Cyanobacteria are the only prokaryotes possessing plasma, thylakoid, and outer membranes. The plasma membrane of a cyanobacterial cell is essential for the biogenesis of cyanobacterial photosystems and serves as a barrier against environmental stress. We previously identified dozens of salt-responsive proteins in the plasma membrane of Synechocystis sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCadmium (Cd) is highly toxic to all organisms. Soil contamination by Cd has become an increasing problem worldwide due to the intensive use of Cd-containing phosphate fertilizers and industrial zinc mining. Phytolacca americana L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a model organism to study H(2) metabolism in photosynthetic eukaryotes. To understand the molecular mechanism of H(2) metabolism, we used 2-DE coupled with MALDI-TOF and MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS to investigate proteomic changes of Chlamydomonas cells that undergo sulfur-depleted H(2) photoproduction process. In this report, we obtained 2-D PAGE soluble protein profiles of Chlamydomonas at three time points representing different phases leading to H(2) production.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCyanobacteria are unique prokaryotes possessing plasma-, outer- and thylakoid membranes. The plasma membrane of a cyanobacterial cell serves as a crucial barrier against its environment and is essential for biogenesis of cyanobacterial photosystems. Previously, we have identified 79 different proteins in the plasma membrane of Synechocystis sp.
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