Proteomic analysis of post translational modifications in cyanobacteria》.pdf

JPROT-02242; No of Pages 8 Journal of Proteomics xxx (2015) xxx –xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Proteomics journal h omepage: /locate/jprot Review Proteomic analysis of post translational modifications in cyanobacteria Qian Xiong, Zhuo Chen, Feng Ge ⁎ Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Cyanobacteria are a diverse group of Gram-negative bacteria and the only prokaryotes capable of oxygenic Received 29 April 2015 photosynthesis. Recently, cyanobacteria have attracted great interest due to their crucial roles in global carbon Received in revised form 28 June 2015 and nitrogen cycles and their ability to produce clean and renewable biofuels. To survive in various environmen- Accepted 30 July 2015 tal conditions, cyanobacteria have developed a complex signal transduction network to sense environmental Available online xxxx signals and implement adaptive changes. The post-translational modifications (PTMs) systems play important Keywords: regulatory roles in the signaling networks of cyanobacteria. The systematic investigation of PTMs could Protein species contribute to the comprehensive description of protein