Quantitative proteomic analysis of ibuprofen-degrading Patulibacter sp. strain I11

Barbara Almeida, Henrik Kjeldal, Ihab Bishara Yousef Lolas, Anders Dahl Knudsen, G Carvalho, Kåre Lehmann Nielsen, M.T. Barreto Crespo, Allan Stensballe, Jeppe Lund Nielsen

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Abstract

Ibuprofen is the third most consumed pharmaceutical drug in the world. Several isolates have been shown to degrade ibuprofen, but very little is known about the biochemistry of this process. This study investigates the degradation of ibuprofen by Patulibacter sp. strain I11 by quantitative proteomics using a metabolic labelling strategy. The whole genome of Patulibacter sp. strain I11 was sequenced to provide a species-specific protein platform for optimal protein identification. The bacterial proteomes of actively ibuprofen-degrading cells and cells grown in the absence of ibuprofen was identified and quantified by gel based shotgun-proteomics. In total 251 unique proteins were quantitated using this approach. Biological process and pathway analysis indicated a number of proteins that were up-regulated in response to active degradation of ibuprofen, some of them are known to be involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds. Data analysis revealed that several of these proteins are likely involved in ibuprofen degradation by Patulibacter sp. strain I11.
Original languageEnglish
JournalBiodegradation
Volume24
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)615-630
Number of pages16
ISSN0923-9820
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2013

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