Title
In Silico Metabolic Model and Protein Expression of Haemophilus influenzae Strain Rd KW20 in Rich Medium
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Publication Date
2004-04-27
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Biochemistry; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Carbon; Cell Division; Culture Media; DNA Mutational Analysis; Electron Transport; Electrons; Escherichia coli; Fermentation; Haemophilus influenzae; Models, Biological; Models, Theoretical; Oxygen; Protein Array Analysis; Proteome; Proteomics; Tricarboxylic Acids
Disciplines
Microbiology | Molecular Genetics
Abstract
The intermediary metabolism of Haemophilus influenzae strain Rd KW20 was studied by a combination of protein expression analysis using a recently developed direct proteomics approach, mutational analysis, and mathematical modeling. Special emphasis was placed on carbon utilization, sugar fermentation, TCA cycle, and electron transport of H. influenzae cells grown microaerobically and anaerobically in a rich medium. The data indicate that several H. influenzae metabolic proteins similar to Escherichia coli proteins, known to be regulated by low concentrations of oxygen, were well expressed in both growth conditions in H. influenzae. An in silico model of the H. influenzae metabolic network was used to study the effects of selective deletion of certain enzymatic steps. This allowed us to define proteins predicted to be essential or non-essential for cell growth and to address numerous unresolved questions about intermediary metabolism of H. influenzae. Comparison of data from in vivo protein expression with the protein list associated with a genome-scale metabolic model showed significant coverage of the known metabolic proteome. This study demonstrates the significance of an integrated approach to the characterization of H. influenzae metabolism.
DOI of Published Version
10.1089/153623104773547471
Source
OMICS. 2004 Spring;8(1):25-41. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Omics : a journal of integrative biology
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Repository Citation
Raghunathan, Anu; Price, Nathan D.; Galperin, Michael Y.; Makarova, Kira S.; Purvine, Samuel; Picone, Alex F.; Cherny, Tim; Xie, Tao; Reilly, Thomas J.; Munson, Robert S.; Tyler, Ryan E.; Akerley, Brian J.; Smith, Arnold L.; Palsson, Bernhard O.; and Kolker, Eugene, "In Silico Metabolic Model and Protein Expression of Haemophilus influenzae Strain Rd KW20 in Rich Medium" (2004). Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Publications and Presentations. 19.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/mgm_pp/19