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Published on: October 7, 2025
Two-dimensional gel-based alkaline proteome of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM
Avishek Majumder1, Liyang Cai, Morten Ejby
1Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Abstract:
Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM (NCFM) is a well-documented probiotic bacterium isolated from human gut. Detailed 2D gel-based NCFM proteomics addressed the so-called alkaline range, i.e., pH 6-11. Proteins were identified in 150 of the 202 spots picked from the Coomassie Brilliant Blue stained 2D gel using MALDI-TOF-MS. The 102 unique gene products among the 150 protein identifications were assigned to different functional categories, and evaluated by considering a calculated distribution of abundance as well as grand average of hydrophobicity values. None of the very few available lactic acid bacteria proteome reference maps included the range of pI >7.0. The present report of such data on the proteome of NCFM fundamentally complements current knowledge on protein profiles limited to the acid and neutral pH range.
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