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 Proteomics is the analysis of the whole protein complement of a cell, tissue, or organism under a selected , defined set of conditions. In its present state, it's dependent on decades of technological and instrumental developments. These two developments have included advances in mass spectrometry (MS) technology, protein fractionation techniques, bioinformatics, etc. Proteomics depends on three basic technological cornerstones that include a way to fractionate complex protein or peptide mixtures, MS to accumulate the info necessary to spot individual proteins, and bioinformatics to research and assemble the MS data. Most of the proteomic discoveries and efforts so far are mainly directed towards the areas of cancer research, drug and drug target discovery and biomarker research. Proteomics is employed to investigate: when and where proteins are expressed, rates of protein production, degradation, and steady-state abundance, how proteins are modified (for example, post-translational modifications (PTMs) like phosphorylation), the movement of proteins between subcellular compartments, the involvement of proteins in metabolic pathways, how proteins interact with each other . Proteomics has grown at the interface of physical and biochemistry, computing , and bioinformatics, with a stress on high throughput and reduced user bias. Proteomics provides a way more robust and representative picture of the functioning cell than do other sorts of large-scale biology, like genome sequencing or the worldwide analysis of gene expression; therefore, the potential ethical risks related to sample and data misuse are greater.  

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