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DOI 10.1038/ismej.2007.39
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Title (Primary) Functional metaproteome analysis of protein extracts from contaminated soil and groundwater
Author Benndorf, D.; Balcke, G.U.; Harms, H.; von Bergen, M.
Source Titel ISME Journal
Year 2007
Department UMB; HDG; PROTEOM
Volume 1
Issue 3
Page From 224
Page To 234
Language englisch
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Keywords environmental proteomics; 2D-electrophoresis (2-DE); mass spectrometry (MS); chlorophenoxy acids; chlorobenzene
Abstract Using proteins from soil or groundwater as functional biomarkers requires efficient extraction. We developed an extraction method in which the separation of proteins from the inorganic and organic constituents of the soil matrix was achieved by a combination of 0.1 M NaOH treatment and phenol extraction. Incubation with NaOH released humic acids and proteins from soil minerals, and simultaneously, disrupted microorganisms. The subsequent phenol extraction separated the proteins from the humic organic matter. Protein extracts were applied to sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and 2D-electrophoresis (2-DE). Spots and bands were excised and individual proteins identified by liquid chromatography online linked to mass spectrometry (MS) via electrospray ionization source (LC-ESI-MS). To assess the suitability of the method for the functional analysis of environmental metaproteomes, it was applied to soil that had been enriched in chlorophenoxy acid-degrading bacteria by incubation with 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) for 22 days. The method was also used to analyze groundwater from the aquifer of a chlorobenzene-contaminated site. The identification of enzymes such as chlorocatechol dioxygenases was consistent with bacterial metabolic pathways expected to be expressed in these samples. The protocol enabled thus the analysis of the metaproteome of soil and groundwater samples. It thereby provides a means to study the diversity of environmental microbial communities while addressing functional aspects more directly than metagenome or even metatranscriptome analysis.
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Benndorf, D., Balcke, G.U., Harms, H., von Bergen, M. (2007):
Functional metaproteome analysis of protein extracts from contaminated soil and groundwater
ISME J. 1 (3), 224 - 234 10.1038/ismej.2007.39