The biology of the post-genomic era: the proteomics

Mádi, A. and Pusztahelyi, Tünde and Punyiczki, Mária and Fésüs, L. (2003) The biology of the post-genomic era: the proteomics. Acta Biologica Hungarica, 54 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 0236-5383

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Abstract

The complete identification of coding sequences in a number of species has led to announce the beginning of the post-genomic era, new tools have become available to study complex phenomena in biological systems. Rapid advances in genomic sequencing and bioinformatics have established the field of genomics to investigate thousands of genes' activity through mRNA display. However, recent studies have demonstrated a lack of correlation between the transcriptional profiles and the actual protein levels in cells, so investigation of expressed part of the genome is also required to link genomic data to biological function. It is possible, that evolutional development occurred by increasing complexity of regulation processes at the level of RNA and protein molecules instead of simple increase in gene number, so investigation of proteins and protein complexes became a very important field of our post-genomic era. High-resolution two-dimensional gels combined with sensitive mass spectrometry can reveal virtually all proteins present in cells opening new insights into functions of cells, tissues and whole organisms.

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