Abstract
Mass spectrometry-based single-cell proteomic analysis has recently gained momentum and is now an emerging area with established protocols and promising results. Traditional proteomic studies, especially involving bacteria, have been limited to suspension cultures with large protein yields. Such studies, however, remain population centered with the uniqueness of individual responses to environmental challenges becoming diluted. To enable bacterial single-colony proteomics, we describe a quantitative mass spectrometry-based protocol to isolate and analyze the proteome of a single mycobacterial colony from 7H10 media, with growth supplements for optimal growth. Following protein purification and digestion, tryptic peptides are analyzed by UHPLC coupled to a hybrid Q Exactive mass spectrometer. Raw data were analyzed using the MaxQuant Suite, and downstream statistical analysis was performed using Perseus software. A total of 7805 unique peptides and 1387 proteins were identified. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD018168. In this chapter, we identify steps most prone to sample loss and describe measures of alleviation that allows the preservation of protein yield and boosts quantitative power while increasing reproducibility, of “very limiting samples.”
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Iradukunda, J., Ganief, T., Blackburn, J.M., Soares, N.C. (2021). Mass Spectrometry-Based Analysis of Mycobacterial Single-Colony Proteome . In: Carrera, M., Mateos, J. (eds) Shotgun Proteomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2259. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1178-4_11
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