Journal
PROTEOMICS
Volume 15, Issue 23-24, Pages 4041-4050Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500156
Keywords
Alexandrium catenella; Dinoflagellate; iTRAQ; Microbiology; Paralytic shellfish toxin; Quantitative proteomics
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41176094, 41230961]
- 'Ten Thousand Talents Program' for leading talents in science and technological innovation
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Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are a group of potent neurotoxic alkaloids produced by cyanobacteria and dinoflagellates. The PST biosynthesis gene cluster and several toxin-related proteins have been unveiled in cyanobacteria, yet little is known about dinoflagellates. Here, we compared the protein profiles of a toxin-producing dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella (ACHK-T) and its non-toxic mutant (ACHK-NT), and characterized differentially displayed proteins using a combination of the iTRAQ-based proteomic approach and the transcriptomic database. Totally 3488 proteins were identified from A. catenella, and proteins involved in carbohydrate, amino acid and energy metabolism were the most abundant. Among them, 185 proteins were differentially displayed: proteins involved in amino acid biosynthesis, protein and carbohydrate metabolism and bioluminescence were more abundant in ACHK-T, while proteins participating in photosynthesis, fatty acid biosynthesis, and the processes occurring in peroxisome displayed higher abundances in ACHK-NT. Seven toxin-related proteins were identified but they varied insignificantly between the two strains. Different carbon and energy utilization strategies were potentially related to the toxin producing ability, and the regulation mechanism of PST biosynthesis was more complex in dinoflagellates. Our study provides the first comprehensive dataset on the dinoflagellate proteome and lays the groundwork for future proteomic study.
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