Improving soil protein extraction for metaproteome analysis and glomalin-related soil protein detection

Proteomics. 2009 Nov;9(21):4970-3. doi: 10.1002/pmic.200900251.

Abstract

Soil contains low amounts of protein but high amounts of interfering substances. Current extraction methods for soil protein cannot produce high-quality samples suitable for proteomic analysis. To resolve the problem, we devised a sequential extraction method, through sequentially extracting soil in citrate and SDS buffers, followed by phenol extraction. The method allows for obtaining applicable 1-D and 2-D protein profiles with various agricultural soils and detecting glomalin-related soil protein. The method may be a valuable tool for soil proteomics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Glycoproteins / isolation & purification*
  • Metagenomics / methods*
  • Proteome / analysis*
  • Proteomics / methods*
  • Soil / analysis*

Substances

  • Glycoproteins
  • Proteome
  • Soil