Comparative peptidomics of Caenorhabditis elegans versus C. briggsae by LC-MALDI-TOF MS |
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Authors: | Husson Steven J Landuyt Bart Nys Thomas Baggerman Geert Boonen Kurt Clynen Elke Lindemans Marleen Janssen Tom Schoofs Liliane |
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Affiliation: | Functional Genomics and Proteomics Unit, Department of Biology, K.U.Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Steven.husson@bio.kuleuven.be |
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Abstract: | Neuropeptides are important signaling molecules that function in cell-cell communication as neurotransmitters or hormones to orchestrate a wide variety of physiological conditions and behaviors. These endogenous peptides can be monitored by high throughput peptidomics technologies from virtually any tissue or organism. The neuropeptide complement of the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has been characterized by on-line two-dimensional liquid chromatography and quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (2D-nanoLC Q-TOF MS/MS). Here, we use an alternative peptidomics approach combining liquid chromatography (LC) with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry to map the peptide content of C. elegans and another Caenorhabditis species, Caenorhabditis briggsae. This study allows a better annotation of neuropeptide-encoding genes from the C. briggsae genome and provides a promising basis for further evolutionary comparisons. |
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