Compositional complexity of the mitochondrial proteome of a unicellular eukaryote (Acanthamoeba castellanii, supergroup Amoebozoa) rivals that of animals, fungi, and plants

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 400-416

  Gawryluk, Ryan M R ^a   Chisholm, Kenneth A ^b   Pinto, Devanand M ^b   Gray, Michael W ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mitochondria; Proteome; Protist; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

GLYOXYLIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRON; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MALATE SYNTHASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEOME; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SULFUR; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; FERROUS SULFIDE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA MINING; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRIAL TARGETING SIGNAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; RNA METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PROTIST; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PLANT;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALIA; FUNGI; PROTISTA;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FUNGI; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 84907367236     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: 18767737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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