Proteome database of Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5

Harbouring a large genome relative to bacterial standards, the Gram-negative bacterium, <i>Pseudomonas protegens</i> Pf-5 possess a versatile metabolism that enables it to colonize a variety of environments. More importantly, <i>P. protegens</i> Pf-5 has found applications in biotechnology such as its emerging role as a useful bacterium for leaching precious metals from electronic scrap materials. Biotechnology potential aside, <i>P. protegens</i> Pf-5 is fundamentally interesting given its large genome harbouring hitherto unknown metabolic and signalling pathways that may find use in biotechnology. This work sought to provide some fundamental information about <i>P. protegens</i> Pf-5 through constructing a proteome database of the organism at the global level. Parsed by an in-house MATLAB software, the database comprises protein name, amino acid sequence, number of residues, molecular weight and corresponding nucleotide sequence of the protein. The latter three features were calculated using MATLAB built-in functions. Overall, the proteome database of <i>P. protegens</i> Pf-5 should inform researchers of the ensemble of proteins detected in the species, which forms the foundation on which a variety of fundamental and applied microbiology studies could be tackled.<br><br>