丙酮丁醇梭菌磷酸化蛋白质组分析

Phosphoproteomic investigation of Clostridium acetobutylicum

近年的研究揭示,细菌细胞中蛋白质的磷酸化状态可能调节信号或代谢通路的生物活性。丙酮丁醇梭菌是一个重要的工业菌株,在酸性条件下能够生成大量的有机溶剂。然而,调节丙酮丁醇梭菌有机溶剂生成的分子机制尚未完全阐明。采用双向电泳和质谱联用的技术,比较了该菌在产酸期与产有机溶剂期间的差异蛋白质谱图。特别关注了那些分子量接近但具有不同等电点的蛋白质。在高有机溶剂生成速率的丙酮丁醇梭菌中,发现了8个电泳斑点簇呈现明显的酸移而且伴随光密度强度的变化。质谱分析数据表明,这些蛋白质均含有磷酸化修饰的肽段。生物信息学分析预示,这些蛋白质参与了有机溶剂的生成过程。但究竟它们的磷酸化状态如何调控有机溶剂生成仍需更为深入地研究。

Protein phosphorylation in bacteria is important for signaling and metabolic activity. Clostridium acetobutyicum can synthesize high yield of organic solvent under acidic condition. How solventogenesis is regulated at molecular level in this bacterium, is not clearly elucidated yet. We used two dimensional electrophoresis （2-DE） and mass spectrometry to have a differential analysis of the bacterial proteins from Clostridium acetobutylicum at acedogenic and solventogenic stage. We focused on these iso-spots with similar molecular mass and different pI values. Totally, eight string spots were identified, which displayed significant changes of pI values as well as spot volumes in response to solventogenic development. The data acquired from mass spectrometry demonstrated that all of the iso-spots contained the phosphrylated peptides. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that these proteins partake in the pathways of solvent synthesis.