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of modification. Ubiquit<strong>in</strong> is a small prote<strong>in</strong> that can be affixed to certa<strong>in</strong> prote<strong>in</strong><br />

substrates by means of enzymes known as E3 ubiquit<strong>in</strong> ligases (Glickman and<br />

Ciechanovr, 2002). Identify<strong>in</strong>g which prote<strong>in</strong> is poly-ubiquit<strong>in</strong>ated can be helpful <strong>in</strong><br />

understand<strong>in</strong>g how prote<strong>in</strong> pathways are regulated. In addition to phosphorylation and<br />

ubiquit<strong>in</strong>ation, prote<strong>in</strong>s can undergo additional modifications via methylation,<br />

acetylation, glycosylation, oxidation, sulfation, hydroxylation, nitrosylation, amidation,<br />

etc.<br />

These modifications can be assessed only at the prote<strong>in</strong> level and modifications<br />

of many prote<strong>in</strong>s expressed by a cell can be determ<strong>in</strong>ed at the same time us<strong>in</strong>g such<br />

proteomic methods as phosphoproteomics and glycoproteomics (Graves and Haystead,<br />

2002). In addition to modifications, there is no doubt that prote<strong>in</strong> localization and<br />

<strong>in</strong>teractions are of vital importance to their function. Mislocalization of a prote<strong>in</strong> or any<br />

problem <strong>in</strong> signal transduction can turn normal cells <strong>in</strong>to abnormal cells, which is a<br />

well-known paradigm <strong>in</strong> carc<strong>in</strong>ogenesis. Prote<strong>in</strong> profil<strong>in</strong>g us<strong>in</strong>g proteomic methods can<br />

also be used to characterize these regulatory mechanisms. Another po<strong>in</strong>t that<br />

emphasizes the importance of prote<strong>in</strong> profil<strong>in</strong>g is that many prote<strong>in</strong>s form complexes<br />

with other prote<strong>in</strong>s and/or with nucleic acids, and exert their function <strong>in</strong> the presence of<br />

these molecules.<br />

In summary, prote<strong>in</strong> profil<strong>in</strong>g provides a much better understand<strong>in</strong>g of an<br />

organism, <strong>in</strong> terms of structure and function. Use of prote<strong>in</strong> profil<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the study of<br />

<strong>multiple</strong> prote<strong>in</strong>s, prote<strong>in</strong> forms, and prote<strong>in</strong> families, almost always by compar<strong>in</strong>g two<br />

different states (diseased vs. healthy), is expected to expand our understand<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

molecular mechanisms.<br />

2.1.2. Biological Sources <strong>in</strong> Cancer and Proteomics Research<br />

Proteomics technique is basically depends on identify<strong>in</strong>g the prote<strong>in</strong> profile<br />

<strong>changes</strong> by compar<strong>in</strong>g total prote<strong>in</strong>s of two different samples as mentioned earlier.<br />

These samples can be obta<strong>in</strong>ed from several biological sources to compare the prote<strong>in</strong><br />

contents efficiently. Cancer cell l<strong>in</strong>e, human tissue and body fluids are available as a<br />

biological source for study<strong>in</strong>g the proteome <strong>in</strong> cancer (Chen and Yates, 2007).<br />

Cancer cell l<strong>in</strong>es are largely <strong>in</strong> use <strong>in</strong> cancer-related proteomics researches,<br />

especially <strong>in</strong> vitro cancer progression studies, which present many advantages. One of<br />

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