Efecto de la temperatura en el subproteoma de membrana externa de Escherichia coli

[es]En sus habitas naturales, los microorganismos están en un estado constante de adaptación a cambios tanto bióticos como abióticos. Ante situaciones de estré s, como por ejemplo cambios en nutriente s, temperatura o de osmolar idad , la s estrategias de supervivencia o adapta ción se puede n manifestar como cambios fenotípicos y genotípicos . En este estudio se analizaron algunos mecanismos de cambio asociados a la supervivencia y la composición proteica de membrana en Escherichia coli (bact eria mesófila), al ser expuesta a condiciones de ayuno y a temperaturas subó ptimas (4 y 20ºC). Al realizar un análisis comparativ o del subproteoma de membrana entre estas dos temperaturas, se observó que ante la ausencia de nutrientes, E. coli respondía de forma diferen te en la expresió n de proteí nas as ociadas a estructura (lipoproteínas), conservación de la energía y transporte, con un aumento en el nú mero de proteí nas expresadas a 20 o C. Se observó, además, una importante diferencia en la supervivencia a estas dos temperaturas, donde el número de células en el estado viable no cultivable (VNC) representaron un porcentaje importante a 20ºC

Structural studies of the hipersaline adaptation of proteins belonging to halophilic archaea

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Proteomic Analysis of the Ubiquitin Landscape in the Drosophila Embryonic Nervous System and the Adult Photoreceptor Cells

Background Ubiquitination is known to regulate physiological neuronal functions as well as to be involved in a number of neuronal diseases. Several ubiquitin proteomic approaches have been developed during the last decade but, as they have been mostly applied to non-neuronal cell culture, very little is yet known about neuronal ubiquitination pathways in vivo. Methodology/Principal Findings Using an in vivo biotinylation strategy we have isolated and identified the ubiquitinated proteome in neurons both for the developing embryonic brain and for the adult eye of Drosophila melanogaster. Bioinformatic comparison of both datasets indicates a significant difference on the ubiquitin substrates, which logically correlates with the processes that are most active at each of the developmental stages. Detection within the isolated material of two ubiquitin E3 ligases, Parkin and Ube3a, indicates their ubiquitinating activity on the studied tissues. Further identification of the proteins that do accumulate upon interference with the proteasomal degradative pathway provides an indication of the proteins that are targeted for clearance in neurons. Last, we report the proof-of-principle validation of two lysine residues required for nSyb ubiquitination. Conclusions/Significance These data cast light on the differential and common ubiquitination pathways between the embryonic and adult neurons, and hence will contribute to the understanding of the mechanisms by which neuronal function is regulated. The in vivo biotinylation methodology described here complements other approaches for ubiquitome study and offers unique advantages, and is poised to provide further insight into disease mechanisms related to the ubiquitin proteasome system.