FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Sweet and Sour Ehrlichia: Glycoproteomics and Phosphoproteomics Reveal New Players in Ehrlichia ruminantium Physiology and Pathogenesis BT AF MARCELINO, Isabel COLOME-CALLS, Nuria HOLZMULLER, Philippe LISACEK, Frederique REYNAUD, Yann CANALS, Francesc VACHIERY, Nathalie AS 1:1,2,3;2:4;3:2,5;4:6,7,8;5:3;6:4;7:2,5; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:; C1 UMR ASTRE, CIRAD, Petit Bourg, Guadeloupe, France. Univ Montpellier, INRA, CIRAD, ASTRE, Montpellier, France. Inst Pasteur Guadeloupe, Unite TReD Path Transmiss Reservoirs & Diversite, Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France. VHIO, Prote Lab, Barcelona, Spain. UMR ASTRE, CIRAD, Montpellier, France. Swiss Inst Bioinformat, Proteome Informat, Geneva, Switzerland. Univ Geneva, Comp Sci Dept, Geneva, Switzerland. Univ Geneva, Sect Biol, Geneva, Switzerland. C2 CIRAD, FRANCE UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE INST PASTEUR GUADELOUPE, FRANCE PROTE LAB, SPAIN CIRAD, FRANCE SWISS INST BIOINFORMAT, SWITZERLAND UNIV GENEVA, SWITZERLAND UNIV GENEVA, SWITZERLAND IN DOAJ IF 4.235 TC 6 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00771/88282/93896.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00771/88282/93897.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00771/88282/93898.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00771/88282/93899.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00771/88282/93900.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00771/88282/93901.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00771/88282/93902.xlsx LA English DT Article DE ;Ehrlichia ruminantium;phosphoproteins;S/T/Y phosphorylation;N-glycoproteins;O-GIcNAcylated proteins;bacteria physiology;pathogenesis AB Unraveling which proteins and post-translational modifications (PTMs) affect bacterial pathogenesis and physiology in diverse environments is a tough challenge. Herein, we used mass spectrometry-based assays to study protein phosphorylation and glycosylation in Ehrlichia ruminantium Gardel virulent (ERGvir) and attenuated (ERGatt) variants and, how they can modulate Ehrlichia biological processes. The characterization of the S/T/Y phosphoproteome revealed that both strains share the same set of phosphoproteins (n = 58), 36% being overexpressed in ERGvir. The percentage of tyrosine phosphorylation is high (23%) and 66% of the identified peptides are multi-phosphorylated. Glycoproteomics revealed a high percentage of glycoproteins (67% in ERGvir) with a subset of glycoproteins being specific to ERGvir (n = 64/371) and ERGatt (n = 36/343). These glycoproteins are involved in key biological processes such as protein, amino-acid and purine biosynthesis, translation, virulence, DNA repair, and replication. Label-free quantitative analysis revealed over-expression in 31 proteins in ERGvir and 8 in ERGatt. While further PNGase digestion confidently localized 2 and 5 N-glycoproteins in ERGvir and ERGatt, respectively, western blotting suggests that many glycoproteins are O-GIcNAcylated. Twenty-three proteins were detected in both the phospho- and glycoproteome, for the two variants. This work represents the first comprehensive assessment of PTMs on Ehrlichia biology, rising interesting questions regarding ER-host interactions. Phosphoproteome characterization demonstrates an increased versatility of ER phosphoproteins to participate in different mechanisms. The high number of glycoproteins and the lack of glycosyltransferases-coding genes highlight ER dependence on the host and/or vector cellular machinery for its own protein glycosylation. Moreover, these glycoproteins could be crucial to interact and respond to changes in ER environment. PTMs crosstalk between of O-GIcNAcylation and phosphorylation could be used as a major cellular signaling mechanism in ER. As little is known about the Ehrlichia proteins/proteome and its signaling biology, the results presented herein provide a useful resource for further hypothesis-driven exploration of Ehrlichia protein regulation by phosphorylation and glycosylation events. The mass spectrometry proteomics data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium with the data set identifier PXDO12589. PY 2019 PD MAR SO Frontiers In Microbiology SN 1664-302X PU Frontiers Media Sa VL 10 UT 000461256500001 DI 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00450 ID 88282 ER EF