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Cai Y. Conjugation of primary amine groups in targeted proteomics. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024. [PMID: 39229771 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 08/12/2024] [Indexed: 09/05/2024]
Abstract
Primary amines, in the form of unmodified N-terminus of peptide/protein and unmodified lysine residue, are perhaps the most important functional groups that can serve as the starting points in proteomic analysis, especially via mass spectrometry-based approaches. A variety of multifunctional probes that conjugate primary amine groups through covalent bonds have been developed and employed to facilitate protein/protein complex characterization, including identification, quantification, structure and localization elucidation, protein-protein interaction investigation, and so forth. As an integral part of more accurate peptide quantification in targeted proteomics, isobaric stable isotope-coded primary amine labeling approaches eventually facilitated protein/peptide characterization at the single-cell level, paving the way for single-cell proteomics. The development and advances in the field can be reviewed in terms of key components of a multifunctional probe: functional groups and chemistry for primary amine conjugation; hetero-bifunctional moiety for separation/enrichment of conjugated protein/protein complex; and functionalized linker/spacer. Perspectives are primarily focused on optimizing primary amine conjugation under physiological conditions to improve characterization of native proteins, especially those associated with the surface of living cells/microorganisms.
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- Yang Cai
- Department of Chemistry, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Mohr JP, Caudal A, Tian R, Bruce JE. Multidimensional Cross-Linking and Real-Time Informatics for Multiprotein Interaction Studies. J Proteome Res 2024; 23:107-116. [PMID: 38147001 PMCID: PMC10906106 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
Abstract
Chemical cross-linking combined with mass spectrometry is a technique used to study protein structures and identify protein complexes. Traditionally, chemical cross-linkers contain two reactive groups, allowing them to covalently bond a pair of proximal residues, either within a protein or between two proteins. The output of a cross-linking experiment is a list of interacting site pairs that provide structural constraints for modeling of new structures and complexes. Due to the binary reactive nature of cross-linking reagents, only pairs of interacting sites can be directly observed, and assembly of higher-order structures typically requires prior knowledge of complex composition or iterative docking to produce a putative model. Here, we describe a new tetrameric cross-linker bearing four amine-reactive groups, allowing it to covalently link up to four proteins simultaneously and a real-time instrument method to facilitate the identification of these tetrameric cross-links. We applied this new cross-linker to isolated mitochondria and identified a number of higher-order cross-links in various OXPHOS complexes and ATP synthase, demonstrating its utility in characterizing complex interfaces. We also show that higher-order cross-links can be used to effectively filter models of large protein assemblies generated by using Alphafold. Higher-dimensional cross-linking provides a new avenue for characterizing multiple protein interfaces, even in complex samples such as intact mitochondria.
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- Jared P Mohr
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, United States
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Park J, Son A, Kim H. A protein-protein interaction analysis tool for targeted cross-linking mass spectrometry. Sci Rep 2023; 13:22103. [PMID: 38092875 PMCID: PMC10719354 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49663-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Protein networking is critical to understanding the biological functions of proteins and the underlying mechanisms of disease. However, identifying physical protein-protein interactions (PPIs) can be challenging. To gain insights into target proteins that interact with a particular disease, we need to profile all the proteins involved in the disease beforehand. Although the cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) method is a representative approach to identify physical interactions between proteins, calculating theoretical mass values for application to targeted mass spectrometry can be difficult. To address this challenge, our research team developed PPIAT, a web application that integrates information on reviewed human proteins, protein-protein interactions, cross-linkers, enzymes, and modifications. PPIAT leverages publicly accessible databases such as STRING to identify interactomes associated with target proteins. Moreover, it autonomously computes the theoretical mass value, accounting for all potential cross-linking scenarios pertinent to the application of XL-MS in SRM analysis. The outputs generated by PPIAT can be concisely represented in terms of protein interaction probabilities, complemented by findings from alternative analytical tools like Prego. These comprehensive summaries enable researchers to customize the results according to specific experimental conditions. All functions of PPIAT are available for free on the web application, making it a valuable tool for researchers studying protein-protein interactions.
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- Jongham Park
- Department of Bio-AI Convergence, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Bio-AI Convergence, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Convergent Bioscience and Informatics, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
- SCICS, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea.
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Yugandhar K, Zhao Q, Gupta S, Xiong D, Yu H. Progress in methodologies and quality-control strategies in protein cross-linking mass spectrometry. Proteomics 2021; 21:e2100145. [PMID: 34647422 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202100145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Deciphering the interaction networks and structural dynamics of proteins is pivotal to better understanding their biological functions. Cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) is a powerful and increasingly popular technology that provides information about protein-protein interactions and their structural constraints for individual proteins and multiprotein complexes on a proteome-scale. In this review, we first assess the coverage and depth of the XL-MS technique by utilizing publicly available datasets. We then delve into the progress in XL-MS experimental and computational methodologies and examine different quality-control strategies reported in the literature. Finally, we discuss the progress in XL-MS applications along with the scope for future improvements.
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- Kumar Yugandhar
- Department of Computational Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA.,Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA.,Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA.,Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA.,Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA
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- Department of Computational Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA.,Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, New York, USA
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Stevens KG, McFarlane LO, Platts K, O'Brien-Simpson N, Li W, Blencowe A, Trim PJ, Pukala TL. Retro Diels-Alder Fragmentation of Fulvene-Maleimide Bioconjugates for Mass Spectrometric Detection of Biomolecules. Anal Chem 2021; 93:12204-12212. [PMID: 34461717 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c00193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Diels-Alder chemistry is a well-explored avenue for the synthesis of bioactive materials; however, its potential applications have recently expanded following the development of reactions that can be performed in buffered aqueous environments at low temperatures, including fulvene-maleimide [4 + 2] cycloadditions. In this study, we synthesized two novel amine-reactive fulvene linkers to demonstrate the application of this chemistry for generating mass spectrometry-cleavable labels ("mass tags"), which can be used for the labeling and detection of proteins. Successful conjugation of these linkers to maleimide-labeled peptides was observed at low temperatures in phosphate-buffered saline, allowing the non-destructive modification of proteins with such mass tags. The labile nature of fulvene-maleimide adducts in the gas phase also makes them suitable for both matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) and electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometric analysis. Unlike previous examples of MALDI mass tags, we show that fulvene-maleimide cycloaddition adducts fragment predictably upon gas-phase activation without the need for bulky photocleavable groups. Further exploration of this chemistry could therefore lead to new approaches for mass spectrometry-based bioassays.
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- Katherine G Stevens
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Applied Chemistry and Translational Biomaterials Group, Clinical and Health Sciences, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Centre for Oral Health Research, The Melbourne Dental School and the Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, 720 Swanston Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Oral Health Research, The Melbourne Dental School and the Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, 720 Swanston Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Applied Chemistry and Translational Biomaterials Group, Clinical and Health Sciences, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Proteomics, Metabolomics and MS Imaging, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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Pino L, Schilling B. Proximity labeling and other novel mass spectrometric approaches for spatiotemporal protein dynamics. Expert Rev Proteomics 2021; 18:757-765. [PMID: 34496693 PMCID: PMC8650568 DOI: 10.1080/14789450.2021.1976149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Proteins are highly dynamic and their biological function is controlled by not only temporal abundance changes but also via regulated protein-protein interaction networks, which respond to internal and external perturbations. A wealth of novel analytical reagents and workflows allow studying spatiotemporal protein environments with great granularity while maintaining high throughput and ease of analysis. AREAS COVERED We review technology advances for measuring protein-protein proximity interactions with an emphasis on proximity labeling, and briefly summarize other spatiotemporal approaches including protein localization, and their dynamic changes over time, specifically in human cells and mammalian tissues. We focus especially on novel technologies and workflows emerging within the past 5 years. This includes enrichment-based techniques (proximity labeling and crosslinking), separation-based techniques (organelle fractionation and size exclusion chromatography), and finally sorting-based techniques (laser capture microdissection and mass spectrometry imaging). EXPERT OPINION Spatiotemporal proteomics is a key step in assessing biological complexity, understanding refined regulatory mechanisms, and forming protein complexes and networks. Studying protein dynamics across space and time holds promise for gaining deep insights into how protein networks may be perturbed during disease and aging processes, and offer potential avenues for therapeutic interventions, drug discovery, and biomarker development.
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- Lindsay Pino
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, California, CA 94945, USA
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Advances in Functionalized Photosensitive Polymeric Nanocarriers. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13152464. [PMID: 34372067 PMCID: PMC8348146 DOI: 10.3390/polym13152464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The synthesis of light-responsive nanocarriers (LRNs) with a variety of surface functional groups and/or ligands has been intensively explored for space-temporal controlled cargo release. LRNs have been designed on demand for photodynamic-, photothermal-, chemo-, and radiotherapy, protected delivery of bioactive molecules, such as smart drug delivery systems and for theranostic duties. LRNs trigger the release of cargo by a light stimulus. The idea of modifying LRNs with different moieties and ligands search for site-specific cargo delivery imparting stealth effects and/or eliciting specific cellular interactions to improve the nanosystems’ safety and efficacy. This work reviews photoresponsive polymeric nanocarriers and photo-stimulation mechanisms, surface chemistry to link ligands and characterization of the resultant nanosystems. It summarizes the interesting biomedical applications of functionalized photo-controlled nanocarriers, highlighting the current challenges and opportunities of such high-performance photo-triggered delivery systems.
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Slavin M, Tayri-Wilk T, Milhem H, Kalisman N. Open Search Strategy for Inferring the Masses of Cross-Link Adducts on Proteins. Anal Chem 2020; 92:15899-15907. [PMID: 33237725 PMCID: PMC7883999 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Development
of new reagents for protein cross-linking is constantly
ongoing. The chemical formulas for the linker adducts formed by these
reagents are usually deduced from expert knowledge and then validated
by mass spectrometry. Clearly, it would be more rigorous to infer
the chemical compositions of the adducts directly from the data without
any prior assumptions on their chemistries. Unfortunately, the analysis
tools that are currently available to detect chemical modifications
on linear peptides are not applicable to the case of two cross-linked
peptides. Here, we show that an adaptation of the open search strategy
that works on linear peptides can be used to characterize cross-link
modifications in pairs of peptides. We benchmark our approach by correctly
inferring the linker masses of two well-known reagents, DSS and formaldehyde,
to accuracies of a few parts per million. We then investigate the
cross-linking chemistries of two poorly characterized reagents: EMCS
and glutaraldehyde. In the case of EMCS, we find that the expected
cross-linking chemistry is accompanied by a competing chemistry that
targets other amino acid types. In the case of glutaraldehyde, we
find that the chemical formula of the dominant linker is C5H4, which indicates a ringed aromatic structure. These
results demonstrate how, with very little effort, our approach can
yield nontrivial insights to better characterize new cross-linkers.
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- Moriya Slavin
- Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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- Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel
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Chavez JD, Keller A, Mohr JP, Bruce JE. Isobaric Quantitative Protein Interaction Reporter Technology for Comparative Interactome Studies. Anal Chem 2020; 92:14094-14102. [PMID: 32969639 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Chemical cross-linking with mass spectrometry (XL-MS) has emerged as a useful tool for the large-scale study of protein structures and interactions from complex biological samples including intact cells and tissues. Quantitative XL-MS (qXL-MS) provides unique information on protein conformational and interaction changes resulting from perturbations such as drug treatment and disease state. Previous qXL-MS studies relied on the incorporation of stable isotopes into the cross-linker (primarily deuterium) or metabolic labeling with SILAC. Here, we introduce isobaric quantitative protein interaction reporter (iqPIR) technology which utilizes stable isotopes selectively incorporated into the cross-linker design, allowing for isobaric cross-linked peptide pairs originating from different samples to display distinct quantitative isotope signatures in tandem mass spectra. This enables improved quantitation of cross-linked peptide levels from proteome-wide samples because of the reduced complexity of tandem mass spectra relative to MS1 spectra. In addition, because of the isotope incorporation in the reporter and the residual components of the cross-linker that remain on released peptides, each fragmentation spectrum can offer multiple independent opportunities and, therefore, improved confidence for quantitative assessment of the cross-linker pair level. Finally, in addition to providing information on solvent accessibility of lysine sites, dead end iqPIR cross-linked products can provide protein abundance and/or lysine site modification level information all from a single in vivo cross-linking experiment.
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- Juan D Chavez
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, Washington, United States
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, Washington, United States
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, Washington, United States
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, Washington, United States
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Chakrabarty JK, Sadananda SC, Bhat A, Naik AJ, Ostwal DV, Chowdhury SM. High Confidence Identification of Cross-Linked Peptides by an Enrichment-Based Dual Cleavable Cross-Linking Technology and Data Analysis tool Cleave-XL. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2020; 31:173-182. [PMID: 32031390 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.9b00111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Cleavable cross-linking technology requires further MS/MS of the cleavable fragments for unambiguous identification of cross-linked peptides. These spectra are sometimes very ambiguous due to the sensitivity and complex fragmentation pattern of the peptides with the cross-linked residues. We recently reported a dual cleavable cross-linking technology (DUCCT), which can enhance the confidence in the identification of cross-linked peptides. The heart of this strategy is a novel dual mass spectrometry cleavable cross linker that can be cleaved preferentially by two differential tandem mass spectrometry methods, collision induced dissociation and electron transfer dissociation (CID and ETD). Different signature ions from two different mass spectra for the same cross-linked peptide helped identify the cross-linked peptides with high confidence. In this study, we developed an enrichment-based photocleavable DUCCT (PC-DUCCT-biotin), where cross-linked products were enriched from biological samples using affinity purification, and subsequently, two sequential tandem (CID and ETD) mass spectrometry processes were utilized. Furthermore, we developed a prototype software called Cleave-XL to analyze cross-linked products generated by DUCCT. Photocleavable DUCCT was demonstrated in standard peptides and proteins. Efficiency of the software tools to search and compare CID and ETD data of photocleavable DUCCT biotin in standard peptides and proteins as well as regular DUCCT in protein complexes from immune cells were tested. The software is efficient in pinpointing cross-linked sites using CID and ETD cross-linking data. We believe this new DUCCT and associated software tool Cleave-XL will advance high confidence identification of protein cross-linking sites and automated identification of low-resolution protein structures.
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- Jayanta K Chakrabarty
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , Texas 76019 , United States
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- Department of Computer Science , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , Texas 76019 , United States
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- Department of Computer Science , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , Texas 76019 , United States
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- Department of Computer Science , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , Texas 76019 , United States
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- Department of Computer Science , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , Texas 76019 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , Texas 76019 , United States
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Benda D, Beck S, Linscheid MW. Synthesis and characterization of a new MeCAT reagent containing a photocleavable linker for labeling of proteins and peptides in mass spectrometric analyses. Talanta 2019; 192:197-203. [PMID: 30348378 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
The quantification of proteins and peptides becomes more important besides mere identification in modern life sciences. Therefore, we have developed a new reagent that adds to the known metall-coded affinity tagging strategy employed in molecular and elemental mass spectrometry containing a photocleavable linker. A synthesis route was developed that provides the new reagent in good yields. The stability of the synthesized reagents was assessed under different temperature and illumination conditions. Labeling reactions were carried out at peptide and protein level, while also the fragmentation behavior of labeled peptides was assessed. In additional experiments, the photocleavability of the new reagent was examined. Upon irradiation with ultraviolet light, the photoproducts were liberated and could be used for quantification of labeled peptides.
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- David Benda
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Chemistry, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Titeca K, Lemmens I, Tavernier J, Eyckerman S. Discovering cellular protein-protein interactions: Technological strategies and opportunities. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2019; 38:79-111. [PMID: 29957823 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
The analysis of protein interaction networks is one of the key challenges in the study of biology. It connects genotypes to phenotypes, and disruption often leads to diseases. Hence, many technologies have been developed to study protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in a cellular context. The expansion of the PPI technology toolbox however complicates the selection of optimal approaches for diverse biological questions. This review gives an overview of the binary and co-complex technologies, with the former evaluating the interaction of two co-expressed genetically tagged proteins, and the latter only needing the expression of a single tagged protein or no tagged proteins at all. Mass spectrometry is crucial for some binary and all co-complex technologies. After the detailed description of the different technologies, the review compares their unique specifications, advantages, disadvantages, and applicability, while highlighting opportunities for further advancements.
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- Kevin Titeca
- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Chavez JD, Bruce JE. Chemical cross-linking with mass spectrometry: a tool for systems structural biology. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2018; 48:8-18. [PMID: 30172868 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 08/09/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Biological processes supporting life are orchestrated by a highly dynamic array of protein structures and interactions comprising the interactome. Defining the interactome, visualizing how structures and interactions change and function to support life is essential to improved understanding of fundamental molecular processes, but represents a challenge unmet by any single analytical technique. Chemical cross-linking with mass spectrometry provides identification of proximal amino acid residues within proteins and protein complexes, yielding low resolution structural information. This approach has predominantly been employed to provide structural insight on isolated protein complexes, and has been particularly useful for molecules that are recalcitrant to conventional structural biology studies. Here we discuss recent developments in cross-linking and mass spectrometry technologies that are providing large-scale or systems-level interactome data with successful applications to isolated organelles, cell lysates, virus particles, intact bacterial and mammalian cultured cells and tissue samples.
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- Juan D Chavez
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Tokmina-Lukaszewska M, Patterson A, Berry L, Scott L, Balasubramanian N, Bothner B. The Role of Mass Spectrometry in Structural Studies of Flavin-Based Electron Bifurcating Enzymes. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1397. [PMID: 30026733 PMCID: PMC6041385 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
For decades, biologists and biochemists have taken advantage of atomic resolution structural models of proteins from X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and more recently cryo-electron microscopy. However, not all proteins relent to structural analyses using these approaches, and as the depth of knowledge increases, additional data elucidating a mechanistic understanding of protein function is desired. Flavin-based electron bifurcating enzymes, which are responsible for producing high energy compounds through the simultaneous endergonic and exergonic reduction of two intercellular electron carriers (i.e., NAD+ and ferredoxin) are one class of proteins that have challenged structural biologists and in which there is great interest to understand the mechanism behind electron gating. A limited number of X-ray crystallography projects have been successful; however, it is clear that to understand how these enzymes function, techniques that can reveal detailed in solution information about protein structure, dynamics, and interactions involved in the bifurcating reaction are needed. In this review, we cover a general set of mass spectrometry-based techniques that, combined with protein modeling, are capable of providing information on both protein structure and dynamics. Techniques discussed include surface labeling, covalent cross-linking, native mass spectrometry, and hydrogen/deuterium exchange. We cover how biophysical data can be used to validate computationally generated protein models and develop mechanistic explanations for regulation and performance of enzymes and protein complexes. Our focus will be on flavin-based electron bifurcating enzymes, but the broad applicability of the techniques will be showcased.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, United States
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Ramsey JS, Chavez JD, Johnson R, Hosseinzadeh S, Mahoney JE, Mohr JP, Robison F, Zhong X, Hall DG, MacCoss M, Bruce J, Cilia M. Protein interaction networks at the host-microbe interface in Diaphorina citri, the insect vector of the citrus greening pathogen. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2017; 4:160545. [PMID: 28386418 PMCID: PMC5367280 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) is the insect vector responsible for the worldwide spread of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' (CLas), the bacterial pathogen associated with citrus greening disease. Developmental changes in the insect vector impact pathogen transmission, such that D. citri transmission of CLas is more efficient when bacteria are acquired by nymphs when compared with adults. We hypothesize that expression changes in the D. citri immune system and commensal microbiota occur during development and regulate vector competency. In support of this hypothesis, more proteins, with greater fold changes, were differentially expressed in response to CLas in adults when compared with nymphs, including insect proteins involved in bacterial adhesion and immunity. Compared with nymphs, adult insects had a higher titre of CLas and the bacterial endosymbionts Wolbachia, Profftella and Carsonella. All Wolbachia and Profftella proteins differentially expressed between nymphs and adults are upregulated in adults, while most differentially expressed Carsonella proteins are upregulated in nymphs. Discovery of protein interaction networks has broad applicability to the study of host-microbe relationships. Using protein interaction reporter technology, a D. citri haemocyanin protein highly upregulated in response to CLas was found to physically interact with the CLas coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis enzyme phosphopantothenoylcysteine synthetase/decarboxylase. CLas pantothenate kinase, which catalyses the rate-limiting step of CoA biosynthesis, was found to interact with a D. citri myosin protein. Two Carsonella enzymes involved in histidine and tryptophan biosynthesis were found to physically interact with D. citri proteins. These co-evolved protein interaction networks at the host-microbe interface are highly specific targets for controlling the insect vector responsible for the spread of citrus greening.
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- J. S. Ramsey
- Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Author for correspondence: J. S. Ramsey e-mail:
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- US Horticultural Research Laboratory, Subtropical Insects and Horticulture Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Ft. Pierce, FL, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Ji C, Li S, Reilly JP, Radivojac P, Tang H. XLSearch: a Probabilistic Database Search Algorithm for Identifying Cross-Linked Peptides. J Proteome Res 2016; 15:1830-41. [PMID: 27068484 PMCID: PMC5770149 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chemical cross-linking combined with mass spectrometric analysis has become an important technique for probing protein three-dimensional structure and protein-protein interactions. A key step in this process is the accurate identification and validation of cross-linked peptides from tandem mass spectra. The identification of cross-linked peptides, however, presents challenges related to the expanded nature of the search space (all pairs of peptides in a sequence database) and the fact that some peptide-spectrum matches (PSMs) contain one correct and one incorrect peptide but often receive scores that are comparable to those in which both peptides are correctly identified. To address these problems and improve detection of cross-linked peptides, we propose a new database search algorithm, XLSearch, for identifying cross-linked peptides. Our approach is based on a data-driven scoring scheme that independently estimates the probability of correctly identifying each individual peptide in the cross-link given knowledge of the correct or incorrect identification of the other peptide. These conditional probabilities are subsequently used to estimate the joint posterior probability that both peptides are correctly identified. Using the data from two previous cross-link studies, we show the effectiveness of this scoring scheme, particularly in distinguishing between true identifications and those containing one incorrect peptide. We also provide evidence that XLSearch achieves more identifications than two alternative methods at the same false discovery rate (availability: https://github.com/COL-IU/XLSearch ).
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- Chao Ji
- Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Holding AN. XL-MS: Protein cross-linking coupled with mass spectrometry. Methods 2015; 89:54-63. [PMID: 26079926 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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With the continuing trend to study larger and more complex systems, the application of protein cross-linking coupled with mass spectrometry (XL-MS) provides a varied toolkit perfectly suited to achieve these goals. By freezing the transient interactions through the formation of covalent bonds, XL-MS provides a vital insight into both the structure and organization of proteins in a wide variety of conditions. This review covers some of the established methods that underpin the field alongside the more recent developments that hold promise to further realize its potential in new directions.
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- Andrew N Holding
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK.
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Hoopmann MR, Zelter A, Johnson RS, Riffle M, MacCoss MJ, Davis TN, Moritz RL. Kojak: efficient analysis of chemically cross-linked protein complexes. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:2190-8. [PMID: 25812159 DOI: 10.1021/pr501321h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Protein chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry enable the analysis of protein-protein interactions and protein topologies; however, complicated cross-linked peptide spectra require specialized algorithms to identify interacting sites. The Kojak cross-linking software application is a new, efficient approach to identify cross-linked peptides, enabling large-scale analysis of protein-protein interactions by chemical cross-linking techniques. The algorithm integrates spectral processing and scoring schemes adopted from traditional database search algorithms and can identify cross-linked peptides using many different chemical cross-linkers with or without heavy isotope labels. Kojak was used to analyze both novel and existing data sets and was compared to existing cross-linking algorithms. The algorithm provided increased cross-link identifications over existing algorithms and, equally importantly, the results in a fraction of computational time. The Kojak algorithm is open-source, cross-platform, and freely available. This software provides both existing and new cross-linking researchers alike an effective way to derive additional cross-link identifications from new or existing data sets. For new users, it provides a simple analytical resource resulting in more cross-link identifications than other methods.
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- Michael R Hoopmann
- †Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 North East Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- §Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 3720 15th Avenue North East, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 North East Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- §Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, 3720 15th Avenue North East, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, 1705 North East Pacific Street, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- †Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109, United States
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Fan SB, Meng JM, Lu S, Zhang K, Yang H, Chi H, Sun RX, Dong MQ, He SM. Using pLink to Analyze Cross-Linked Peptides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 49:8.21.1-8.21.19. [PMID: 25754995 DOI: 10.1002/0471250953.bi0821s49] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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pLink is a search engine for high-throughput identification of cross-linked peptides from their tandem mass spectra, which is the data-analysis step in chemical cross-linking of proteins coupled with mass spectrometry analysis. pLink has accumulated more than 200 registered users from all over the world since its first release in 2012. After 2 years of continual development, a new version of pLink has been released, which is at least 40 times faster, more versatile, and more user-friendly. Also, the function of the new pLink has been expanded to identifying endogenous protein cross-linking sites such as disulfide bonds and SUMO (Small Ubiquitin-like MOdifier) modification sites. Integrated into the new version are two accessory tools: pLabel, to annotate spectra of cross-linked peptides for visual inspection and publication, and pConfig, to assist users in setting up search parameters. Here, we provide detailed guidance on running a database search for identification of protein cross-links using the 2014 version of pLink.
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- Sheng-Bo Fan
- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, China.,University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Beijing, China
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Gray S, Cilia M, Ghanim M. Circulative, "nonpropagative" virus transmission: an orchestra of virus-, insect-, and plant-derived instruments. Adv Virus Res 2014; 89:141-99. [PMID: 24751196 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800172-1.00004-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Species of plant viruses within the Luteoviridae, Geminiviridae, and Nanoviridae are transmitted by phloem-feeding insects in a circulative, nonpropagative manner. The precise route of virus movement through the vector can differ across and within virus families, but these viruses all share many biological, biochemical, and ecological features. All share temporal and spatial constraints with respect to transmission efficiency. The viruses also induce physiological changes in their plant hosts resulting in behavioral changes in the insects that optimize the transmission of virus to new hosts. Virus proteins interact with insect, endosymbiont, and plant proteins to orchestrate, directly and indirectly, virus movement in insects and plants to facilitate transmission. Knowledge of these complex interactions allows for the development of new tools to reduce or prevent transmission, to quickly identify important vector populations, and to improve the management of these economically important viruses affecting agricultural and natural plant populations.
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- Stewart Gray
- Biological Integrated Pest Management Research Unit, USDA, ARS, Ithaca, New York, USA; Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
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- Biological Integrated Pest Management Research Unit, USDA, ARS, Ithaca, New York, USA; Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA; Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel
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Tinnefeld V, Sickmann A, Ahrends R. Catch me if you can: challenges and applications of cross-linking approaches. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2014; 20:99-116. [PMID: 24881459 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Biomolecular complexes are the groundwork of life and the basis for cell signaling, energy transfer, motion, stability and cellular metabolism. Understanding the underlying complex interactions on the molecular level is an essential step to obtain a comprehensive insight into cellular and systems biology. For the investigation of molecular interactions, various methods, including Förster resonance energy transfer, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography and yeast two-hybrid screening, can be utilized. Nevertheless, the most reliable approach for structural proteomics and the identification of novel protein-binding partners is chemical cross-linking. The rationale is that upon forming a covalent bond between a protein and its interaction partner (protein, lipid, RNA/DNA, carbohydrate) the native complex state is "frozen" and accessible for detailed mass spectrometric analysis. In this review we provide a synopsis on crosslinker design, chemistry, pitfalls, limitations and novel applications in the field, and feature an overview of current software applications.
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O'Brien JP, Mayberry LK, Murphy PA, Browning KS, Brodbelt JS. Evaluating the conformation and binding interface of cap-binding proteins and complexes via ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:5867-77. [PMID: 24200290 DOI: 10.1021/pr400869u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We report the structural analysis of cap-binding proteins using a chemical probe/ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) mass spectrometry strategy for evaluating solvent accessibility of proteins. Our methodology utilized a chromogenic probe (NN) to probe the exposed amine residues of wheat eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E), eIF4E in complex with a fragment of eIF4G ("mini-eIF4F"), eIF4E in complex with full length eIF4G, and the plant specific cap-binding protein, eIFiso4E. Structural changes of eIF4E in the absence and presence of excess dithiothreitol and in complex with a fragment of eIF4G or full-length eIF4G are mapped. The results indicate that there are particular lysine residues whose environment changes in the presence of dithiothreitol or eIF4G, suggesting that changes in the structure of eIF4E are occurring. On the basis of the crystal structure of wheat eIF4E and a constructed homology model of the structure for eIFiso4E, the reactivities of lysines in each protein are rationalized. Our results suggest that chemical probe/UVPD mass spectrometry can successfully predict dynamic structural changes in solution that are consistent with known crystal structures. Our findings reveal that the binding of m(7)GTP to eIF4E and eIFiso4E appears to be dependent on the redox state of a pair of cysteines near the m(7)GTP binding site. In addition, tertiary structural changes of eIF4E initiated by the formation of a complex containing a fragment of eIF4G and eIF4E were observed.
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- John P O'Brien
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin , 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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O'Brien JP, Pruet JM, Brodbelt JS. Chromogenic chemical probe for protein structural characterization via ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2013; 85:7391-7. [PMID: 23855605 DOI: 10.1021/ac401305f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A chemical probe/ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) mass spectrometry strategy for evaluating structures of proteins and protein complexes is reported, as demonstrated for lysozyme and beta-lactoglobulin with and without bound ligands. The chemical probe, NN, incorporates a UV chromophore that endows peptides with high cross sections at 351 nm, a wavelength not absorbed by unmodified peptides. Thus, NN-modified peptides can readily be differentiated from nonmodified peptides in complex tryptic digests created upon proteolysis of proteins after their exposure to the NN chemical probe. The NN chemical probe also affords two diagnostic reporter ions detected upon UVPD of the NN-modified peptide that provides a facile method for the identification of NN peptides within complex mixtures. Quantitation of the modified and unmodified peptides allows estimation of the surface accessibilities of lysine residues based on their relative reactivities with the NN chemical probe.
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- John P O'Brien
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, United States
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Rudolf GC, Heydenreuter W, Sieber SA. Chemical proteomics: ligation and cleavage of protein modifications. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2013; 17:110-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Paramelle D, Miralles G, Subra G, Martinez J. Chemical cross-linkers for protein structure studies by mass spectrometry. Proteomics 2013; 13:438-56. [PMID: 23255214 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2012] [Revised: 10/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The cross-linking approach combined with MS for protein structure determination is one of the most striking examples of multidisciplinary success. Indeed, it has become clear that the bottleneck of the method was the detection and the identification of low-abundance cross-linked peptides in complex mixtures. Sample treatment or chromatography separation partially addresses these issues. However, the main problem comes from over-represented unmodified peptides, which do not yield any structural information. A real breakthrough was provided by high mass accuracy measurement, because of the outstanding technical developments in MS. This improvement greatly simplified the identification of cross-linked peptides, reducing the possible combinations matching with an observed m/z value. In addition, the huge amount of data collected has to be processed with dedicated software whose role is to propose distance constraints or ideally a structural model of the protein. In addition to instrumentation and algorithms efficiency, significant efforts have been made to design new cross-linkers matching all the requirements in terms of reactivity and selectivity but also displaying probes or reactive systems facilitating the isolation, the detection of cross-links, or the interpretation of MS data. These chemical features are reviewed and commented on in the light of the more recent strategies.
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- David Paramelle
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 3 Research Link, Singapore
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Miteva YV, Budayeva HG, Cristea IM. Proteomics-based methods for discovery, quantification, and validation of protein-protein interactions. Anal Chem 2013; 85:749-68. [PMID: 23157382 PMCID: PMC3666915 DOI: 10.1021/ac3033257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Corresponding author: Ileana M. Cristea 210 Lewis Thomas Laboratory Department of Molecular Biology Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 Tel: 6092589417 Fax: 6092584575
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Calabrese AN, Pukala TL. Chemical Cross-linking and Mass Spectrometry for the Structural Analysis of Protein Assemblies. Aust J Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1071/ch13164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cellular functions are performed and regulated at a molecular level by the coordinated action of intricate protein assemblies, and hence the study of protein folding, structure, and interactions is vital to the appreciation and understanding of complex biological problems. In the past decade, continued development of chemical cross-linking methodologies combined with mass spectrometry has seen this approach develop to enable detailed structural information to be elucidated for protein assemblies often intractable by traditional structural biology methods. In this review article, we describe recent advances in reagent design, cross-linking protocols, mass spectrometric analysis, and incorporation of cross-linking constraints into structural models, which are contributing to overcoming the intrinsic challenges of the cross-linking method. We also highlight pioneering applications of chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry approaches to the study of structure and function of protein assemblies.
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Proteins are a remarkable class of molecules that exhibit wide diversity of shapes or topological features that underpin protein interactions and give rise to biological function. In addition to quantitation of abundance levels of proteins in biological systems under a variety of conditions, the field of proteome research has as a primary mission the assignment of function for proteins and if possible, illumination of factors that enable function. For many years, chemical cross-linking methods have been used to provide structural data on single purified proteins and purified protein complexes. However, these methods also offer the alluring possibility to extend capabilities to complex biological samples such as cell lysates or intact living cells where proteins may exhibit native topological features that do not exist in purified form. Recent efforts are beginning to provide glimpses of protein complexes and topologies in cells that suggest continued development will yield novel capabilities to view functional topological features of many proteins and complexes as they exist in cells, tissues, or other complex samples. This review will describe rationale, challenges, and a few success stories along the path of development of cross-linking technologies for measurement of in vivo protein interaction topologies.
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- James E Bruce
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
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New applications of multiply charged ionic probes as cleavable cross-linker and polymerization reagent. Tetrahedron Lett 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.04.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chavez JD, Cilia M, Weisbrod CR, Ju HJ, Eng JK, Gray SM, Bruce JE. Cross-linking measurements of the Potato leafroll virus reveal protein interaction topologies required for virion stability, aphid transmission, and virus-plant interactions. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:2968-81. [PMID: 22390342 PMCID: PMC3402239 DOI: 10.1021/pr300041t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Protein interactions are critical determinants of insect transmission for viruses in the family Luteoviridae. Two luteovirid structural proteins, the capsid protein (CP) and the readthrough protein (RTP), contain multiple functional domains that regulate virus transmission. There is no structural information available for these economically important viruses. We used Protein Interaction Reporter (PIR) technology, a strategy that uses chemical cross-linking and high resolution mass spectrometry, to discover topological features of the Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) CP and RTP that are required for the diverse biological functions of PLRV virions. Four cross-linked sites were repeatedly detected, one linking CP monomers, two within the RTP, and one linking the RTP and CP. Virus mutants with triple amino acid deletions immediately adjacent to or encompassing the cross-linked sites were defective in virion stability, RTP incorporation into the capsid, and aphid transmission. Plants infected with a new, infectious PLRV mutant lacking 26 amino acids encompassing a cross-linked site in the RTP exhibited a delay in the appearance of systemic infection symptoms. PIR technology provided the first structural insights into luteoviruses which are crucially lacking and are involved in vector-virus and plant-virus interactions. These are the first cross-linking measurements on any infectious, insect-transmitted virus.
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- Juan D. Chavez
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98109
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- Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, 14853
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98109
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
- Department of Agricultural Biology and Plant Medicinal Research Center, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, Chonbuk National University, 664-14 Deokjin-Dong 1Ga Deokjin-Gu Jeonju Jeonbuk 561-756, South Korea
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98109
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- Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, 14853
- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98109
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Rengifo HR, Grigoras C, Dach BI, Li X, Turro NJ, Lee HJ, Wu WL, Koberstein JT. Solid Phase Synthesis of Polymacromer and Copolymacromer Brushes. Macromolecules 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ma3004168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20899, United States
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- Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20899, United States
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Sohn CH, Agnew HD, Lee JE, Sweredoski MJ, Graham RL, Smith GT, Hess S, Czerwieniec G, Loo JA, Heath JR, Deshaies RJ, Beauchamp JL. Designer reagents for mass spectrometry-based proteomics: clickable cross-linkers for elucidation of protein structures and interactions. Anal Chem 2012; 84:2662-9. [PMID: 22339618 PMCID: PMC3310289 DOI: 10.1021/ac202637n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We present novel homobifunctional amine-reactive clickable cross-linkers (CXLs) for investigation of three-dimensional protein structures and protein-protein interactions (PPIs). CXLs afford consolidated advantages not previously available in a simple cross-linker, including (1) their small size and cationic nature at physiological pH, resulting in good water solubility and cell-permeability, (2) an alkyne group for bio-orthogonal conjugation to affinity tags via the click reaction for enrichment of cross-linked peptides, (3) a nucleophilic displacement reaction involving the 1,2,3-triazole ring formed in the click reaction, yielding a lock-mass reporter ion for only clicked peptides, and (4) higher charge states of cross-linked peptides in the gas-phase for augmented electron transfer dissociation (ETD) yields. Ubiquitin, a lysine-abundant protein, is used as a model system to demonstrate structural studies using CXLs. To validate the sensitivity of our approach, biotin-azide labeling and subsequent enrichment of cross-linked peptides are performed for cross-linked ubiquitin digests mixed with yeast cell lysates. Cross-linked peptides are detected and identified by collision induced dissociation (CID) and ETD with linear quadrupole ion trap (LTQ)-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) and LTQ-Orbitrap mass spectrometers. The application of CXLs to more complex systems (e.g., in vivo cross-linking) is illustrated by Western blot detection of Cul1 complexes including known binders, Cand1 and Skp2, in HEK 293 cells, confirming good water solubility and cell-permeability.
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- Chang Ho Sohn
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- The Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- The Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- The Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- The Proteome Exploration Laboratory, Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Molecular Instrumentation Center, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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Vasicek L, O'Brien JP, Browning KS, Tao Z, Liu HW, Brodbelt JS. Mapping protein surface accessibility via an electron transfer dissociation selectively cleavable hydrazone probe. Mol Cell Proteomics 2012; 11:O111.015826. [PMID: 22393264 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o111.015826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A protein's surface influences its role in protein-protein interactions and protein-ligand binding. Mass spectrometry can be used to give low resolution structural information about protein surfaces and conformations when used in combination with derivatization methods that target surface accessible amino acid residues. However, pinpointing the resulting modified peptides upon enzymatic digestion of the surface-modified protein is challenging because of the complexity of the peptide mixture and low abundance of modified peptides. Here a novel hydrazone reagent (NN) is presented that allows facile identification of all modified surface residues through a preferential cleavage upon activation by electron transfer dissociation coupled with a collision activation scan to pinpoint the modified residue in the peptide sequence. Using this approach, the correlation between percent reactivity and surface accessibility is demonstrated for two biologically active proteins, wheat eIF4E and PARP-1 Domain C.
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- Lisa Vasicek
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Clifford-Nunn B, Showalter HDH, Andrews PC. Quaternary diamines as mass spectrometry cleavable crosslinkers for protein interactions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2012; 23:201-12. [PMID: 22131227 PMCID: PMC3573217 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-011-0288-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Revised: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 10/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Mapping protein interactions and their dynamics is crucial to defining physiologic states, building effective models for understanding cell function, and to allow more effective targeting of new drugs. Crosslinking studies can estimate the proximity of proteins, determine sites of protein-protein interactions, and have the potential to provide a snapshot of dynamic interactions by covalently locking them in place for analysis. Several major challenges are associated with the use of crosslinkers in mass spectrometry, particularly in complex mixtures. We describe the synthesis and characterization of a MS-cleavable crosslinker containing cyclic amines, which address some of these challenges. The DC4 crosslinker contains two intrinsic positive charges, which allow crosslinked peptides to fragment into their component peptides by collision-induced dissociation (CID) or in-source decay. Initial fragmentation events result in cleavage on either side of the positive charges so crosslinked peptides are identified as pairs of ions separated by defined masses. The structures of the component peptides can then be robustly determined by MS(3) because their fragmentation products rearrange to generate a mobile proton. The DC4 crosslinking reagent is stable to storage, highly reactive, highly soluble (1 M solutions), quite labile to CID, and MS(3) results in productive backbone fragmentation.
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- Billy Clifford-Nunn
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan Vahlteich Medicinal Chemistry Core, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Room 1198, 300 North Ingalls Building, 300 North Ingalls St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Yang L, Zheng C, Weisbrod CR, Tang X, Munske GR, Hoopmann MR, Eng JK, Bruce JE. In vivo application of photocleavable protein interaction reporter technology. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:1027-41. [PMID: 22168182 DOI: 10.1021/pr200775j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In vivo protein structures and protein-protein interactions are critical to the function of proteins in biological systems. As a complementary approach to traditional protein interaction identification methods, cross-linking strategies are beginning to provide additional data on protein and protein complex topological features. Previously, photocleavable protein interaction reporter (pcPIR) technology was demonstrated by cross-linking pure proteins and protein complexes and the use of ultraviolet light to cleave or release cross-linked peptides to enable identification. In the present report, the pcPIR strategy is applied to Escherichia coli cells, and in vivo protein interactions and topologies are measured. More than 1600 labeled peptides from E. coli were identified, indicating that many protein sites react with pcPIR in vivo. From those labeled sites, 53 in vivo intercross-linked peptide pairs were identified and manually validated. Approximately half of the interactions have been reported using other techniques, although detailed structures exist for very few. Three proteins or protein complexes with detailed crystallography structures are compared to the cross-linking results obtained from in vivo application of pcPIR technology.
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- Li Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164, USA
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Cleavable linkers in chemical biology. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:571-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Revised: 07/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Serpa JJ, Parker CE, Petrotchenko EV, Han J, Pan J, Borchers CH. Mass spectrometry-based structural proteomics. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2012; 18:251-267. [PMID: 22641729 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Structural proteomics is the application of protein chemistry and modern mass spectrometric techniques to problems such as the characterization of protein structures and assemblies and the detailed determination of protein-protein interactions. The techniques used in structural proteomics include crosslinking, photoaffinity labeling, limited proteolysis, chemical protein modification and hydrogen/deuterium exchange, all followed by mass spectrometric analysis. None of these methods alone can provide complete structural information, but a "combination" of these complementary approaches can be used to provide enough information for answering important biological questions. Structural proteomics can help to determine, for example, the detailed structure of the interfaces between proteins that may be important drug targets and the interactions between proteins and ligands. In this review, we have tried to provide a brief overview of structural proteomics methodologies, illustrated with examples from our laboratory and from the literature.
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- Jason J Serpa
- University of Victoria-Genome British Columbia Proteomics Centre, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8, Canada
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Yan F, Che FY, Nieves E, Weiss LM, Angeletti RH, Fiser A. Photo-assisted peptide enrichment in protein complex cross-linking analysis of a model homodimeric protein using mass spectrometry. Proteomics 2011; 11:4109-15. [PMID: 21834138 PMCID: PMC3465073 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2011] [Revised: 07/16/2011] [Accepted: 07/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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MS analysis of cross-linked peptides can be used to probe protein contact sites in macromolecular complexes. We have developed a photo-cleavable cross-linker that enhances peptide enrichment, improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the cross-linked peptides in mass spectrometry analysis. This cross-linker utilizes nitro-benzyl alcohol group that can be cleaved by UV irradiation and is stable during the multiple washing steps used for peptide enrichment. The enrichment method utilizes a cross-linker that aids in eliminating contamination resulting from protein-based retrieval systems, and thus, facilitates the identification of cross-linked peptides. Homodimeric pilM protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2192 (pilM) was investigated to test the specificity and experimental conditions. As predicted, the known pair of lysine side chains within 14 Å was cross-linked. An unexpected cross-link involving the protein's amino terminus was also detected. This is consistent with the predicted mobility of the amino terminus that may bring the amino groups within 19 Å of one another in solution. These technical improvements allow this method to be used for investigating protein-protein interactions in complex biological samples.
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- Funing Yan
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Li H, Zhao Y, Phillips HIA, Qi Y, Lin TY, Sadler PJ, O’Connor PB. Mass spectrometry evidence for cisplatin as a protein cross-linking reagent. Anal Chem 2011; 83:5369-76. [PMID: 21591778 PMCID: PMC3131505 DOI: 10.1021/ac200861k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cisplatin is a potent anticancer drug, which functions by cross-linking adjacent DNA guanine residues. However within 1 day of injection, 65-98% of the platinum in the blood plasma is protein-bound. It is generally accepted that cisplatin binds to methionine and histidine residues, but what is often underappreciated is that platinum from cisplatin has a 2+ charge and can form up to four bonds. Thus, it has the potential to function as a cross-linker. In this report, the cross-linking ability of cisplatin is demonstrated by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometry (MS) with the use of standard peptides, the 16.8 kDa protein calmodulin (CaM), but was unsuccessful for the 64 kDa protein hemoglobin. The high resolution and mass accuracy of FTICR MS along with the high degree of fragmentation of large peptides afforded by collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) and electron capture dissociation (ECD) are shown to be a valuable means of characterizing cross-linking sites. Cisplatin is different from current cross-linking reagents by targeting new functional groups, thioethers, and imidazoles groups, which provides complementarity with existing cross-linkers. In addition, platinum(II) inherently has two positive charges which enhance the detection of cross-linked products. Higher charge states not only promote the detection of cross-linking products with less purification but result in more comprehensive MS/MS fragmentation and can assist in the assignment of modification sites. Moreover, the unique isotopic pattern of platinum flags cross-linking products and modification sites by mass spectrometry.
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- Huilin Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Lauber MA, Reilly JP. Structural analysis of a prokaryotic ribosome using a novel amidinating cross-linker and mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2011; 10:3604-16. [PMID: 21618984 DOI: 10.1021/pr200260n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The structure of the Escherichia coli ribosome, a 2.5 MDa ribonucleoprotein complex containing more than 50 proteins, was probed using the novel amidinating cross-linker diethyl suberthioimidate (DEST) and mass spectrometry. Peptide cross-links derived from this complex structure were identified at high confidence (FDR 0.8%) from precursor mass measurements and collision-induced dissociation (CID) fragmentation spectra. The acquired cross-linking data were found to be in excellent agreement with the crystal structure of the E. coli ribosome. DEST cross-links are particularly amenable to strong cation exchange (SCX) chromatography, facilitating a large-scale analysis. SCX enrichment and fractionation were shown to increase the number of cross-link spectra matches in our analysis 10-fold. Evidence is presented that these techniques can be used to study complex interactomes.
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- Matthew A Lauber
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Zheng C, Yang L, Hoopmann MR, Eng JK, Tang X, Weisbrod CR, Bruce JE. Cross-linking measurements of in vivo protein complex topologies. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 10:M110.006841. [PMID: 21697552 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.006841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Identification and measurement of in vivo protein interactions pose critical challenges in the goal to understand biological systems. The measurement of structures and topologies of proteins and protein complexes as they exist in cells is particularly challenging, yet critically important to improve understanding of biological function because proteins exert their intended function only through the structures and interactions they exhibit in vivo. In the present study, protein interactions in E. coli cells were identified in our unbiased cross-linking approach, yielding the first in vivo topological data on many interactions and the largest set of identified in vivo cross-linked peptides produced to date. These data show excellent agreement with protein and complex crystal structures where available. Furthermore, our unbiased data provide novel in vivo topological information that can impact understanding of biological function, even for cases where high resolution structures are not yet available.
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- Chunxiang Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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CrossWork: software-assisted identification of cross-linked peptides. J Proteomics 2011; 74:1871-83. [PMID: 21600323 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2011] [Revised: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The increased interest in chemical cross-linking for probing protein structure and interaction has led to a large increase in literature describing new cross-linkers and search programs. However, this has not led to a corresponding increase in the analysis of large and complex proteins. A major obstacle is that the new cross-linkers are either not readily available and/or have a low reactivity. In combination with aging search programs that are slow and have low sensitivity, or new search programs that are described but not released, these efforts do little to advance the field of cross-linking. Here we present a method pipeline for chemical cross-linking, using two standard cross-linkers, BS3 and BS2G, combined with our freely available CrossWork search program. By this approach we generate cross-link data sufficient to derive structural information for large and complex proteins. CrossWork searches batches of tandem mass-spectrometric data, and identifies cross-linked and non-cross-linked peptides using a standard PC. We tested CrossWork by searching mass-spectrometric datasets of cross-linked complement factor C3 against small (1 protein) and large (1000 proteins) search spaces, and show that the resulting distance constraints agree with the established structures. We further investigated the structure of the multi-domain ERp72, and combined the individual domains of ERp72 into a single structure.
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Rappsilber J. The beginning of a beautiful friendship: cross-linking/mass spectrometry and modelling of proteins and multi-protein complexes. J Struct Biol 2010; 173:530-40. [PMID: 21029779 PMCID: PMC3043253 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 322] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Revised: 10/21/2010] [Accepted: 10/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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After more than a decade of method development, cross-linking in combination with mass spectrometry and bioinformatics is finally coming of age. This technology now provides improved opportunities for modelling by mapping structural details of functional complexes in solution. The structure of proteins or protein complexes is ascertained by identifying amino acid pairs that are positioned in close proximity to each other. The validity of this technique has recently been benchmarked for large multi-protein complexes, by comparing cross-link data with that from a crystal structure of RNA polymerase II. Here, the specific nature of this cross-linking data will be discussed to assess the technical challenges and opportunities for model building. We believe that once remaining technological challenges of cross-linking/mass spectrometry have been addressed and cross-linking/mass spectrometry data has been incorporated into modelling algorithms it will quickly become an indispensable companion of protein and protein complex modelling and a corner-stone of integrated structural biology.
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- Juri Rappsilber
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JR Scotland, UK.
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Trnka MJ, Burlingame AL. Topographic studies of the GroEL-GroES chaperonin complex by chemical cross-linking using diformyl ethynylbenzene: the power of high resolution electron transfer dissociation for determination of both peptide sequences and their attachment sites. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 9:2306-17. [PMID: 20813910 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.003764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Many essential cellular processes depend upon the self-assembly of stable multiprotein entities. The architectures of the vast majority of these protein machines remain unknown because these structures are difficult to obtain by biophysical techniques alone. However, recent progress in defining the architecture of protein complexes has resulted from integrating information from all available biochemical and biophysical sources to generate computational models. Chemical cross-linking is a technique that holds exceptional promise toward achieving this goal by providing distance constraints that reflect the topography of protein complexes. Combined with the available structural data, these constraints can yield three-dimensional models of higher order molecular machines. However, thus far the utility of cross-linking has been thwarted by insufficient yields of cross-linked products and tandem mass spectrometry methods that are unable to unambiguously establish the identity of the covalently labeled peptides and their sites of modification. We report the cross-linking of amino moieties by 1,3-diformyl-5-ethynylbenzene (DEB) with analysis by high resolution electron transfer dissociation. This new reagent coupled with this new energy deposition technique addresses these obstacles by generating cross-linked peptides containing two additional sites of protonation relative to conventional cross-linking reagents. In addition to excellent coverage of sequence ions by electron transfer dissociation, DEB cross-linking produces gas-phase precursor ions in the 4+, 5+, or 6+ charge states that are readily segregated from unmodified and dead-end modified peptides using charge-dependent precursor selection of only quadruply and higher charge state ions. Furthermore, electron transfer induces dissociation of the DEB-peptide bonds to yield diagnostic ion signals that reveal the "molecular ions" of the unmodified peptides. We demonstrate the power of this strategy by cross-linking analysis of the 21-protein, ADP-bound GroEL-GroES chaperonin complex. Twenty-five unique sites of cross-linking were determined.
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- Michael J Trnka
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, USA
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Kao A, Chiu CL, Vellucci D, Yang Y, Patel VR, Guan S, Randall A, Baldi P, Rychnovsky SD, Huang L. Development of a novel cross-linking strategy for fast and accurate identification of cross-linked peptides of protein complexes. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 10:M110.002212. [PMID: 20736410 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.002212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Knowledge of elaborate structures of protein complexes is fundamental for understanding their functions and regulations. Although cross-linking coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) has been presented as a feasible strategy for structural elucidation of large multisubunit protein complexes, this method has proven challenging because of technical difficulties in unambiguous identification of cross-linked peptides and determination of cross-linked sites by MS analysis. In this work, we developed a novel cross-linking strategy using a newly designed MS-cleavable cross-linker, disuccinimidyl sulfoxide (DSSO). DSSO contains two symmetric collision-induced dissociation (CID)-cleavable sites that allow effective identification of DSSO-cross-linked peptides based on their distinct fragmentation patterns unique to cross-linking types (i.e. interlink, intralink, and dead end). The CID-induced separation of interlinked peptides in MS/MS permits MS(3) analysis of single peptide chain fragment ions with defined modifications (due to DSSO remnants) for easy interpretation and unambiguous identification using existing database searching tools. Integration of data analyses from three generated data sets (MS, MS/MS, and MS(3)) allows high confidence identification of DSSO cross-linked peptides. The efficacy of the newly developed DSSO-based cross-linking strategy was demonstrated using model peptides and proteins. In addition, this method was successfully used for structural characterization of the yeast 20 S proteasome complex. In total, 13 non-redundant interlinked peptides of the 20 S proteasome were identified, representing the first application of an MS-cleavable cross-linker for the characterization of a multisubunit protein complex. Given its effectiveness and simplicity, this cross-linking strategy can find a broad range of applications in elucidating the structural topology of proteins and protein complexes.
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- Athit Kao
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics and Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
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