Proteomic and biogeochemical perspectives on cyanobacteria nutrient acquisition – Part 2: quantitative contributions of cyanobacterial alkaline phosphatases to bulk enzymatic rates in the subtropical North Atlantic

Held, Noelle A.; Kunde, Korinna; Davis, Clare E.; Wyatt, Neil J.; Mann, Elizabeth L.; Woodward, E. Malcolm S.; McIlvin, Matthew; Tagliabue, Alessandro; Twining, Benjamin S.; Mahaffey, Claire; Saito, Mak A.; Lohan, Maeve C.

doi:10.5194/bg-23-923-2026

Articles | Volume 23, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-923-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-923-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 3

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02 Feb 2026

Research article |

| 02 Feb 2026

Proteomic and biogeochemical perspectives on cyanobacteria nutrient acquisition – Part 2: quantitative contributions of cyanobacterial alkaline phosphatases to bulk enzymatic rates in the subtropical North Atlantic

Noelle A. Held, Korinna Kunde, Clare E. Davis, Neil J. Wyatt, Elizabeth L. Mann, E. Malcolm S. Woodward, Matthew McIlvin, Alessandro Tagliabue, Benjamin S. Twining, Claire Mahaffey, Mak A. Saito, and Maeve C. Lohan

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Proteomics LC-MS data (Quantitative contributions of cyanobacterial alkaline phosphatases to biogeochemical rates in the subtropical North Atlantic) N. A. Held et al. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/archive/projects/PXD053717/

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Microbial enzymes are critical to marine biogeochemical cycles, but which microbes are producing those enzymes? We used a targeted proteomics method to quantify how much Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus contribute to surface ocean alkaline phosphatase activity. We find that alkaline phosphatase abundance is limited by the availability of iron, zinc and cobalt (which may substitute for zinc).