TY  - JOUR
A1  - Winck, Flavia V.
A1  - Riano-Pachon, Diego M.
A1  - Sommer, Frederik
A1  - Rupprecht, Jens
A1  - Müller-Röber, Bernd
T1  - The nuclear proteome of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
JF  - Proteomics
N2  - Nuclear proteins play a central role in regulating gene expression. Their identification is important for understanding how the nuclear repertoire changes over time under different conditions. Nuclear proteins are often underrepresented in proteomic studies due to the frequently low abundance of proteins involved in regulatory processes. So far, only few studies describing the nuclear proteome of plant species have been published. Recently, the genome sequence of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been obtained and annotated, allowing the development of further detailed studies for this organism. However, a detailed description of its nuclear proteome has not been reported so far. Here, we present an analysis of the nuclear proteome of the sequenced Chlamydomonas strain cc503. Using LC-MS/MS, we identified 672 proteins from nuclei isolates with a maximum 1% peptide spectrum false discovery rate. Besides well-known proteins (e.g. histones), transcription factors and other transcriptional regulators (e.g. tubby and HMG) were identified. The presence of protein motifs in nuclear proteins was investigated by computational tools, and specific over-represented protein motifs were identified. This study provides new insights into the complexity of the nuclear environment and reveals novel putative protein targets for further studies of nuclear mechanisms.
KW  - Nuclear proteomics
KW  - Plant proteomics
KW  - Systems biology
KW  - Transcription factor
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/pmic.201000782
SN  - 1615-9853
VL  - 12
IS  - 1
SP  - 95
EP  - 100
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Malden
ER  -