School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K.
Essays Biochem. 2023 Mar 29;67(2):269-282. doi: 10.1042/EBC20220095.
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are ubiquitous organisms on the planet. They contain tremendous protein machineries that are of interest to the biotechnology industry and beyond. Recently, the number of annotated cyanobacterial genomes has expanded, enabling structural studies on known gene-coded proteins to accelerate. This review focuses on the advances in mass spectrometry (MS) that have enabled structural proteomics studies to be performed on the proteins and protein complexes within cyanobacteria. The review also showcases examples whereby MS has revealed critical mechanistic information behind how these remarkable machines within cyanobacteria function.
蓝细菌,也被称为蓝藻,是地球上无处不在的生物。它们含有巨大的蛋白质机器,这引起了生物技术行业及其他领域的兴趣。最近,注释的蓝细菌基因组数量不断增加,使对已知基因编码蛋白的结构研究得以加速。本综述重点介绍了质谱 (MS) 的进展,这些进展使对蓝细菌中的蛋白质和蛋白质复合物进行结构蛋白质组学研究成为可能。该综述还展示了 MS 如何揭示蓝细菌中这些非凡机器的功能背后的关键机制信息的示例。