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ArticleCommunications biology2021

Proteogenomic discovery of sORF-encoded peptides associated with bacterial virulence in Yersinia pestis.

Shiyang Cao, Xinyue Liu, Yin Huang, Yanfeng Yan, Congli Zhou, Chen Shao, Ruifu Yang, Weimin Zhu, Zongmin Du, Chenxi Jia

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shiyang Cao *State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, 100071, Beijing, China.
Xinyue Liu *State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (The PHOENIX Center, Beijing), 102206, Beijing, China.
Yin Huang *State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (The PHOENIX Center, Beijing), 102206, Beijing, China.
Yanfeng Yan *State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, 100071, Beijing, China.
Congli ZhouState Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (The PHOENIX Center, Beijing), 102206, Beijing, China.
Chen ShaoState Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (The PHOENIX Center, Beijing), 102206, Beijing, China.
Ruifu YangState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, 100071, Beijing, China.
Weimin ZhuState Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (The PHOENIX Center, Beijing), 102206, Beijing, China. wmzhuworld@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2420-0731
Zongmin DuState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, 100071, Beijing, China. zmduams@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0037-1616
Chenxi JiaState Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (The PHOENIX Center, Beijing), 102206, Beijing, China. cjia@mail.ncpsb.org.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6334-5282
Beijing Proteome Research Center · CNInstitute of Microbiology · CNInstitute of Microbiology · BY

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2016YFA0501302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plague caused by Yersinia pestis is one of the deadliest diseases. However, many molecular mechanisms of bacterial virulence remain unclear. This study engaged in the discovery of small open reading frame (sORF)-encoded peptides (SEPs) in Y. pestis. An integrated proteogenomic pipeline was established, and an atlas containing 76 SEPs was described. Bioinformatic analysis indicated that 20% of these SEPs were secreted or localized to the transmembrane and that 33% contained functional domains. Two SEPs, named SEPs-yp1 and -yp2 and encoded in noncoding regions, were selected by comparative peptidomics analysis under host-specific environments and high-salinity stress. They displayed important roles in the regulation of antiphagocytic capability in a thorough functional assay. Remarkable attenuation of virulence in mice was observed in the SEP-deleted mutants. Further global proteomic analysis indicated that SEPs-yp1 and -yp2 affected the bacterial metabolic pathways, and SEP-yp1 was associated with the bacterial virulence by modulating the expression of key virulence factors of the Yersinia type III secretion system. Our study provides a rich resource for research on Y. pestis and plague, and the findings on SEP-yp1 and SEP-yp2 shed light on the molecular mechanism of bacterial virulence.

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AnimalsBacterial ProteinsMiceOpen Reading FramesPeptidesProteogenomicsVirulence FactorsYersinia pestisBacterial ProteinsPeptidesVirulence Factors

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