Development of the “Applied Proteomics” Concept for Biotechnology Applications in Microalgae: Example of the Proteome Data in Nannochloropsis gaditana

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2022-01Department
Biomedicina, Biotecnología y Salud PúblicaSource
Mar. Drugs 2022, 20(1), 38Abstract
Most of the marine ecosystems on our planet are still unknown. Among these ecosystems,
microalgae act as a baseline due to their role as primary producers. The estimated millions of species
of these microorganisms represent an almost infinite source of potentially active biocomponents
offering unlimited biotechnology applications. This review considers current research in microalgae
using the “omics” approach, which today is probably the most important biotechnology tool. These
techniques enable us to obtain a large volume of data from a single experiment. The specific focus
of this review is proteomics as a technique capable of generating a large volume of interesting
information in a single proteomics assay, and particularly the concept of applied proteomics. As an
example, this concept has been applied to the study of Nannochloropsis gaditana, in which proteomics
data generated are transformed into information of high commercial value by identifying proteins
with direct applications in the biomedical and agri-food fields, such as the protein designated UCA01
which presents antitumor activity, obtained from N. gaditana.
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applied proteomics; biotechnology; industrial; microalgae; omicsCollections
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