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BMC MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-149
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- U. S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Basic Research [DE-FG02-05ER15709]
- Office of Science (BER), U. S. Department of Energy [DE-FG02-08ER64685]
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences [R24 GM074783, R01 GM55255]
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Background: Methanogenic Archaea play key metabolic roles in anaerobic ecosystems, where they use H-2 and other substrates to produce methane. Methanococcus maripaludis is a model for studies of the global response to nutrient limitations. Results: We used high-coverage quantitative proteomics to determine the response of M. maripaludis to growth-limiting levels of H-2, nitrogen, and phosphate. Six to ten percent of the proteome changed significantly with each nutrient limitation. H-2 limitation increased the abundance of a wide variety of proteins involved in methanogenesis. However, one protein involved in methanogenesis decreased: a low-affinity [Fe] hydrogenase, which may dominate over a higher-affinity mechanism when H-2 is abundant. Nitrogen limitation increased known nitrogen assimilation proteins. In addition, the increased abundance of molybdate transport proteins suggested they function for nitrogen fixation. An apparent regulon governed by the euryarchaeal nitrogen regulator NrpR is discussed. Phosphate limitation increased the abundance of three different sets of proteins, suggesting that all three function in phosphate transport. Conclusion: The global proteomic response of M. maripaludis to each nutrient limitation suggests a wider response than previously appreciated. The results give new insight into the function of several proteins, as well as providing information that should contribute to the formulation of a regulatory network model.
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