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Elsayed YY, Kühl T, Imhof D. Edman Degradation Reveals Unequivocal Analysis of the Disulfide Connectivity in Peptides and Proteins. Anal Chem 2024; 96:4057-4066. [PMID: 38407829 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c04229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
Abstract
Disulfide bridges in peptides and proteins play an essential role in maintaining their conformation, structural integrity, and consequently function. Despite ongoing efforts, it is still not possible to detect disulfide bonds and the connectivity of multiply bridged peptides directly through a simple and sufficiently validated protein sequencing or peptide mapping method. Partial or complete reduction and chemical cysteine modification are required as initial steps, followed by the application of a proper detection method. Edman degradation (ED) has been used for primary sequence determination but is largely neglected since the establishment of mass spectrometry (MS)-based protein sequencing. Here, we evaluated and thoroughly characterized the phenyl thiohydantoin (PTH) cysteine derivatives PTH-S-methyl cysteine and PTH-S-carbamidomethyl cysteine as bioanalytical standards for cysteine detection and quantification as well as for the elucidation of the disulfide connectivity in peptides by ED. Validation of the established derivatives was performed according to the guidelines of the International Committee of Harmonization on bioanalytical method validation, and their analytical properties were confirmed as reference standards. A series of model peptides was sequenced to test the usability of the PTH-Cys-derivatives as standards, whereas the native disulfide-bonded peptides CCAP-vil, μ-conotoxin KIIIA, and human insulin were used as case studies to determine their disulfide bond connectivity completely independent of MS analysis.
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- Yomnah Y Elsayed
- Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Bioanalytics, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn 53121, Germany
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Organization of African Unity St, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Bioanalytics, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn 53121, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Bioanalytics, Pharmaceutical Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn 53121, Germany
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Li S, Tao L, Peng S, Yu X, Ma X, Hu F. Structural and antioxidative properties of royal jelly protein by partial enzymatic hydrolysis. FOOD SCIENCE AND HUMAN WELLNESS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fshw.2023.02.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Dordevic D, Capikova J, Dordevic S, Tremlová B, Gajdács M, Kushkevych I. Sulfur content in foods and beverages and its role in human and animal metabolism: A scoping review of recent studies. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15452. [PMID: 37123936 PMCID: PMC10130226 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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Sulfur is a vital element that all living things require, being a component of proteins and other bio-organic substances. The various kinds and varieties of microbes in nature allow for the transformation of this element. It also should be emphasized that volatile sulfur compounds are typically present in food in trace amounts. Life cannot exist without sulfur, yet it also poses a potential health risk. The colon's sulfur metabolism, which is managed by eukaryotic cells, is much better understood than the S metabolism in gastrointestinal bacteria. Numerous additional microbial processes are anticipated to have an impact on the content and availability of sulfated compounds, as well as intestinal S metabolism. Hydrogen sulfide is the sulfur derivative that has attracted the most attention in relation to colonic health, but it is still unclear whether it is beneficial or harmful. Several lines of evidence suggest that sulfate-reducing bacteria or exogenous hydrogen sulfide may be the root cause of intestinal ailments, including inflammatory bowel diseases and colon cancer. Taurine serves a variety of biological and physiological purposes, including roles in inflammation and protection, additionally, low levels of taurine can be found in bodily fluids, and taurine is the primary sulfur component present in muscle tissue (serum and urine). The aim of this scoping review was to compile data from the most pertinent scientific works about S compounds' existence in food and their metabolic processes. The importance of S compounds in various food products and how these compounds can impact metabolic processes are both stressed in this paper.
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- Dani Dordevic
- Department of Plant Origin Food Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Palackého tř. 1946/1, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Origin Food Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Palackého tř. 1946/1, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Origin Food Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Palackého tř. 1946/1, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Origin Food Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Palackého tř. 1946/1, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oral Biology and Experimental Dental Research, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Szeged, Tisza Lajos krt. 64-66, 6720, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
- Corresponding author.
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Cysteine Pathogenic Variants of PMM2 Are Sensitive to Environmental Stress with Loss of Structural Stability. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2023; 2023:5964723. [PMID: 36743691 PMCID: PMC9891822 DOI: 10.1155/2023/5964723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 08/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are severe metabolic disorders caused by an imbalance in the glycosylation pathway. Phosphomannomutase2 (PMM2-CDG), the most prevalent CDG, is mainly due to the disorder of PMM2. Pathogenic variants in cysteine have been found in various diseases, and cysteine residues have a potential as therapeutic targets. PMM2 harbor six cysteines; the variants Cys9Tyr (C9Y) and Cys241Ser (C241S) of PMM2 have been identified to associate with CDG, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain uncharacterized. Here, we purified PMM2 wild type (WT), C9Y, and C241S to investigate their structural characteristics and biophysical properties by spectroscopic experiments under physiological temperature and environmental stress. Notably, the variants led to drastic changes in the protein properties and were prone to aggregate at physiological temperature. Meanwhile, PMM2 was sensitive to oxidative stress, and the cysteine pathogenic variants led to obvious aggregate formation and a higher cellular apoptosis ratio under oxidative stress. Molecular dynamic simulations indicated that the pathogenic variants changed the core domain of homomeric PMM2 and subunit binding free energy. Moreover, we tested the potential drug targeting PMM2-celastrol in cell level and explained the result by molecular docking simulation. In this study, we delineated the pathological mechanism of the cysteine substitution in PMM2, which addressed the vital role of cysteine in PMM2 and provided novel insights into prevention and treatment strategies for PMM2-CDG.
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Wei B, Zenaidee MA, Lantz C, Williams BJ, Totten S, Ogorzalek Loo RR, Loo JA. Top-down mass spectrometry and assigning internal fragments for determining disulfide bond positions in proteins. Analyst 2022; 148:26-37. [PMID: 36399030 PMCID: PMC9772244 DOI: 10.1039/d2an01517j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Disulfide bonds in proteins have a substantial impact on protein structure, stability, and biological activity. Localizing disulfide bonds is critical for understanding protein folding and higher-order structure. Conventional top-down mass spectrometry (TD-MS), where only terminal fragments are assigned for disulfide-intact proteins, can access disulfide information, but suffers from low fragmentation efficiency, thereby limiting sequence coverage. Here, we show that assigning internal fragments generated from TD-MS enhances the sequence coverage of disulfide-intact proteins by 20-60% by returning information from the interior of the protein sequence, which cannot be obtained by terminal fragments alone. The inclusion of internal fragments can extend the sequence information of disulfide-intact proteins to near complete sequence coverage. Importantly, the enhanced sequence information that arise from the assignment of internal fragments can be used to determine the relative position of disulfide bonds and the exact disulfide connectivity between cysteines. The data presented here demonstrates the benefits of incorporating internal fragment analysis into the TD-MS workflow for analyzing disulfide-intact proteins, which would be valuable for characterizing biotherapeutic proteins such as monoclonal antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates.
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- Benqian Wei
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Bakshi T, Pham D, Kaur R, Sun B. Hidden Relationships between N-Glycosylation and Disulfide Bonds in Individual Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073742. [PMID: 35409101 PMCID: PMC8998389 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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N-Glycosylation (NG) and disulfide bonds (DBs) are two prevalent co/post-translational modifications (PTMs) that are often conserved and coexist in membrane and secreted proteins involved in a large number of diseases. Both in the past and in recent times, the enzymes and chaperones regulating these PTMs have been constantly discovered to directly interact with each other or colocalize in the ER. However, beyond a few model proteins, how such cooperation affects N-glycan modification and disulfide bonding at selective sites in individual proteins is largely unknown. Here, we reviewed the literature to discover the current status in understanding the relationships between NG and DBs in individual proteins. Our results showed that more than 2700 human proteins carry both PTMs, and fewer than 2% of them have been investigated in the associations between NG and DBs. We summarized both these proteins with the reported relationships in the two PTMs and the tools used to discover the relationships. We hope that, by exposing this largely understudied field, more investigations can be encouraged to unveil the hidden relationships of NG and DBs in the majority of membranes and secreted proteins for pathophysiological understanding and biotherapeutic development.
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- Tania Bakshi
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada;
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- Department of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada;
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- Faculty of Health Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada;
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada;
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
- Correspondence:
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Zhao X, Zhang S, Ma Q, Zhang X, Ma X. Rapid Disulfide Mapping in Peptides and Proteins by meta-Chloroperoxybenzoic Acid ( mCPBA) Oxidation and Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2021; 93:14618-14625. [PMID: 34704736 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Disulfide bonds are a class of important post-translational modifications that play important roles in modulating the structures and functions of proteins. Therefore, the mapping of disulfide linkages in peptides and proteins is indispensable for complete structure characterization and functional studies. As disulfide bonds in protonated ions do not dissociate readily under low-energy collision-induced dissociation (CID), they are usually chemically cleaved or activated prior to mass spectrometry (MS) or tandem MS (MS/MS) analysis. In this study, we report a new method that allows the mapping of disulfide linkages in peptides and proteins through meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA)-based disulfide oxidation and MS/MS. Upon oxidation, the disulfide bond is converted to a thiosulfinate group, i.e., S(═O)-S, in a rapid (>60% yield in 1 min) and highly specific approach in an aqueous phase. The thiosulfinate group is then preferentially cleaved by MS/MS. For interchain disulfide linkages, this leads to a facile peptide chain separation and the identification of disulfide-linked peptides. For intrachain disulfide linkages, collisional activation of the thiosulfinate leads to disulfide cleavage and fragmentation of the peptide backbone constrained by the disulfide loop, enabling a near-complete peptide sequencing. The mCPBA oxidation-based disulfide mapping strategy can be readily integrated with bottom-up or top-down protein analysis for comprehensive protein structure elucidation, e.g., digested lysozyme and intact human insulin.
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- Xu Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, Beijing 100176, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Bagal D, Gibson BW. Identification of Proteolysis Products in Protein Therapeutics through TMPP N-Terminal Tagging and Electron Transfer Dissociation Product Triggered Collisional Induced Dissociation Fragmentation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:1936-1944. [PMID: 33534996 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Thorough characterization of protein therapeutics is often challenging due to the heterogeneity arising from primary sequence variants, post-translational modifications, proteolytic clipping, or incomplete processing of the signal peptide. Modern mass spectrometry (MS) techniques are now routinely used to characterize such heterogeneous protein populations. Here, we present an LC-MS/MS method using (N-succinimidyloxycarbonylmethyl)-tris (2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl) phosphonium bromide (TMPP-Ac-OSu) to label any free N-terminal α-amines to rapidly and selectively identify proteolytic clipping events. Electron transfer dissociation (ETD) fragmentation of these chemically tagged peptides generates two unique TMPP product ions, TMPP+ and TMPP-Ac-NH2/c0. The presence of these signature ions following ETD is used to trigger subsequent collisional induced dissociation (CID) fragmentation of the precursor ion. This results in a small subset of CID tandem MS spectra that are used in a customized database search. Using a purified fusion monoclonal antibody (mAb) as an example, we demonstrate how TMPP labeling followed by ETD product ion triggered CID fragmentation is used to accurately identify two undesired clipping sites.
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- Dhanashri Bagal
- Amgen Discovery Research, Discovery Attribute Sciences, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Amgen Discovery Research, Discovery Attribute Sciences, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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Dong Q, Yan X, Liang Y, Markey SP, Sheetlin SL, Remoroza CA, Wallace WE, Stein SE. Comprehensive Analysis of Tryptic Peptides Arising from Disulfide Linkages in NISTmAb and Their Use for Developing a Mass Spectral Library. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:1612-1629. [PMID: 33555887 PMCID: PMC9278810 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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This
work presents methods for identifying and then creating a
mass spectral library for disulfide-linked peptides originating from
the NISTmAb, a reference material of the humanized IgG1k monoclonal
antibody (RM 8671). Analyses involved both partially reduced and non-reduced
samples under neutral and weakly basic conditions followed by nanoflow
liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS).
Spectra of peptides containing disulfide bonds are identified by both
MS1 ion and MS2 fragment ion data in order to completely map all the
disulfide linkages in the NISTmAb. This led to the detection of 383
distinct disulfide-linked peptide ions, arising from fully tryptic
cleavage, missed cleavage, irregular cleavage, complex Met/Trp oxidation
mixtures, and metal adducts. Fragmentation features of disulfide bonds
under low-energy collision dissociation were examined. These include
(1) peptide bond cleavage leaving disulfide bonds intact; (2) disulfide
bond cleavage, often leading to extensive fragmentation; and (3) double
cleavage products resulting from breakages of two peptide bonds or
both peptide and disulfide bonds. Automated annotation of various
complex MS/MS fragments enabled the identification of disulfide-linked
peptides with high confidence. Peptides containing each of the nine
native disulfide bonds were identified along with 86 additional disulfide
linkages arising from disulfide bond shuffling. The presence of shuffled
disulfides was nearly completely abrogated by refining digest conditions.
A curated spectral library of 702 disulfide-linked peptide spectra
was created from this analysis and is publicly available for free
download. Since all IgG1 antibodies have the same constant regions,
the resulting library can be used as a tool for facile identification
of “hard-to-find” disulfide-bonded peptides. Moreover,
we show that one may identify such peptides originating from IgG1
proteins in human serum, thereby serving as a means of monitoring
the completeness of protein reduction in proteomics studies. Data
are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD023358.
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- Qian Dong
- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8362, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8362, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8362, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8362, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8362, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8362, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8362, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8362, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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Raducanu V, Raducanu D, Ouyang Y, Tehseen M, Takahashi M, Hamdan SM. TSGIT: An N- and C-terminal tandem tag system for purification of native and intein-mediated ligation-ready proteins. Protein Sci 2021; 30:497-512. [PMID: 33150985 PMCID: PMC7784762 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
A large variety of fusion tags have been developed to improve protein expression, solubilization, and purification. Nevertheless, these tags have been combined in a rather limited number of composite tags and usually these composite tags have been dictated by traditional commercially-available expression vectors. Moreover, most commercially-available expression vectors include either N- or C-terminal fusion tags but not both. Here, we introduce TSGIT, a fusion-tag system composed of both N- and a C-terminal composite fusion tags. The system includes two affinity tags, two solubilization tags and two cleavable tags distributed at both termini of the protein of interest. Therefore, the N- and the C-terminal composite fusion tags in TSGIT are fully orthogonal in terms of both affinity selection and cleavage. For using TSGIT, we streamlined the cloning, expression, and purification procedures. Each component tag is selected to maximize its benefits toward the final construct. By expressing and partially purifying the protein of interest between the components of the TSGIT fusion, the full-length protein is selected over truncated forms, which has been a long-standing problem in protein purification. Moreover, due to the nature of the cleavable tags in TSGIT, the protein of interest is obtained in its native form without any additional undesired N- or C-terminal amino acids. Finally, the resulting purified protein is ready for efficient ligation with other proteins or peptides for downstream applications. We demonstrate the use of this system by purifying a large amount of native fluorescent mRuby3 protein and bacteriophage T7 gp2.5 ssDNA-binding protein.
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- Vlad‐Stefan Raducanu
- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and EngineeringKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and EngineeringKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and EngineeringKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and EngineeringKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and EngineeringKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and EngineeringKing Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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Yang X, Xia Y. Mapping Complex Disulfide Bonds via Implementing Photochemical Reduction Online with Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:307-314. [PMID: 33136395 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Assigning disulfide linkage is a crucial task for protein identification. The current bottom-up proteomics workflow has limitations in characterizing peptide digests containing multiple disulfide bonds due to the difficulty of controlling partial reduction via conventional chemical reduction methods. Previously, our lab reported the development of an acetone/2-propanol (IPA) photoinitiating system for rapid (on second time scale) and tunable disulfide bond reduction. Herein, we incorporated this reaction system onto a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) system for bottom-up protein analysis applications. The photochemical reduction reaction was implemented in a flow microreactor which allowed for up to 15 s 254 nm UV irradiation. The microreactor was installed post LC separation and right before electrospray ionization, while a T-junction was used to introduce the photoinitiating solution to the LC eluent before entering the microreactor. The degree of disulfide reduction was tunable from partial reduction to complete reduction for peptides containing one or multiple disulfide bonds. Significantly improved sequence coverage was obtained from complete disulfide reduction, while assignment of the disulfide connectivity was facilitated from partial disulfide reduction when coupled with tandem mass spectrometry via collision-induced dissociation. As a proof-of-concept test, trypsin digests of lysozyme (four disulfide bonds) and bovine serum albumin (BSA, 17 disulfide bonds) were analyzed by the LC-MS system coupled with online reduction. Sequence coverage was improved from 35% to 100% and 13% to 87% for lysozyme and BSA, respectively. All four disulfide bonds of lysozyme were determined. For BSA, nine disulfide bonds were characterized and eight adjacent disulfide bonds were narrowed down.
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- Xiaoyue Yang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Grasso G. THE USE OF MASS SPECTROMETRY TO STUDY ZN-METALLOPROTEASE-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2020; 39:574-585. [PMID: 31898821 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Zinc metalloproteases (ZnMPs) participate in diverse biological reactions, encompassing the synthesis and degradation of all the major metabolites in living organisms. In particular, ZnMPs have been recognized to play a very important role in controlling the concentration level of several peptides and/or proteins whose homeostasis has to be finely regulated for the correct physiology of cells. Dyshomeostasis of aggregation-prone proteins causes pathological conditions and the development of several different diseases. For this reason, in recent years, many analytical approaches have been applied for studying the interaction between ZnMPs and their substrates and how environmental factors can affect enzyme activities. In this scenario, mass spectrometric methods occupy a very important role in elucidating different aspects of ZnMPs-substrates interaction. These range from identification of cleavage sites to quantitation of kinetic parameters. In this work, an overview of all the main achievements regarding the application of mass spectrometric methods to investigating ZnMPs-substrates interactions is presented. A general experimental protocol is also described which may prove useful to the study of similar interactions. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Mass Spec Rev.
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- Giuseppe Grasso
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, Catania, 95125, Italy
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Na S, Paek E. Computational methods in mass spectrometry-based structural proteomics for studying protein structure, dynamics, and interactions. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2020; 18:1391-1402. [PMID: 32637038 PMCID: PMC7322682 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Mass spectrometry (MS) has made enormous contributions to comprehensive protein identification and quantification in proteomics. MS is also gaining momentum for structural biology in a variety of ways, complementing conventional structural biology techniques. Here, we will review how MS-based techniques, such as hydrogen/deuterium exchange, covalent labeling, and chemical cross-linking, enable the characterization of protein structure, dynamics, and interactions, especially from a perspective of their data analyses. Structural information encoded by chemical probes in intact proteins is decoded by interpreting MS data at a peptide level, i.e., revealing conformational and dynamic changes in local regions of proteins. The structural MS data are not amenable to data analyses in traditional proteomics workflow, requiring dedicated software for each type of data. We first provide basic principles of data interpretation, including isotopic distribution and peptide sequencing. We then focus particularly on computational methods for structural MS data analyses and discuss outstanding challenges in a proteome-wide large scale analysis.
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- Seungjin Na
- Dept. of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Dept. of Computer Science, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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Seaberg J, Flynn N, Cai A, Ramsey JD. Effect of redox‐responsive DTSSP crosslinking on poly(
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‐lysine)‐grafted‐poly(ethylene glycol) nanoparticles for delivery of proteins. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020; 117:2504-2515. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.27369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2020] [Revised: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Joshua Seaberg
- School of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma
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- School of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma
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- School of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma
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- School of Chemical Engineering Oklahoma State University Stillwater Oklahoma
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Liu XR, Zhang MM, Gross ML. Mass Spectrometry-Based Protein Footprinting for Higher-Order Structure Analysis: Fundamentals and Applications. Chem Rev 2020; 120:4355-4454. [PMID: 32319757 PMCID: PMC7531764 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Proteins adopt different higher-order structures (HOS) to enable their unique biological functions. Understanding the complexities of protein higher-order structures and dynamics requires integrated approaches, where mass spectrometry (MS) is now positioned to play a key role. One of those approaches is protein footprinting. Although the initial demonstration of footprinting was for the HOS determination of protein/nucleic acid binding, the concept was later adapted to MS-based protein HOS analysis, through which different covalent labeling approaches "mark" the solvent accessible surface area (SASA) of proteins to reflect protein HOS. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange (HDX), where deuterium in D2O replaces hydrogen of the backbone amides, is the most common example of footprinting. Its advantage is that the footprint reflects SASA and hydrogen bonding, whereas one drawback is the labeling is reversible. Another example of footprinting is slow irreversible labeling of functional groups on amino acid side chains by targeted reagents with high specificity, probing structural changes at selected sites. A third footprinting approach is by reactions with fast, irreversible labeling species that are highly reactive and footprint broadly several amino acid residue side chains on the time scale of submilliseconds. All of these covalent labeling approaches combine to constitute a problem-solving toolbox that enables mass spectrometry as a valuable tool for HOS elucidation. As there has been a growing need for MS-based protein footprinting in both academia and industry owing to its high throughput capability, prompt availability, and high spatial resolution, we present a summary of the history, descriptions, principles, mechanisms, and applications of these covalent labeling approaches. Moreover, their applications are highlighted according to the biological questions they can answer. This review is intended as a tutorial for MS-based protein HOS elucidation and as a reference for investigators seeking a MS-based tool to address structural questions in protein science.
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63130
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Soh WT, Demir F, Dall E, Perrar A, Dahms SO, Kuppusamy M, Brandstetter H, Huesgen PF. ExteNDing Proteome Coverage with Legumain as a Highly Specific Digestion Protease. Anal Chem 2020; 92:2961-2971. [PMID: 31951383 PMCID: PMC7075662 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b03604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Bottom-up
mass spectrometry-based proteomics utilizes proteolytic
enzymes with well characterized specificities to generate peptides
amenable for identification by high-throughput tandem mass spectrometry.
Trypsin, which cuts specifically after the basic residues lysine and
arginine, is the predominant enzyme used for proteome digestion, although
proteases with alternative specificities are required to detect sequences
that are not accessible after tryptic digest. Here, we show that the
human cysteine protease legumain exhibits a strict substrate specificity
for cleavage after asparagine and aspartic acid residues during in-solution
digestions of proteomes extracted from Escherichia
coli, mouse embryonic fibroblast cell cultures, and Arabidopsis thaliana leaves. Generating peptides
highly complementary in sequence, yet similar in their biophysical
properties, legumain (as compared to trypsin or GluC) enabled complementary
proteome and protein sequence coverage. Importantly, legumain further
enabled the identification and enrichment of protein N-termini not
accessible in GluC- or trypsin-digested samples. Legumain cannot cleave
after glycosylated Asn residues, which enabled the robust identification
and orthogonal validation of N-glycosylation sites based on alternating
sequential sample treatments with legumain and PNGaseF and vice versa.
Taken together, we demonstrate that legumain is a practical, efficient
protease for extending the proteome and sequence coverage achieved
with trypsin, with unique possibilities for the characterization of
post-translational modification sites.
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- Wai Tuck Soh
- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, ZEA-3 , Forschungszentrum Jülich , 52428 Jülich , Germany
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- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, ZEA-3 , Forschungszentrum Jülich , 52428 Jülich , Germany
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- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, ZEA-3 , Forschungszentrum Jülich , 52428 Jülich , Germany
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- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Central Institute for Engineering, Electronics and Analytics, ZEA-3 , Forschungszentrum Jülich , 52428 Jülich , Germany.,Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases, Medical Faculty and University Hospital , University of Cologne , 50931 Cologne , Germany.,Institute for Biochemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences , University of Cologne , 50674 Cologne , Germany
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Asakawa D, Takahashi H, Iwamoto S, Tanaka K. Hydrogen attachment dissociation of peptides containing disulfide bonds. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:26049-26057. [PMID: 31746862 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03923f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A combination of tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) and hydrogen attachment dissociation (HAD) is a useful method for peptide sequence analysis. In this study, gas-phase fragmentation induced by the attachment of hydrogen to peptides containing disulfide bonds was investigated. Hydrogen attachment induced the cleavage of either the disulfide or N-Cα bond, which competitively occurred during HAD. The disulfide bond cleavage proceeded through an intermediate, which contains a thiyl radical (-S˙) and a thiol group (-SH). In contrast, N-Cα bond cleavage produced an intermediate containing an enol-imine group and α-carbon radical. The intermediate α-carbon radical then attacked the disulfide bond, resulting in a cyclic [z]+ fragment. The counterpart, [c + H]+˙ with a thiyl radical underwent further hydrogen attachment, producing [c + 2H]+. Because both disulfide and N-Cα bonds were cleaved by a single hydrogen attachment event, HAD-MS/MS can provide sequence information for the backbone region in the disulfide loop.
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- Daiki Asakawa
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan.
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- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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- Koichi Tanaka Mass Spectrometry Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, 1 Nishinokyo-Kuwabaracho Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8511, Japan
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Deng C, Tan H, Zhou H, Wang M, Lü Y, Xu J, Zhang H, Han L, Ai Y. Four Cysteine Residues Contribute to Homodimerization of Chicken Interleukin-2. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20225744. [PMID: 31731766 PMCID: PMC6888268 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20225744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a pleiotropic cytokine regulating the immune and nervous systems. Mammalian and bird IL-2s have different protein sequences, but perform similar functions. In the current study, two bands were detected by immunoblotting using an antibody against freshly purified chicken IL-2 (chIL-2). The molecular weight of the larger band was approximately twice as much of the chIL-2 monomer, although a chIL-2 complex or homodimer has never been reported. To explain this intriguing result, several dissociation reagents were used to examine the intermolecular forces between components of the proposed chIL-2 complex. It was found that intermolecular disulphide bond promotes homodimerization of chIL-2. Subsequently, mutation of Cys residues of chIL-2 revealed that mutation of all four Cys residues disrupted homodimerization, but a single, dual, or triple Cys mutation failed to disrupt homodimerization, suggesting that all four Cys residues on chIL-2 contribute to this dimerization. Functional analysis showed that both monomeric and dimeric chIL-2 consisting of either wild type or mutant chIL-2 were able to stimulate the expansion of CD4+ T cell in vivo or in vitro, and effectively bind to chIL-2 receptor. Overall, this study revealed that the recombinant chIL-2 purified from either Escherichia coli (E. coli) or Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) cells could homodimerize in vitro, with all four Cys residues on each chIL-2 protein contributing to this homodimerization, and dimerization and Cys mutation not impacting chIL-2 induced stimulation of chicken CD4+ T cells.
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- Chen Deng
- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, 5333 XiAn Road, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China (H.T.); (H.Z.); (M.W.); (Y.L.); (J.X.)
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, 5333 XiAn Road, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China (H.T.); (H.Z.); (M.W.); (Y.L.); (J.X.)
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, 5333 XiAn Road, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China (H.T.); (H.Z.); (M.W.); (Y.L.); (J.X.)
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, 5333 XiAn Road, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China (H.T.); (H.Z.); (M.W.); (Y.L.); (J.X.)
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, 5333 XiAn Road, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China (H.T.); (H.Z.); (M.W.); (Y.L.); (J.X.)
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, 5333 XiAn Road, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China (H.T.); (H.Z.); (M.W.); (Y.L.); (J.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, 5333 XiAn Road, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China
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- Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 4279 East Mount Hope Road, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA;
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- College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University, 120 Dongling Road, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China
- Correspondence: (L.H.); (Y.A.); Tel.: +86-13909880363 (L.H.); +86-13804314800 (Y.A.)
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- College of Animal Science, Jilin University, 5333 XiAn Road, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China (H.T.); (H.Z.); (M.W.); (Y.L.); (J.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, 5333 XiAn Road, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China
- Correspondence: (L.H.); (Y.A.); Tel.: +86-13909880363 (L.H.); +86-13804314800 (Y.A.)
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Moyer TB, Heil LR, Kirkpatrick CL, Goldfarb D, Lefever WA, Parsley NC, Wommack AJ, Hicks LM. PepSAVI-MS Reveals a Proline-rich Antimicrobial Peptide in Amaranthus tricolor. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2019; 82:2744-2753. [PMID: 31557021 PMCID: PMC6874829 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b00352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Traditional medicinal plants are a rich source of antimicrobials; however, the bioactive peptide constituents of most ethnobotanical species remain largely unexplored. Herein, PepSAVI-MS, a mass spectrometry-based peptidomics pipeline, was implemented for antimicrobial peptide (AMP) discovery in the medicinal plant Amaranthus tricolor. This investigation revealed a novel 1.7 kDa AMP with strong activity against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, deemed Atr-AMP1. Initial efforts to determine the sequence of Atr-AMP1 utilized chemical derivatization and enzymatic digestion to provide information about specific residues and post-translational modifications. EThcD (electron-transfer/higher-energy collision dissociation) produced extensive backbone fragmentation and facilitated de novo sequencing, the results of which were consistent with orthogonal characterization experiments. Additionally, multistage HCD (higher-energy collisional dissociation) facilitated discrimination between isobaric leucine and isoleucine. These results revealed a positively charged proline-rich peptide present in a heterogeneous population of multiple peptidoforms, possessing several post-translational modifications including a disulfide bond, methionine oxidation, and proline hydroxylation. Additional bioactivity screening of a simplified fraction containing Atr-AMP1 revealed activity against Staphylococcus aureus LAC, demonstrating activity against both a Gram-negative and a Gram-positive bacterial species unlike many known short chain proline-rich antimicrobial peptides.
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- Tessa B. Moyer
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States
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Adhikari S, Xia Y, McLuckey SA. Top-Down Analysis of Disulfide-Linked Proteins Using Photoinduced Radical Reactions and ET-DDC. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 444:116173. [PMID: 31372092 PMCID: PMC6675022 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2019.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Top-down characterization of proteins via tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) can be challenging due to the presence of multiple disulfide bond linkages; which significantly inhibit the backbone cleavage efficiency for the formation of structurally informative fragment ions. In this study, we present a strategy of pairing a solution-phase photoinitiating system with dipolar direct current induced collisional activation of electron transfer products (ET-DDC) of proteins for a top-down MS/MS approach. The photoinitiating system allows for a rapid scission of all the disulfide linkages in the protein (on the time scale of seconds) with high efficiency (near to complete reduction); while ET-DDC collisional activation improves the fragmentation efficiency for the protein via broadband activation of all the first-generation charge reduced precursor ions (e.g., electron transfer no-dissociation or ETnoD products) from electron transfer reactions over a wide mass-to-charge range. As a result, this approach enabled the generation of extensive sequence informative fragment ion yields for a rapid and enhanced structural characterization of disulfide-linked proteins.
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- Sarju Adhikari
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Address reprint requests to: Dr. Scott A. McLuckey, 560 Oval Drive, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084, USA, Phone: (765) 494-5270, Fax: (765) 494-0239,
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Channaveerappa D, Ngounou Wetie AG, Darie CC. Bottlenecks in Proteomics: An Update. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1140:753-769. [PMID: 31347083 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15950-4_45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Mass spectrometry (MS) is the core for advanced methods in proteomic experiments. When effectively used, proteomics may provide extensive information about proteins and their post-translational modifications, as well as their interaction partners. However, there are also many problems that one can encounter during a proteomic experiment, including, but not limited to sample preparation, sample fractionation, sample analysis, data analysis & interpretation and biological significance. Here we discuss some of the problems that researchers should be aware of when performing a proteomic experiment.
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- Devika Channaveerappa
- Biochemistry and Proteomics Group, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
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- Biochemistry and Proteomics Group, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
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- Biochemistry and Proteomics Group, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA.
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Nybo T, Davies MJ, Rogowska-Wrzesinska A. Analysis of protein chlorination by mass spectrometry. Redox Biol 2019; 26:101236. [PMID: 31181457 PMCID: PMC6557747 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2019.101236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Chlorination of tyrosine is a commonly known effect/consequence of myeloperoxidase activity at sites of inflammation, and detection of 3-chlorotyrosine has been used as biomarker for inflammatory diseases. However, few studies have addressed site specific chlorination in proteins, and no methods for large scale chloroproteomics studies have yet been published. In this study, we present an optimized mass spectrometry based protocol to identify and quantify chlorinated peptides from single proteins modified by HOCl (100 and 500 μM, within estimated pathophysiological levels), at a high level of sensitivity and accuracy. Particular emphasis was placed on 1) sensitive and precise detection of modification sites, 2) the avoidance of loss or artefactual creation of modifications, 3) accurate quantification of peptide abundance and reduction of missing values problem, 4) monitoring the dynamics of modification in samples exposed to different oxidant concentrations and 5) development of guidelines for verification of chlorination sites assignment. A combination of an optimised sample preparation protocol, and improved data analysis approaches have allowed identification of 33 and 15 chlorination sites in laminin and fibronectin, respectively, reported in previous manuscripts [1,2]. The method was subsequently tested on murine basement membrane extract, which contains high levels of laminin in a complex mixture. Here, 10 of the major chlorination sites in laminin were recapitulated, highlighting the utility of the method in detecting damage in complex samples. An optimized mass spectrometry method is presented to detect protein chlorination. Reduction and alkylation leads to loss of chlorinated residues. Identification of modification sites in fibronectin and laminin induced by HOCl. Quantification of relative site occupancy (RSO) of chlorinated residues. Largest chloroproteomics dataset to date.
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- Tina Nybo
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230, Odense M, Denmark.
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Zhao X, Shen Y, Tong W, Wang G, Chen DDY. Deducing disulfide patterns of cysteine-rich proteins using signature fragments produced by top-down mass spectrometry. Analyst 2019; 143:817-823. [PMID: 29362732 DOI: 10.1039/c7an01625e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Direct mapping of protein disulfide patterns using top-down mass spectrometry (MS) is often hampered by inadequate fragmentation at the disulfide-enclosing region, and insufficient structural information provided by the fragments. Here we used electron-transfer/high energy collision dissociation (EThcD) to improve the fragmentation efficiency, and developed strategies that minimize the false positive identification of fragments and deconvolute the signals representing specific modifications made to the disulfide-cleavage-induced fragments. We observed clear correlations between unique modification (attachment or removal of H or SH) patterns and the number of disulfide bonds that enclose the corresponding region. Using the characteristic signature fragments, we in part localized the Cys-bridging sites in disulfide-scrambled lysozymes, and reduced the number of putative disulfide patterns from 104 to 6. The results demonstrated the feasibility of direct analysis of complex disulfide patterns using top-down MS.
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- Xiuxiu Zhao
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, and School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China.
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Woods AG, Sokolowska I, Ngounou Wetie AG, Channaveerappa D, Dupree EJ, Jayathirtha M, Aslebagh R, Wormwood KL, Darie CC. Mass Spectrometry for Proteomics-Based Investigation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1140:1-26. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15950-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Comprehensive identification of protein disulfide bonds with pepsin/trypsin digestion, Orbitrap HCD and Spectrum Identification Machine. J Proteomics 2018; 198:78-86. [PMID: 30557666 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Disulfide bonds (SS) are post-translational modifications important for the proper folding and stabilization of many cellular proteins with therapeutic uses, including antibodies and other biologics. With budding advances of biologics and biosimilars, there is a mounting need for a robust method for accurate identification of SS. Even though several mass spectrometry methods have emerged for this task, their practical use rests on the broad effectiveness of both sample preparation methods and bioinformatics tools. Here we present a new protocol tailored toward mapping SS; it uses readily available reagents, instruments, and software. For sample preparation, a 4-h pepsin digestion at pH 1.3 followed by an overnight trypsin digestion at pH 6.5 can maximize the release of SS-containing peptides from non-reduced proteins, while minimizing SS scrambling. For LC/MS/MS analysis, SS-containing peptides can be efficiently fragmented with HCD in a Q Exactive Orbitrap mass spectrometer, preserving SS for subsequent identification. Our bioinformatics protocol describes how we tailored our freely downloadable and easy-to-use software, Spectrum Identification Machine for Cross-Linked Peptides (SIM-XL), to minimize false identification and facilitate manual validation of SS-peptide mass spectra. To substantiate this optimized method, we've comprehensively identified 14 out of 17 known SS in BSA. SIGNIFICANCE: Comprehensive and accurate identification of SS in proteins is critical for elucidating protein structures and functions. Yet, it is far from routine to accomplish this task in many analytical or core laboratories. Numerous published methods require complex sample preparation methods, specialized mass spectrometers and cumbersome or proprietary software tools, thus cannot be easily implemented in unspecialized laboratories. Here, we describe a robust and rapid SS mapping approach that utilizes readily available reagents, instruments, and software; it can be easily implemented in any analytical core laboratories, and tested for its impact on the research community.
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Corona discharge electrospray ionization of formate-containing solutions enables in-source reduction of disulfide bonds. Anal Bioanal Chem 2018; 411:4729-4737. [PMID: 30397758 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-1447-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Disulfide bonds are critical linkages for maintaining protein structure and enzyme activity. These linkages, however, can limit peptide sequencing efforts by mass spectrometry (MS) and often require chemical reduction and alkylation. Under such conditions, information regarding cysteine connectivity is lost. Online partial disulfide reduction within the electrospray (ESI) source has recently been established as a means to identify complex cysteine linkage patterns in a liquid chromatography-MS experiment without the need for sample pre-treatment. Corona discharge (CD) is invoked as the causative factor of this in-source reduction (ISR); however, evidence remains largely circumstantial. In this study, we demonstrate that instrumental factors-nebulizing gas, ESI capillary material, organic solvent content, ESI spray needle-to-MS distance-all modulate the degree of reduction observed for the single disulfide in oxytocin, further implicating CD in ISR. Rigorous analysis of solution conditions, however, reveals that corona discharge alone can induce only minor disulfide reduction. We establish that CD-ESI of peptide solutions containing formic acid or its conjugate base results in a dramatic increase in disulfide reduction. It is also determined that ISR is exacerbated at low pH for complex peptides containing multiple disulfide bonds and possessing higher-order structure, as well as for a small protein. Overall, our results demonstrate that ESI of formate/formic acid-containing solutions under corona discharge conditions facilitates disulfide ISR, likely by a similar reduction pathway measured in γ-radiolysis studies nearly three decades ago.
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Quick MM, Crittenden CM, Rosenberg JA, Brodbelt JS. Characterization of Disulfide Linkages in Proteins by 193 nm Ultraviolet Photodissociation (UVPD) Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2018; 90:8523-8530. [PMID: 29902373 PMCID: PMC6050148 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Deciphering disulfide bond patterns in proteins remains a significant challenge. In the present study, interlinked disulfide bonds connecting peptide chains are homolytically cleaved with 193 nm ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD). Analysis of insulin showcased the ability of UVPD to cleave multiple disulfide bonds and provide sequence coverage of the peptide chains in the same MS/MS event. For proteins containing more complex disulfide bonding patterns, an approach combining partial reduction and alkylation mitigated disulfide scrambling and allowed assignment of the array of disulfide bonds. The 4 disulfide bonds of lysozyme and the 19 disulfide bonds of serotransferrin were characterized through LC/UVPD-MS analysis of nonreduced and partially reduced protein digests.
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Liang Z, McGuinness KN, Crespo A, Zhong W. Characterization of Disulfide-Linked Peptides Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry Coupled with Automated Data Analysis Software. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2018; 29:903-912. [PMID: 29372552 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1855-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Disulfide bond formation is critical for maintaining structure stability and function of many peptides and proteins. Mass spectrometry has become an important tool for the elucidation of molecular connectivity. However, the interpretation of the tandem mass spectral data of disulfide-linked peptides has been a major challenge due to the lack of appropriate tools. Developing proper data analysis software is essential to quickly characterize disulfide-linked peptides. A thorough and in-depth understanding of how disulfide-linked peptides fragment in mass spectrometer is a key in developing software to interpret the tandem mass spectra of these peptides. Two model peptides with inter- and intra-chain disulfide linkages were used to study fragmentation behavior in both collisional-activated dissociation (CAD) and electron-based dissociation (ExD) experiments. Fragments generated from CAD and ExD can be categorized into three major types, which result from different S-S and C-S bond cleavage patterns. DiSulFinder is a computer algorithm that was newly developed based on the fragmentation observed in these peptides. The software is vendor neutral and capable of quickly and accurately identifying a variety of fragments generated from disulfide-linked peptides. DiSulFinder identifies peptide backbone fragments with S-S and C-S bond cleavages and, more importantly, can also identify fragments with the S-S bond still intact to aid disulfide linkage determination. With the assistance of this software, more comprehensive disulfide connectivity characterization can be achieved. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Zhidan Liang
- Analytical Research and Development, MRL, Merck and Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA
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- Chemistry Modeling and Informatics, MRL, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, 07033, USA
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- Chemistry Modeling and Informatics, MRL, Merck and Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, 07033, USA
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- Analytical Research and Development, MRL, Merck and Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, 07065, USA.
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Hollerweger JC, Hoppe IJ, Regl C, Stock LG, Huber CG, Lohrig U, Stutz H, Brandstetter H. Analytical Cascades of Enzymes for Sensitive Detection of Structural Variations in Protein Samples. Anal Chem 2018; 90:5055-5065. [PMID: 29582994 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Protein function critically depends on structure. However, current analytical tools to monitor consistent higher-order structure with high sensitivity, as for instance required in the development of biopharmaceuticals, are limited. To complement existing assays, we present the analytical cascade of enzymes (ACE), a method based on enzymatic modifications of target proteins, which serve to exponentially amplify structural differences between them. The method enables conformational and chemical fingerprinting of closely related proteins, allowing for the sensitive detection of heterogeneities in protein preparations with high precision. Using this method, we detect protein variants differing in conformation only, as well as structural changes induced by diverse covalent modifications. Additionally, we employ this method to identify the nature of structural variants. Moreover, the ACE method should help to address the limited reproducibility in fundamental research, which partly relates to sample heterogeneities.
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- Julia C Hollerweger
- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria.,Physical and Chemical Characterization Biosimilars , Sandoz GmbH , A-6250 Kundl , Austria
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- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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- Department of Biosciences , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Tools for Biosimilar Characterization , University of Salzburg , 5020 Salzburg , Austria
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Stocks BB, Melanson JE. In-Source Reduction of Disulfide-Bonded Peptides Monitored by Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2018; 29:742-751. [PMID: 29450858 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-018-1894-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Many peptides with antimicrobial activity and/or therapeutic potential contain disulfide bonds as a means to enhance stability, and their quantitation is often performed using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Disulfides can be reduced during ESI under commonly used instrument conditions, which has the potential to hinder accurate peptide quantitation. We demonstrate that this in-source reduction (ISR) is predominantly observed for peptides infused from acidic solutions and subjected to elevated ESI voltages (3-4 kV). ISR is readily apparent in the mass spectrum of oxytocin-a small, single disulfide-containing peptide. However, subtle m/z shifts due to partial ISR of highly charged (z ≥ 3) peptides with multiple disulfide linkages may proceed unnoticed. Ion mobility (IM)-MS separates ions on the basis of charge and shape in the gas phase, and using insulin as a model system, we show that IM-MS arrival time distributions (ATDs) are particularly sensitive to partial ISR of large peptides. Isotope modeling allows for the relative quantitation of disulfide-intact and partially reduced states of the mobility-separated peptide conformers. Interestingly, hepcidin peptides ionized from acidic solutions at elevated ESI voltages undergo gas-phase compaction, ostensibly due to partial disulfide ISR. Our IM-MS results lead us to propose that residual acid is the likely cause of disparate ATDs recently measured for hepcidin from different suppliers [Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 409, 2559-2567 (2017)]. Overall, our results demonstrate the utility of IM-MS to detect partial ISR of disulfide-bonded peptides and reinforce the notion that peptide/protein measurements should be carried out using minimally activating instrument conditions. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Bradley B Stocks
- National Research Council of Canada, Measurement Science and Standards, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada.
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- National Research Council of Canada, Measurement Science and Standards, 1200 Montreal Road, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0R6, Canada
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Disulfide linkage is critical to protein folding and structural stability. The location of disulfide linkages for antibodies is routinely discovered by comparing the chromatograms of the reduced and non-reduced peptide mapping with location identification confirmed by collision-induced dissociation (CID) mass spectrometry (MS)/MS. However, CID product spectra of disulfide-linked peptides can be difficult to interpret, and provide limited information on the backbone region within the disulfide loop. Here, we applied an electron-transfer dissociation (ETD)/CID combined fragmentation method that identifies the disulfide linkage without intensive LC comparison, and yet maps the disulfide location accurately. The native protein samples were digested using trypsin for proteolysis. The method uses RapiGest SF Surfactant and obviates the need for reduction/alkylation and extensive sample manipulation. An aliquot of the digest was loaded onto a C4 analytical column. Peptides were gradient-eluted and analyzed using a Thermo Scientific LTQ Orbitrap Elite mass spectrometer for the ETD-triggered CID MS3 experiment. Survey MS scans were followed by data-dependent scans consisting of ETD MS2 scans on the most intense ion in the survey scan, followed by 5 MS3 CID scans on the 5 most intense ions in the ETD MS2 scan. We were able to identify the disulfide-mediated structural variants A and A/B forms and their corresponding disulfide linkages in an immunoglobulin G2 monoclonal antibody with λ light chain (IgG2λ), where the location of cysteine linkages were unambiguously determined.
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- Xiaoyan Guan
- a Process Development, Amgen Inc. , Thousand Oaks , CA , United States
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- a Process Development, Amgen Inc. , Thousand Oaks , CA , United States
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- a Process Development, Amgen Inc. , Thousand Oaks , CA , United States
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Lakbub JC, Shipman JT, Desaire H. Recent mass spectrometry-based techniques and considerations for disulfide bond characterization in proteins. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017; 410:2467-2484. [PMID: 29256076 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0772-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Disulfide bonds are important structural moieties of proteins: they ensure proper folding, provide stability, and ensure proper function. With the increasing use of proteins for biotherapeutics, particularly monoclonal antibodies, which are highly disulfide bonded, it is now important to confirm the correct disulfide bond connectivity and to verify the presence, or absence, of disulfide bond variants in the protein therapeutics. These studies help to ensure safety and efficacy. Hence, disulfide bonds are among the critical quality attributes of proteins that have to be monitored closely during the development of biotherapeutics. However, disulfide bond analysis is challenging because of the complexity of the biomolecules. Mass spectrometry (MS) has been the go-to analytical tool for the characterization of such complex biomolecules, and several methods have been reported to meet the challenging task of mapping disulfide bonds in proteins. In this review, we describe the relevant, recent MS-based techniques and provide important considerations needed for efficient disulfide bond analysis in proteins. The review focuses on methods for proper sample preparation, fragmentation techniques for disulfide bond analysis, recent disulfide bond mapping methods based on the fragmentation techniques, and automated algorithms designed for rapid analysis of disulfide bonds from liquid chromatography-MS/MS data. Researchers involved in method development for protein characterization can use the information herein to facilitate development of new MS-based methods for protein disulfide bond analysis. In addition, individuals characterizing biotherapeutics, especially by disulfide bond mapping in antibodies, can use this review to choose the best strategies for disulfide bond assignment of their biologic products. Graphical Abstract This review, describing characterization methods for disulfide bonds in proteins, focuses on three critical components: sample preparation, mass spectrometry data, and software tools.
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- Jude C Lakbub
- Ralph N. Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1251 Wescoe Hall Dr, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
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- Ralph N. Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1251 Wescoe Hall Dr, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
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- Ralph N. Adams Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, 1251 Wescoe Hall Dr, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA.
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Qu M, An B, Shen S, Zhang M, Shen X, Duan X, Balthasar JP, Qu J. Qualitative and quantitative characterization of protein biotherapeutics with liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2017; 36:734-754. [PMID: 27097288 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In the last decade, the advancement of liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC/MS) techniques has enabled their broad application in protein characterization, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Owing to certain important merits of LC/MS techniques (e.g., high selectivity, flexibility, and rapid method development), LC/MS assays are often deemed as preferable alternatives to conventional methods (e.g., ligand-binding assays) for the analysis of protein biotherapeutics. At the discovery and development stages, LC/MS is generally employed for two purposes absolute quantification of protein biotherapeutics in biological samples and qualitative characterization of proteins. For absolute quantification of a target protein in bio-matrices, recent work has led to improvements in the efficiency of LC/MS method development, sample treatment, enrichment and digestion, and high-performance low-flow-LC separation. These advances have enhanced analytical sensitivity, specificity, and robustness. As to qualitative analysis, a range of techniques have been developed to characterize intramolecular disulfide bonds, glycosylation, charge variants, primary sequence heterogeneity, and the drug-to-antibody ratio of antibody drug conjugate (ADC), which has enabled a refined ability to assess product quality. In this review, we will focus on the discussion of technical challenges and strategies of LC/MS-based quantification and characterization of biotherapeutics, with the emphasis on the analysis of antibody-based biotherapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and ADCs. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 36:734-754, 2017.
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- Miao Qu
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14214
- New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 14203
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14214
- New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 14203
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14214
- New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 14203
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14214
- New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 14203
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14214
- New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 14203
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14214
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14214
- New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, Buffalo, NY, 14203
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Pillarisetti S, Maya S, Sathianarayanan S, Jayakumar R. Tunable pH and redox-responsive drug release from curcumin conjugated γ-polyglutamic acid nanoparticles in cancer microenvironment. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2017; 159:809-819. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.08.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Liu Y, Sun W, Shan B, Zhang K. DISC: DISulfide linkage Characterization from tandem mass spectra. Bioinformatics 2017; 33:3861-3870. [DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Yi Liu
- Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Bioinformatics Solutions Inc. (BSI), Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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Kist AM, Lampert A, O'Reilly AO. DIsulfide Mapping PLanner Software Tool. J Comput Biol 2017; 25:430-434. [PMID: 28817312 DOI: 10.1089/cmb.2017.0129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Disulfide bridges are side-chain-mediated covalent bonds between cysteines that stabilize many protein structures. Disulfide mapping experiments to resolve these linkages typically involve proteolytic cleavage of the protein of interest followed by mass spectroscopy to identify fragments corresponding to linked peptides. Here we report the sequence-based "DIMPL" web tool to facilitate the planning and analysis steps of experimental mapping studies. The software tests permutations of user-selected proteases to determine an optimal peptic digest that produces cleavage between cysteine residues, thus separating each to an individual peptide fragment. The webserver returns fragment sequence and mass data that can be dynamically ordered to enable straightforward comparative analysis with mass spectroscopy results, facilitating dipeptide identification.
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- Andreas M Kist
- 1 Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University , Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany .,2 Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology , Martinsried, Germany
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- 1 Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University , Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany .,3 Institute of Physiology , Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- 1 Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University , Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany .,4 School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University , Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Maes E, Dyer JM, McKerchar HJ, Deb-Choudhury S, Clerens S. Protein-protein cross-linking and human health: the challenge of elucidating with mass spectrometry. Expert Rev Proteomics 2017; 14:917-929. [PMID: 28759730 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2017.1362336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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INTRODUCTION In several biomedical research fields, the cross-linking of peptides and proteins has an important impact on health and wellbeing. It is therefore of crucial importance to study this class of post-translational modifications in detail. The huge potential of mass spectrometric technologies in the mapping of these protein-protein cross-links is however overshadowed by the challenges that the field has to overcome. Areas covered: In this review, we summarize the different pitfalls and challenges that the protein-protein cross-linking field is confronted with when using mass spectrometry approaches. We additionally focus on native disulfide bridges as an example and provide some examples of cross-links that are important in the biomedical field. Expert commentary: The current flow of methodological improvements, mainly from the chemical cross-linking field, has delivered a significant contribution to deciphering native and insult-induced cross-links. Although an automated data analysis of proteome-wide peptide cross-linking is currently only possible in chemical cross-linking experiments, the field is well on the way towards a more automated analysis of native and insult-induced cross-links in raw mass spectrometry data that will boost its potential in biomedical applications.
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- Evelyne Maes
- a Food & Bio-Based Products, AgResearch Ltd ., Lincoln , New Zealand
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- a Food & Bio-Based Products, AgResearch Ltd ., Lincoln , New Zealand.,b Biomolecular Interaction Centre , University of Canterbury , Christchurch , New Zealand.,c Riddet Institute, Massey University , Palmerston North , New Zealand.,d Wine, Food & Molecular Biosciences , Lincoln University , Lincoln , New Zealand
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- a Food & Bio-Based Products, AgResearch Ltd ., Lincoln , New Zealand.,b Biomolecular Interaction Centre , University of Canterbury , Christchurch , New Zealand
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- a Food & Bio-Based Products, AgResearch Ltd ., Lincoln , New Zealand.,b Biomolecular Interaction Centre , University of Canterbury , Christchurch , New Zealand
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Durand KL, Tan L, Stinson CA, Love-Nkansah CB, Ma X, Xia Y. Assigning Peptide Disulfide Linkage Pattern Among Regio-Isomers via Methoxy Addition to Disulfide and Tandem Mass Spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:1099-1108. [PMID: 28194735 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-017-1595-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Revised: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Pinpointing disulfide linkage pattern is critical in the characterization of proteins and peptides consisting of multiple disulfide bonds. Herein, we report a method based on coupling online disulfide modification and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to distinguish peptide disulfide regio-isomers. Such a method relies on a new disulfide bond cleavage reaction in solution, involving methanol as a reactant and 254 nm ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. This reaction leads to selective cleavage of a disulfide bond and formation of sulfenic methyl ester (-SOCH3) at one cysteine residue and a thiol (-SH) at the other. Under low energy collision-induced dissociation (CID), cysteine sulfenic methyl ester motif produces a signature methanol loss (-32 Da), allowing its identification from other possible isomeric structures such as S-hydroxylmethyl (-SCH2OH) and methyl sulfoxide (-S(O)-CH3). Since disulfide bond can be selectively cleaved and modified upon methoxy addition, subsequent MS2 CID of the methoxy addition product provides enhanced sequence coverage as demonstrated by the analysis of bovine insulin. More importantly, this reaction does not induce disulfide scrambling, likely due to the fact that radical intermediates are not involved in the process. An approach based on methoxy addition followed by MS3 CID has been developed for assigning disulfide linkage patterns in peptide disulfide regio-isomers. This methodology was successfully applied to characterizing peptide systems having two disulfide bonds and three disulfide linkage isomers: side-by-side, overlapped, and looped-within-a-loop configurations. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Kirt L Durand
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA.
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Pilo AL, Zhao F, McLuckey SA. Gas-Phase Oxidation via Ion/Ion Reactions: Pathways and Applications. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2017; 28:991-1004. [PMID: 28050870 PMCID: PMC5438755 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1554-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Here, we provide an overview of pathways available upon the gas-phase oxidation of peptides and DNA via ion/ion reactions and explore potential applications of these chemistries. The oxidation of thioethers (i.e., methionine residues and S-alkyl cysteine residues), disulfide bonds, S-nitrosylated cysteine residues, and DNA to the [M+H+O]+ derivative via ion/ion reactions with periodate and peroxymono-sulfate anions is demonstrated. The oxidation of neutral basic sites to various oxidized structures, including the [M+H+O]+, [M-H]+, and [M-H-NH3]+ species, via ion/ion reactions is illustrated and the oxidation characteristics of two different oxidizing reagents, periodate and persulfate anions, are compared. Lastly, the highly efficient generation of molecular radical cations via ion/ion reactions with sulfate radical anion is summarized. Activation of the newly generated molecular radical peptide cations results in losses of various neutral side chains, several of which generate dehydroalanine residues that can be used to localize the amino acid from which the dehydroalanine was generated. The chemistries presented herein result in a diverse range of structures that can be used for a variety of applications, including the identification and localization of S-alkyl cysteine residues, the oxidative cleavage of disulfide bonds, and the generation of molecular radical cations from even-electron doubly protonated peptides. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Alice L Pilo
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2084, USA.
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Dual reductive/oxidative electrochemistry/liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry: Towards peptide and protein modification, separation and identification. J Chromatogr A 2017; 1479:153-160. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Parr MK, Montacir O, Montacir H. Physicochemical characterization of biopharmaceuticals. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2016; 130:366-389. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2016.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2016] [Revised: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Massonnet P, Haler JRN, Upert G, Degueldre M, Morsa D, Smargiasso N, Mourier G, Gilles N, Quinton L, De Pauw E. Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry as a Tool for the Structural Characterization of Peptides Bearing Intramolecular Disulfide Bond(s). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:1637-1646. [PMID: 27488317 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1443-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2016] [Revised: 06/19/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Disulfide bonds are post-translationnal modifications that can be crucial for the stability and the biological activities of natural peptides. Considering the importance of these disulfide bond-containing peptides, the development of new techniques in order to characterize these modifications is of great interest. For this purpose, collision cross cections (CCS) of a large data set of 118 peptides (displaying various sequences) bearing zero, one, two, or three disulfide bond(s) have been measured in this study at different charge states using ion mobility-mass spectrometry. From an experimental point of view, CCS differences (ΔCCS) between peptides bearing various numbers of disulfide bonds and peptides having no disulfide bonds have been calculated. The ΔCCS calculations have also been applied to peptides bearing two disulfide bonds but different cysteine connectivities (Cys1-Cys2/Cys3-Cys4; Cys1-Cys3/Cys2-Cys4; Cys1-Cys4/Cys2-Cys3). The effect of the replacement of a proton by a potassium adduct on a peptidic structure has also been investigated. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Philippe Massonnet
- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, University of Liege, Quartier Agora, Allée du six Aout 11, B-4000, Liege, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, University of Liege, Quartier Agora, Allée du six Aout 11, B-4000, Liege, Belgium
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, DRF/iBiTec-S/SIMOPRO, CE Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, University of Liege, Quartier Agora, Allée du six Aout 11, B-4000, Liege, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, University of Liege, Quartier Agora, Allée du six Aout 11, B-4000, Liege, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, University of Liege, Quartier Agora, Allée du six Aout 11, B-4000, Liege, Belgium
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, DRF/iBiTec-S/SIMOPRO, CE Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, DRF/iBiTec-S/SIMOPRO, CE Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, University of Liege, Quartier Agora, Allée du six Aout 11, B-4000, Liege, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, University of Liege, Quartier Agora, Allée du six Aout 11, B-4000, Liege, Belgium.
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Pilo AL, McLuckey SA. Selective Gas-Phase Ion/Ion Reactions: Enabling Disulfide Mapping via Oxidation and Cleavage of Disulfide Bonds in Intermolecularly-Linked Polypeptide Ions. Anal Chem 2016; 88:8972-9. [PMID: 27531151 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The selective gas-phase oxidation of disulfide bonds to their thiosulfinate form using ion/ion reactions and subsequent cleavage is demonstrated here. Oxidizing reagent anions are observed to attach to all polypeptides, regardless of amino acid composition. Direct proton transfer yielding a charge-reduced peptide is also frequently observed. Activation of the ion/ion complex between an oxidizing reagent anion and a disulfide-containing peptide cation results in oxygen transfer from the reagent anion to the peptide cation to form the [M+H+O](+) species. This thiosulfinate derivative can undergo one of several rearrangements that result in cleavage of the disulfide bond. Species containing an intermolecular disulfide bond undergo separation of the two chains upon activation. Further activation can be used to generate more sequence information from each chain. These oxidation ion/ion reactions have been used to illustrate the identification of S-glutathionylated and S-cysteinylated peptides, in which low molecular weight thiols are attached to cysteine residues in peptides via disulfide bonds. The oxidation chemistry effectively labels peptide ions with readily oxidized groups, such as disulfide bonds. This enables a screening approach for the identification of disulfide-linked peptides in a disulfide mapping application involving enzymatic digestion. The mixtures of ions generated by tryptic and peptic digestions of lysozyme and insulin, respectively, without prior separation or isolation were subjected both to oxidation and proton transfer ion/ion chemistry to illustrate the identification of peptides in the mixtures with readily oxidized groups.
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- Alice L Pilo
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084, United States
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Pilo AL, Zhao F, McLuckey SA. Selective Gas-Phase Oxidation and Localization of Alkylated Cysteine Residues in Polypeptide Ions via Ion/Ion Chemistry. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:3139-46. [PMID: 27476698 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The thiol group in cysteine residues is susceptible to several post-translational modifications (PTMs), including prenylation, nitrosylation, palmitoylation, and the formation of disulfide bonds. Additionally, cysteine residues involved in disulfide bonds are commonly reduced and alkylated prior to mass spectrometric analysis. Several of these cysteine modifications, specifically S-alkyl modifications, are susceptible to gas-phase oxidation via selective ion/ion reactions with periodate anions. Multiply protonated peptides containing modified cysteine residues undergo complex formation upon ion/ion reaction with periodate anions. Activation of the ion/ion complexes results in oxygen transfer from the reagent to the modified sulfur residue to create a sulfoxide functionality. Further activation of the sulfoxide derivative yields abundant losses of the modification with the oxidized sulfur as a sulfenic acid (namely, XSOH) to generate a dehydroalanine residue. This loss immediately indicates the presence of an S-alkyl cysteine residue, and the mass of the loss can be used to easily deduce the type of modification. An additional step of activation can be used to localize the modification to a specific residue within the peptide. Selective cleavage to create c- and z-ions N-terminal to the dehydroalanine residue is often noted. As these types of ions are not typically observed upon collision-induced dissociation (CID), they can be used to immediately indicate where in the peptide the PTM was originally located.
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- Alice L Pilo
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2084, United States
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Kayili HM, Salih B. Fast and efficient proteolysis by reusable pepsin-encapsulated magnetic sol-gel material for mass spectrometry-based proteomics applications. Talanta 2016; 155:78-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2016.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Parker WR, Brodbelt JS. Characterization of the Cysteine Content in Proteins Utilizing Cysteine Selenylation with 266 nm Ultraviolet Photodissociation (UVPD). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:1344-1350. [PMID: 27091595 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1405-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Characterization of the cysteine content of proteins is a key aspect of proteomics. By defining both the total number of cysteines and their bound/unbound state, the number of candidate proteins considered in database searches is significantly constrained. Herein we present a methodology that utilizes 266 nm UVPD to count the number of free and bound cysteines in intact proteins. In order to attain this goal, proteins were derivatized with N-(phenylseleno)phthalimide (NPSP) to install a selectively cleavable Se-S bond upon 266 UVPD. The number of Se-S bonds cleaved upon UVPD, a process that releases SePh moieties, corresponds to the number of cysteine residues per protein. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- W Ryan Parker
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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Zheng Q, Chen H. Development and Applications of Liquid Sample Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2016; 9:411-448. [PMID: 27145689 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-071015-041620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) is a recent advance in the field of analytical chemistry. This review surveys the development of liquid sample DESI-MS (LS-DESI-MS), a variant form of DESI-MS that focuses on fast analysis of liquid samples, and its novel analy-tical applications in bioanalysis, proteomics, and reaction kinetics. Due to the capability of directly ionizing liquid samples, liquid sample DESI (LS-DESI) has been successfully used to couple MS with various analytical techniques, such as microfluidics, microextraction, electrochemistry, and chromatography. This review also covers these hyphenated techniques. In addition, several closely related ionization methods, including transmission mode DESI, thermally assisted DESI, and continuous flow-extractive DESI, are briefly discussed. The capabilities of LS-DESI extend and/or complement the utilities of traditional DESI and electrospray ionization and will find extensive and valuable analytical application in the future.
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- Qiuling Zheng
- Center for Intelligent Chemical Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701;
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- Center for Intelligent Chemical Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701;
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Verdes A, Anand P, Gorson J, Jannetti S, Kelly P, Leffler A, Simpson D, Ramrattan G, Holford M. From Mollusks to Medicine: A Venomics Approach for the Discovery and Characterization of Therapeutics from Terebridae Peptide Toxins. Toxins (Basel) 2016; 8:117. [PMID: 27104567 PMCID: PMC4848642 DOI: 10.3390/toxins8040117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Animal venoms comprise a diversity of peptide toxins that manipulate molecular targets such as ion channels and receptors, making venom peptides attractive candidates for the development of therapeutics to benefit human health. However, identifying bioactive venom peptides remains a significant challenge. In this review we describe our particular venomics strategy for the discovery, characterization, and optimization of Terebridae venom peptides, teretoxins. Our strategy reflects the scientific path from mollusks to medicine in an integrative sequential approach with the following steps: (1) delimitation of venomous Terebridae lineages through taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses; (2) identification and classification of putative teretoxins through omics methodologies, including genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics; (3) chemical and recombinant synthesis of promising peptide toxins; (4) structural characterization through experimental and computational methods; (5) determination of teretoxin bioactivity and molecular function through biological assays and computational modeling; (6) optimization of peptide toxin affinity and selectivity to molecular target; and (7) development of strategies for effective delivery of venom peptide therapeutics. While our research focuses on terebrids, the venomics approach outlined here can be applied to the discovery and characterization of peptide toxins from any venomous taxa.
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- Aida Verdes
- Hunter College, The City University of New York, Belfer Research Building, 413 E. 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
- The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA.
- Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West & 79th St, New York, NY 10024, USA.
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- Hunter College, The City University of New York, Belfer Research Building, 413 E. 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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- Hunter College, The City University of New York, Belfer Research Building, 413 E. 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
- The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA.
- Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West & 79th St, New York, NY 10024, USA.
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- Hunter College, The City University of New York, Belfer Research Building, 413 E. 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
- The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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- Hunter College, The City University of New York, Belfer Research Building, 413 E. 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
- The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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- Hunter College, The City University of New York, Belfer Research Building, 413 E. 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
- Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, New York University School of Medicine 550 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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- Hunter College, The City University of New York, Belfer Research Building, 413 E. 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
- Tandon School of Engineering, New York University 6 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
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- Hunter College, The City University of New York, Belfer Research Building, 413 E. 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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- Hunter College, The City University of New York, Belfer Research Building, 413 E. 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
- The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA.
- Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West & 79th St, New York, NY 10024, USA.
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Site-selective cleavage of extremely unreactive peptide bonds is a very important chemical modification that provides invaluable information regarding protein sequence, and it acts as a modulator of protein structure and function for therapeutic applications. For controlled and selective cleavage, a daunting task, chemical reagents must selectively recognize or bind to one or more amino acid residues in the peptide chain and selectively cleave a peptide bond. Building on this principle, we have developed an approach that utilizes a chemical reagent to selectively modify the serine residue in a peptide chain and leads to the cleavage of a peptide backbone at the N-terminus of the serine residue. After cleavage, modified residues can be converted back to the original fragments. This method exhibits broad substrate scope and selectively cleaves various bioactive peptides with post-translational modifications (e.g. N-acetylation and -methylation) and mutations (d- and β-amino acids), which are a known cause of age related diseases.
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- Hader E Elashal
- Department of Chemistry, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Ave, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA.
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Nalbone JM, Lahankar N, Buissereth L, Raj M. Glutamic Acid Selective Chemical Cleavage of Peptide Bonds. Org Lett 2016; 18:1186-9. [PMID: 26866465 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Site-specific hydrolysis of peptide bonds at glutamic acid under neutral aqueous conditions is reported. The method relies on the activation of the backbone amide chain at glutamic acid by the formation of a pyroglutamyl (pGlu) imide moiety. This activation increases the susceptibility of a peptide bond toward hydrolysis. The method is highly specific and demonstrates broad substrate scope including cleavage of various bioactive peptides with unnatural amino acid residues, which are unsuitable substrates for enzymatic hydrolysis.
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- Joseph M Nalbone
- Department of Chemistry, Seton Hall University , 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, New Jersey 07079, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Seton Hall University , 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, New Jersey 07079, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Seton Hall University , 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, New Jersey 07079, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Seton Hall University , 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, New Jersey 07079, United States
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