TY - JOUR
T1 - Proteomic analysis of rare molecular species of translated polypeptides from a mouse fetal thymus cDNA library
AU - Lefkovits, Ivan
AU - Kettman, John R.
AU - Frey, Johann Rudolf
PY - 2001/4
Y1 - 2001/4
N2 - Proteomic patterns from an ordered cDNA library of mouse fetal thymus origin of an overall complexity of 1536 clones are described. Patterns have been analyzed at 96, 12, or 8 clones in a mixture, or as individual clones. Clones yield in some instances a single spot, in other cases a complex cluster or family of spots is formed. The determination of the clonal address (a six-digit number, indicating the interception of three pooling dimensions) by inspection of pools of 8, 12 or 16 clones is a reliable approach; nevertheless a complete proof consists in retrieving the clone and then submitting to transcription, translation and proteomic analysis. The spot clusters are meaningful clone identifiers; cluster components (families of polypeptides) are characteristic of individual clones and are independent of clones coexisting (and being co-expressed) in a given pool. A 'cluster' originates from a single cloned message and might be due to post-translational modification (offered by the reticuleocyte machinery) or as a result of programmed degradation. Thirteen clones or families of clonal products are shown, and the heterogeneity of the 'appearance' of clones is documented. In about half, the assignment of a clonal polypeptide product to a storage well position has failed; this might be due to a variety of considerations elaborated herein. The arguments are presented, that analysis of abundant proteins of a cell (activated lymphocyte) comprises 'classical proteomics', but for the analysis of the rare molecular species of proteins, Poissonian approaches of replicable material have to be used.
AB - Proteomic patterns from an ordered cDNA library of mouse fetal thymus origin of an overall complexity of 1536 clones are described. Patterns have been analyzed at 96, 12, or 8 clones in a mixture, or as individual clones. Clones yield in some instances a single spot, in other cases a complex cluster or family of spots is formed. The determination of the clonal address (a six-digit number, indicating the interception of three pooling dimensions) by inspection of pools of 8, 12 or 16 clones is a reliable approach; nevertheless a complete proof consists in retrieving the clone and then submitting to transcription, translation and proteomic analysis. The spot clusters are meaningful clone identifiers; cluster components (families of polypeptides) are characteristic of individual clones and are independent of clones coexisting (and being co-expressed) in a given pool. A 'cluster' originates from a single cloned message and might be due to post-translational modification (offered by the reticuleocyte machinery) or as a result of programmed degradation. Thirteen clones or families of clonal products are shown, and the heterogeneity of the 'appearance' of clones is documented. In about half, the assignment of a clonal polypeptide product to a storage well position has failed; this might be due to a variety of considerations elaborated herein. The arguments are presented, that analysis of abundant proteins of a cell (activated lymphocyte) comprises 'classical proteomics', but for the analysis of the rare molecular species of proteins, Poissonian approaches of replicable material have to be used.
KW - Lymphocyte proteins
KW - Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis
KW - cDNA array
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U2 - 10.1002/1615-9861(200104)1:4<560::AID-PROT560>3.0.CO;2-S
DO - 10.1002/1615-9861(200104)1:4<560::AID-PROT560>3.0.CO;2-S
M3 - Article
C2 - 11681209
AN - SCOPUS:0035320134
SN - 1615-9853
VL - 1
SP - 560
EP - 573
JO - Proteomics
JF - Proteomics
IS - 4
ER -