The first two-dimensional reference map of the fission yeast,Schizosaccharomyces pombe proteins

Abstract
Cytosolic proteins of Schizosaccharomyces pombe were separated by two-dimensional (2-D) gel electrophoresis, to construct the first 2-D reference map. In the pI range 4–7, more than 500 spots were detected by silver staining, and 70 different proteins corresponding to 111 spots were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry, where necessary. In the pI range 6–9, approximately 330 spots were detected, and 31 proteins corresponding to 38 spots were identified by mass spectrometry. More than 50% of the identified proteins were involved in amino acid, carbohydrate or nucleotide metabolism, and energy production. A second large group of identified proteins comprises heat shock and other stress related proteins and chaperones.