorobium / Q000737:chemistry*; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D020543:Proteome; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D020543:Proteome