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Table 2 Proteins of Fusobacterium nucleatum enhanced when incubated in cysteine-rich broth prior to protein extraction*

From: The proteins of Fusobacterium spp. involved in hydrogen sulfide production from L-cysteine

Spot no.

Protein

Protein function

1

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenasea, b

Glycolytic protein

2

Bifunctional penicillin tolerance protein LytB/ribosomal protein S1 RpsAa

Translation

3, 4

Pyruvate kinaseb, c

Glycolytic protein

5

Recombination protein Ad /Histidyl-tRNA synthetasee, f

DNA repair/histidyl-tRNA aminoacylation

6, 8

Acetate kinaseb, g

Acetyl-CoA biosynthetic process

7

Electron transfer flavoprotein subunit alphab

Electron carrier activity

9

Phosphoglycerate kinaseb, h

Glycolytic protein

10

Zn-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase and related dehydrogenaseb

Oxidoreductase, zinc ion binding

11

Pyridoxal biosynthesis lyase PdxSb

Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate

12

Butyrate-acetoacetate CoA-transferase subunit Bb

Butyrate metabolism

13

Acetoacetate: butyrate/acetate coenzyme A transferaseb

Butyrate metabolism

14

Iron-sulfur cluster-binding proteinb

Iron and sulphur binding

15

(S)-2-hydroxy-acid oxidase chain Di /glycolate oxidase, subunit GlcDg

Oxidoreductase

16, 17

Rubrerythrina

Oxidoreductase, iron ion binding

18

PTS-system, N-acetylglucosamine-specific IIA componentb

Phosphotransferase system

19

Mannose-1-phosphate guanylyl transferase (GDP)b

GDP-mannose biosynthetic process, lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process

20

Translation initiation inhibitorb

Deaminase activity

21

Anti-sigma F factor antagonistb

Regulation of transcription

  1. *Fusobacterium nucleatum OMGS 3938 was incubated in Todd Hewitt broth with and without cysteine. The spots that were enhanced when incubated in cysteine-rich broth were extracted for identification with LC- MS/MS
  2. a Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum ATCC 10953
  3. b Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. nucleatum ATCC 25586
  4. c Fusobacterium sp. 7_1
  5. d Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. nucleatum ATCC 23726
  6. e Fusobacterium sp. 4_1_13
  7. f Fusobacterium nucleatum ChDC F128
  8. g Fusobacterium periodonticum ATCC 33693
  9. h Desulfosporosinus sp. OT
  10. i Fusobacterium nucelatum subsp. vicentii ATCC 49256