摘要
Proteome-wide Amino aCid and Elemental composition （PACE） analysis is a novel and informative way of interrogating the proteome. The PACE approach consists of in silico decompo- sition of proteins detected and quantified in a proteomics experiment into 20 amino acids and five elements （C, H, N, O and S）, with protein abundances converted to relative abundances of amino acids and elements. The method is robust and very sensitive; it provides statistically reliable differ- entiation between very similar proteomes. In addition, PACE provides novel insights into prote- ome-wide metabolic processes, occurring, e.g., during cell starvation. For instance, both Escherichia coli and Synechocystis down-regulate sulfur-rich proteins upon sulfur deprivation, but E. coli preferentially down-regulates cysteine-rich proteins while Synechocystis mainly down- regulates methionine-rich proteins. Due to its relative simplicity, flexibility, generality and wide applicability, PACE analysis has the potential of becoming a standard analytical tool in proteomics.
Proteome-wide Amino aCid and Elemental composition （PACE） analysis is a novel and informative way of interrogating the proteome. The PACE approach consists of in silico decompo- sition of proteins detected and quantified in a proteomics experiment into 20 amino acids and five elements （C, H, N, O and S）, with protein abundances converted to relative abundances of amino acids and elements. The method is robust and very sensitive; it provides statistically reliable differ- entiation between very similar proteomes. In addition, PACE provides novel insights into prote- ome-wide metabolic processes, occurring, e.g., during cell starvation. For instance, both Escherichia coli and Synechocystis down-regulate sulfur-rich proteins upon sulfur deprivation, but E. coli preferentially down-regulates cysteine-rich proteins while Synechocystis mainly down- regulates methionine-rich proteins. Due to its relative simplicity, flexibility, generality and wide applicability, PACE analysis has the potential of becoming a standard analytical tool in proteomics.
基金
the Swedish Research Council(Grant No.2009-4103)
