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Weidemüller P, Kholmatov M, Petsalaki E, Zaugg JB. Transcription factors: Bridge between cell signaling and gene regulation. Proteomics 2021; 21:e2000034. [PMID: 34314098 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202000034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Transcription factors (TFs) are key regulators of intrinsic cellular processes, such as differentiation and development, and of the cellular response to external perturbation through signaling pathways. In this review we focus on the role of TFs as a link between signaling pathways and gene regulation. Cell signaling tends to result in the modulation of a set of TFs that then lead to changes in the cell's transcriptional program. We highlight the molecular layers at which TF activity can be measured and the associated technical and conceptual challenges. These layers include post-translational modifications (PTMs) of the TF, regulation of TF binding to DNA through chromatin accessibility and epigenetics, and expression of target genes. We highlight that a large number of TFs are understudied in both signaling and gene regulation studies, and that our knowledge about known TF targets has a strong literature bias. We argue that TFs serve as a perfect bridge between the fields of gene regulation and signaling, and that separating these fields hinders our understanding of cell functions. Multi-omics approaches that measure multiple dimensions of TF activity are ideally suited to study the interplay of cell signaling and gene regulation using TFs as the anchor to link the two fields.
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- Paula Weidemüller
- European Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, UK
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstraße 1, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany
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- European Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD, UK
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstraße 1, Heidelberg, 69117, Germany
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Discovery of Post-Translational Modifications in Emiliania huxleyi. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26072027. [PMID: 33918234 PMCID: PMC8038017 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26072027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Emiliania huxleyi is a cosmopolitan coccolithophore that plays an essential role in global carbon and sulfur cycling, and contributes to marine cloud formation and climate regulation. Previously, the proteomic profile of Emiliania huxleyi was investigated using a three-dimensional separation strategy combined with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The current study reuses the MS/MS spectra obtained, for the global discovery of post-translational modifications (PTMs) in this species without specific enrichment methods. Twenty-five different PTM types were examined using Trans-Proteomic Pipeline (Comet and PeptideProphet). Overall, 13,483 PTMs were identified in 7421 proteins. Methylation was the most frequent PTM with more than 2800 modified sites, and lysine was the most frequently modified amino acid with more than 4000 PTMs. The number of proteins identified increased by 22.5% to 18,780 after performing the PTM search. Compared to intact peptides, the intensities of some modified peptides were superior or equivalent. The intensities of some proteins increased dramatically after the PTM search. Gene ontology analysis revealed that protein persulfidation was related to photosynthesis in Emiliania huxleyi. Additionally, various membrane proteins were found to be phosphorylated. Thus, our global PTM discovery platform provides an overview of PTMs in the species and prompts further studies to uncover their biological functions. The combination of a three-dimensional separation method with global PTM search is a promising approach for the identification and discovery of PTMs in other species.
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Mechanistic insights into KDM4A driven genomic instability. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:93-105. [PMID: 33492339 PMCID: PMC7925003 DOI: 10.1042/bst20191219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Alterations in global epigenetic signatures on chromatin are well established to contribute to tumor initiation and progression. Chromatin methylation status modulates several key cellular processes that maintain the integrity of the genome. KDM4A, a demethylase that belongs to the Fe-II dependent dioxygenase family that uses α-ketoglutarate and molecular oxygen as cofactors, is overexpressed in several cancers and is associated with an overall poor prognosis. KDM4A demethylates lysine 9 (H3K9me2/3) and lysine 36 (H3K36me3) methyl marks on histone H3. Given the complexity that exists with these marks on chromatin and their effects on transcription and proliferation, it naturally follows that demethylation serves an equally important role in these cellular processes. In this review, we highlight the role of KDM4A in transcriptional modulation, either dependent or independent of its enzymatic activity, arising from the amplification of this demethylase in cancer. KDM4A modulates re-replication of distinct genomic loci, activates cell cycle inducers, and represses proteins involved in checkpoint control giving rise to proliferative damage, mitotic disturbances and chromosomal breaks, ultimately resulting in genomic instability. In parallel, emerging evidence of non-nuclear substrates of epigenetic modulators emphasize the need to investigate the role of KDM4A in regulating non-nuclear substrates and evaluate their contribution to genomic instability in this context. The existence of promising KDM-specific inhibitors makes these demethylases an attractive target for therapeutic intervention in cancers.
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Kaur S, Baldi B, Vuong J, O'Donoghue SI. Visualization and Analysis of Epiproteome Dynamics. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:1519-1539. [PMID: 30769119 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The epiproteome describes the set of all post-translational modifications (PTMs) made to the proteins comprising a cell or organism. The extent of the epiproteome is still largely unknown; however, advances in experimental techniques are beginning to produce a deluge of data, tracking dynamic changes to the epiproteome in response to cellular stimuli. These data have potential to revolutionize our understanding of biology and disease. This review covers a range of recent visualization methods and tools developed specifically for dynamic epiproteome data sets. These methods have been designed primarily for data sets on phosphorylation, as this the most studied PTM; however, most of these methods are also applicable to other types of PTMs. Unfortunately, the currently available methods are often inadequate for existing data sets; thus, realizing the potential buried in epiproteome data sets will require new, tailored bioinformatics methods that will help researchers analyze, visualize, and interactively explore these complex data sets.
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- Sandeep Kaur
- University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia; Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia.
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; Data 61, CSIRO, Eveleigh, NSW 2015, Australia.
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; Data 61, CSIRO, Eveleigh, NSW 2015, Australia.
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- University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia; Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia; Data 61, CSIRO, Eveleigh, NSW 2015, Australia.
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Li C, Zhao J, Cheng K, Ge Y, Wu Q, Ye Y, Xu G, Zhang Z, Zheng W, Zhang X, Zhou X, Pielak G, Liu M. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Assessing Macromolecular Structure and Function in Living Cells. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2017; 10:157-182. [PMID: 28301750 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-061516-045237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Investigating the structure, modification, interaction, and function of biomolecules in their native cellular environment leads to physiologically relevant knowledge about their mechanisms, which will benefit drug discovery and design. In recent years, nuclear and electron magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has emerged as a useful tool for elucidating the structure and function of biomacromolecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates in living cells at atomic resolution. In this review, we summarize the progress and future of in-cell NMR as it is applied to proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates.
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- Conggang Li
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China; ,
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Hsu JL, Chen SH. Stable isotope dimethyl labelling for quantitative proteomics and beyond. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. SERIES A, MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL, AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES 2016; 374:rsta.2015.0364. [PMID: 27644970 PMCID: PMC5031631 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Stable-isotope reductive dimethylation, a cost-effective, simple, robust, reliable and easy-to- multiplex labelling method, is widely applied to quantitative proteomics using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. This review focuses on biological applications of stable-isotope dimethyl labelling for a large-scale comparative analysis of protein expression and post-translational modifications based on its unique properties of the labelling chemistry. Some other applications of the labelling method for sample preparation and mass spectrometry-based protein identification and characterization are also summarized.This article is part of the themed issue 'Quantitative mass spectrometry'.
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- Jue-Liang Hsu
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan City, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wessels HJCT, de Almeida NM, Kartal B, Keltjens JT. Bacterial Electron Transfer Chains Primed by Proteomics. Adv Microb Physiol 2016; 68:219-352. [PMID: 27134025 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2016.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Electron transport phosphorylation is the central mechanism for most prokaryotic species to harvest energy released in the respiration of their substrates as ATP. Microorganisms have evolved incredible variations on this principle, most of these we perhaps do not know, considering that only a fraction of the microbial richness is known. Besides these variations, microbial species may show substantial versatility in using respiratory systems. In connection herewith, regulatory mechanisms control the expression of these respiratory enzyme systems and their assembly at the translational and posttranslational levels, to optimally accommodate changes in the supply of their energy substrates. Here, we present an overview of methods and techniques from the field of proteomics to explore bacterial electron transfer chains and their regulation at levels ranging from the whole organism down to the Ångstrom scales of protein structures. From the survey of the literature on this subject, it is concluded that proteomics, indeed, has substantially contributed to our comprehending of bacterial respiratory mechanisms, often in elegant combinations with genetic and biochemical approaches. However, we also note that advanced proteomics offers a wealth of opportunities, which have not been exploited at all, or at best underexploited in hypothesis-driving and hypothesis-driven research on bacterial bioenergetics. Examples obtained from the related area of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation research, where the application of advanced proteomics is more common, may illustrate these opportunities.
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- H J C T Wessels
- Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud Proteomics Centre, Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Laboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Ning W, Bruening ML. Rapid Protein Digestion and Purification with Membranes Attached to Pipet Tips. Anal Chem 2015; 87:11984-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Wenjing Ning
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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Access to high-quality antibodies is a necessity for the study of histones and their posttranslational modifications (PTMs). Here we debut the Histone Antibody Specificity Database (http://www.histoneantibodies.com), an online and expanding resource cataloging the behavior of widely used, commercially available histone antibodies by peptide microarray. This interactive web portal provides a critical resource to the biological research community that routinely uses these antibodies as detection reagents for a wide range of applications.
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Hutchins JRA. What's that gene (or protein)? Online resources for exploring functions of genes, transcripts, and proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 25:1187-201. [PMID: 24723265 PMCID: PMC3982986 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e13-10-0602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The genomic era has enabled research projects that use approaches including genome-scale screens, microarray analysis, next-generation sequencing, and mass spectrometry-based proteomics to discover genes and proteins involved in biological processes. Such methods generate data sets of gene, transcript, or protein hits that researchers wish to explore to understand their properties and functions and thus their possible roles in biological systems of interest. Recent years have seen a profusion of Internet-based resources to aid this process. This review takes the viewpoint of the curious biologist wishing to explore the properties of protein-coding genes and their products, identified using genome-based technologies. Ten key questions are asked about each hit, addressing functions, phenotypes, expression, evolutionary conservation, disease association, protein structure, interactors, posttranslational modifications, and inhibitors. Answers are provided by presenting the latest publicly available resources, together with methods for hit-specific and data set-wide information retrieval, suited to any genome-based analytical technique and experimental species. The utility of these resources is demonstrated for 20 factors regulating cell proliferation. Results obtained using some of these are discussed in more depth using the p53 tumor suppressor as an example. This flexible and universally applicable approach for characterizing experimental hits helps researchers to maximize the potential of their projects for biological discovery.
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- James R A Hutchins
- Institute of Human Genetics, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 34396 Montpellier, France
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Wozniak GG, Strahl BD. Hitting the ‘mark’: Interpreting lysine methylation in the context of active transcription. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2014; 1839:1353-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Revised: 03/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Sidoli S, Schwämmle V, Ruminowicz C, Hansen TA, Wu X, Helin K, Jensen ON. Middle-down hybrid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry workflow for characterization of combinatorial post-translational modifications in histones. Proteomics 2014; 14:2200-11. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Revised: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Simone Sidoli
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Centre for Epigenetics, University of Southern Denmark; Odense M Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Centre for Epigenetics, University of Southern Denmark; Odense M Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Centre for Epigenetics, University of Southern Denmark; Odense M Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Centre for Epigenetics, University of Southern Denmark; Odense M Denmark
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- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre; Centre for Epigenetics, University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
- Department of Cell Biology; Tianjin Medical University; Tianjin P. R. China
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- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre; Centre for Epigenetics, University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Centre for Epigenetics, University of Southern Denmark; Odense M Denmark
- Biotech Research and Innovation Centre; Centre for Epigenetics, University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
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Molden RC, Garcia BA. Middle-Down and Top-Down Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Co-occurring Histone Modifications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 77:23.7.1-23.7.28. [PMID: 25081742 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps2307s77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Histones are chromatin proteins that are highly modified with many different types of post-translational modifications. These modifications act in concert to regulate a number of chromatin-related processes. However, identification and quantification of co-occurring histone post-translational modifications is challenging because there are many potential combinations of modifications and because the commonly used strategy of fragmenting proteins using trypsin or an alternative protease prior to LC-MS/MS analysis results in the loss of connectivity between modifications on different peptides. In this unit, mass spectrometric methods to analyze combinatorial histone modifications on histone tails (middle-down mass spectrometry) and on intact histones (top-down mass spectrometry) are described.
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- Rosalynn C Molden
- Department of Chemistry, Frick Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
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- Epigenetics Program, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Huang Q, Chang J, Cheung MK, Nong W, Li L, Lee MT, Kwan HS. Human proteins with target sites of multiple post-translational modification types are more prone to be involved in disease. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:2735-48. [PMID: 24754740 DOI: 10.1021/pr401019d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Many proteins can be modified by multiple types of post-translational modifications (Mtp-proteins). Although some post-translational modifications (PTMs) have recently been found to be associated with life-threatening diseases like cancers and neurodegenerative disorders, the underlying mechanisms remain enigmatic to date. In this study, we examined the relationship of human Mtp-proteins and disease and systematically characterized features of these proteins. Our results indicated that Mtp-proteins are significantly more inclined to participate in disease than proteins carrying no known PTM sites. Mtp-proteins were found significantly enriched in protein complexes, having more protein partners and preferred to act as hubs/superhubs in protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks. They possess a distinct functional focus, such as chromatin assembly or disassembly, and reside in biased, multiple subcellular localizations. Moreover, most Mtp-proteins harbor more intrinsically disordered regions than the others. Mtp-proteins carrying PTM types biased toward locating in the ordered regions were mainly related to protein-DNA complex assembly. Examination of the energetic effects of PTMs on the stability of PPI revealed that only a small fraction of single PTM events influence the binding energy of >2 kcal/mol, whereas the binding energy can change dramatically by combinations of multiple PTM types. Our work not only expands the understanding of Mtp-proteins but also discloses the potential ability of Mtp-proteins to act as key elements in disease development.
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- Qianli Huang
- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong , Shatin, Hong Kong SAR 852000, China
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Hertel F, Zhang J. Monitoring of post-translational modification dynamics with genetically encoded fluorescent reporters. Biopolymers 2014; 101:180-7. [PMID: 23576192 PMCID: PMC3883948 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins are essential mechanisms for virtually all dynamic processes within cellular signaling networks. Genetically encoded reporters based on fluorescent proteins (FPs) are powerful tools for spatiotemporal visualization of cellular parameters. Consequently, commonly used modular biosensor designs have been adapted to generate several protein-based indicators for monitoring various PTMs or the activity of corresponding enzymes in living cells, providing new biological insights into dynamics and regulatory functions of individual PTMs. In this review, we describe the application of general design strategies focusing on PTMs and discuss important considerations for engineering feasible indicators depending on the purpose. Moreover, we present developments and enhancements of PTM biosensors from selected studies and give an outlook on future perspectives of this versatile approach.
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- Fabian Hertel
- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Yang Z, Guo G, Zhang M, Liu CY, Hu Q, Lam H, Cheng H, Xue Y, Li J, Li N. Stable isotope metabolic labeling-based quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis of Arabidopsis mutants reveals ethylene-regulated time-dependent phosphoproteins and putative substrates of constitutive triple response 1 kinase. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:3559-82. [PMID: 24043427 PMCID: PMC3861708 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.031633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Ethylene is an important plant hormone that regulates numerous cellular processes and stress responses. The mode of action of ethylene is both dose- and time-dependent. Protein phosphorylation plays a key role in ethylene signaling, which is mediated by the activities of ethylene receptors, constitutive triple response 1 (CTR1) kinase, and phosphatase. To address how ethylene alters the cellular protein phosphorylation profile in a time-dependent manner, differential and quantitative phosphoproteomics based on (15)N stable isotope labeling in Arabidopsis was performed on both one-minute ethylene-treated Arabidopsis ethylene-overly-sensitive loss-of-function mutant rcn1-1, deficient in PP2A phosphatase activity, and a pair of long-term ethylene-treated wild-type and loss-of-function ethylene signaling ctr1-1 mutants, deficient in mitogen-activated kinase kinase kinase activity. In total, 1079 phosphopeptides were identified, among which 44 were novel. Several one-minute ethylene-regulated phosphoproteins were found from the rcn1-1. Bioinformatic analysis of the rcn1-1 phosphoproteome predicted nine phosphoproteins as the putative substrates for PP2A phosphatase. In addition, from CTR1 kinase-enhanced phosphosites, we also found putative CTR1 kinase substrates including plastid transcriptionally active protein and calcium-sensing receptor. These regulatory proteins are phosphorylated in the presence of ethylene. Analysis of ethylene-regulated phosphosites using the group-based prediction system with a protein-protein interaction filter revealed a total of 14 kinase-substrate relationships that may function in both CTR1 kinase- and PP2A phosphatase-mediated phosphor-relay pathways. Finally, several ethylene-regulated post-translational modification network models have been built using molecular systems biology tools. It is proposed that ethylene regulates the phosphorylation of arginine/serine-rich splicing factor 41, plasma membrane intrinsic protein 2A, light harvesting chlorophyll A/B binding protein 1.1, and flowering bHLH 3 proteins in a dual-and-opposing fashion.
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- Zhu Yang
- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- ¶Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- ‖Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- ‖Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
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- **State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- From the ‡Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Peng M, Scholten A, Heck AJR, van Breukelen B. Identification of enriched PTM crosstalk motifs from large-scale experimental data sets. J Proteome Res 2013; 13:249-59. [PMID: 24087892 DOI: 10.1021/pr4005579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) play an important role in the regulation of protein function. Mass spectrometry based proteomics experiments nowadays identify tens of thousands of PTMs in a single experiment. A wealth of data has therefore become publically available. Evidently the biological function of each PTM is the key question to be addressed; however, such analyses focus primarily on single PTM events. This ignores the fact that PTMs may act in concert in the regulation of protein function, a process termed PTM crosstalk. Relatively little is known on the frequency and functional relevance of crosstalk between PTM sites. In a bioinformatics approach, we extracted PTMs occurring in proximity in the protein sequence from publically available databases. These PTMs and their flanking sequences were subjected to stringent motif searches, including a scoring for evolutionary conservation. Our unprejudiced approach was able to detect a respectable set of motifs, of which about half were described previously. Among these we could add many new proteins harboring these motifs. We extracted also several novel motifs, which through their widespread appearance and high conservation may pinpoint at previously nonannotated concerted PTM actions. By employing network analyses on these proteins, we propose putative functional roles for these novel motifs with two PTM sites in close proximity.
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- Mao Peng
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University , Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Rao R, Xu D, Thelen JJ, Miernyk JA. Circles within circles: crosstalk between protein Ser/Thr/Tyr-phosphorylation and Met oxidation. BMC Bioinformatics 2013; 14 Suppl 14:S14. [PMID: 24267725 PMCID: PMC3851202 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-s14-s14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Reversible posttranslational protein modifications such as phosphorylation of Ser/Thr/Tyr and Met oxidation are critical for both metabolic regulation and cellular signalling. Although these modifications are typically studied individually, herein we describe the potential for cross-talk and hierarchical regulation. RESULTS The proximity of Met to Ser/Thr/Tyr within the proteome has not previously been addressed. In order to consider the possibility of a generalized interaction, we performed a trans-kingdom sequence analysis of known phosphorylation sites in proteins from bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. The proportion of phosphorylation sites that include a Met within a 13-residue window centered upon Ser/Thr/Tyr is significantly less than the occurrence of Met in proximity to all Ser/Thr/Tyr residues. Met residues are present at all positions (-6 to +6, inclusive) within the 13-residue window that we have considered. Detailed analysis of sequences from eight disparate plant taxa revealed that many conserved phosphorylation sites have a Met residue in the proximity. Results from GO enrichment analysis indicated that the potential for phosphorylation and Met oxidation crosstalk is most prevalent in kinases and proteins involved in signalling. CONCLUSION The large proportion of known phosphorylation sites with Met in the proximity fulfils the necessary condition for cross-talk. Kinases/signalling proteins are enriched for Met around phosphorylation sites. These proteins/sites are likely candidates for cross-talk between oxidative signalling and reversible phosphorylation.
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Xu C, Zhang J, Zhang W, Liu H, Fang J, Xie H. An improved workflow for identifying ubiquitin/ubiquitin-like protein conjugation sites from tandem mass spectra. Proteomics 2013; 13:2579-84. [PMID: 23828837 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201300151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The identification of ubiquitin (Ub) and Ub-like protein (Ubl) conjugation sites is important in understanding their roles in biological pathway regulations. However, unambiguously and sensitively identifying Ub/Ubl conjugation sites through high-throughput MS remains challenging. We introduce an improved workflow for identifying Ub/Ubl conjugation sites based on the ChopNSpice and X!Tandem software. ChopNSpice is modified to generate Ub/Ubl conjugation peptides in the form of a cross-link. A combinatorial FASTA database can be acquired using the modified ChopNSpice (MchopNSpice). The modified X!Tandem (UblSearch) introduces a new fragmentation model for the Ub/Ubl conjugation peptides to match unambiguously the MS/MS spectra with linear peptides or Ub/Ubl conjugation peptides using the combinatorial FASTA database. The novel workflow exhibited better performance in analyzing an Ub and Ubl spectral library and a large-scale Trypanosoma cruzi small Ub-related modifier dataset compared with the original ChopNSpice method. The proposed workflow is more suitable for processing large-scale MS datasets of Ub/Ubl modification. MchopNSpice and UblSearch are freely available under the GNU General Public License v3.0 at http://sourceforge.net/projects/maublsearch.
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- Changming Xu
- College of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, P. R. China
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Huang X, Huang L, Peng H, Guru A, Xue W, Hong SY, Liu M, Sharma S, Fu K, Caprez AP, Swanson DR, Zhang Z, Ding SJ. ISPTM: an iterative search algorithm for systematic identification of post-translational modifications from complex proteome mixtures. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:3831-42. [PMID: 23919725 DOI: 10.1021/pr4003883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Identifying protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) from tandem mass spectrometry data of complex proteome mixtures is a highly challenging task. Here we present a new strategy, named iterative search for identifying PTMs (ISPTM), for tackling this challenge. The ISPTM approach consists of a basic search with no variable modification, followed by iterative searches of many PTMs using a small number of them (usually two) in each search. The performance of the ISPTM approach was evaluated on mixtures of 70 synthetic peptides with known modifications, on an 18-protein standard mixture with unknown modifications and on real, complex biological samples of mouse nuclear matrix proteins with unknown modifications. ISPTM revealed that many chemical PTMs were introduced by urea and iodoacetamide during sample preparation and many biological PTMs, including dimethylation of arginine and lysine, were significantly activated by Adriamycin treatment in nuclear matrix associated proteins. ISPTM increased the MS/MS spectral identification rate substantially, displayed significantly better sensitivity for systematic PTM identification compared with that of the conventional all-in-one search approach, and offered PTM identification results that were complementary to InsPecT and MODa, both of which are established PTM identification algorithms. In summary, ISPTM is a new and powerful tool for unbiased identification of many different PTMs with high confidence from complex proteome mixtures.
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- Xin Huang
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, United States
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Theillet FX, Rose HM, Liokatis S, Binolfi A, Thongwichian R, Stuiver M, Selenko P. Site-specific NMR mapping and time-resolved monitoring of serine and threonine phosphorylation in reconstituted kinase reactions and mammalian cell extracts. Nat Protoc 2013; 8:1416-32. [PMID: 23807285 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We outline NMR protocols for site-specific mapping and time-resolved monitoring of protein phosphorylation reactions using purified kinases and mammalian cell extracts. These approaches are particularly amenable to intrinsically disordered proteins and unfolded, regulatory protein domains. We present examples for the ¹⁵N isotope-labeled N-terminal transactivation domain of human p53, which is either sequentially reacted with recombinant enzymes or directly added to mammalian cell extracts and phosphorylated by endogenous kinases. Phosphorylation reactions with purified enzymes are set up in minutes, whereas NMR samples in cell extracts are prepared within 1 h. Time-resolved NMR measurements are performed over minutes to hours depending on the activities of the probed kinases. Phosphorylation is quantitatively monitored with consecutive 2D ¹H-¹⁵N band-selective optimized-flip-angle short-transient (SOFAST)-heteronuclear multiple-quantum (HMQC) NMR experiments, which provide atomic-resolution insights into the phosphorylation levels of individual substrate residues and time-dependent changes thereof, thereby offering unique advantages over western blotting and mass spectrometry.
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- Francois-Xavier Theillet
- In-Cell NMR Laboratory, Department of NMR-supported Structural Biology, Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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Chen SH, Chen CR, Chen SH, Li DT, Hsu JL. Improved N(α)-acetylated peptide enrichment following dimethyl labeling and SCX. J Proteome Res 2013; 12:3277-87. [PMID: 23745983 DOI: 10.1021/pr400127j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Protein N-terminal acetylation is one of the most common modifications occurring co- and post-translationally on either eukaryote or prokaryote proteins. However, compared to other protein modifications, the physiological role of protein N-terminal acetylation is relatively unclear. To explore the biological functions of protein N-terminal acetylation, a robust and large-scale method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of this modification is required. Enrichment of N(α)-acetylated peptides or depletion of the free N-terminal and internal tryptic peptides prior to analysis by mass spectrometry are necessary based on current technologies. This study demonstrated a simple strong cation exchange (SCX) fractionation method to selectively enrich N(α)-acetylated tryptic peptides via dimethyl labeling without the need for tedious protective labeling and depleting procedures. This method was introduced for the comprehensive analysis of N-terminal acetylated proteins from HepG2 cells. Several hundred N-terminal acetylation sites were readily identified in a single SCX flow-through fraction. Moreover, the N(α)-acetylated peptides of some protein isoforms were simultaneously observed in the SCX flow-through fraction, which indicated that this approach can be utilized to discriminate protein isoforms with very similar full sequences but different N-terminal sequences, such as β-actin/γ-actin, ERK1/ERK2, α-centractin/β-centractin, and ADP/ATP translocase 2 and 3. Compared to other methods, this method is relatively simple and can be directly implemented in a two-dimensional separation (SCX-RP)-mass spectrometry scheme for quantitative N-terminal proteomics using stable-isotope dimethyl labeling.
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- Sin-Hong Chen
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Murakami Y, Hoshi M, Imamura Y, Arioka Y, Yamamoto Y, Saito K. Remarkable role of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and tryptophan metabolites in infectious diseases: potential role in macrophage-mediated inflammatory diseases. Mediators Inflamm 2013; 2013:391984. [PMID: 23476103 PMCID: PMC3588179 DOI: 10.1155/2013/391984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2012] [Revised: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1), the L-tryptophan-degrading enzyme, plays a key role in the immunomodulatory effects on several types of immune cells. Originally known for its regulatory function during pregnancy and chronic inflammation in tumorigenesis, the activity of IDO1 seems to modify the inflammatory state of infectious diseases. The pathophysiologic activity of L-tryptophan metabolites, kynurenines, is well recognized. Therefore, an understanding of the regulation of IDO1 and the subsequent biochemical reactions is essential for the design of therapeutic strategies in certain immune diseases. In this paper, current knowledge about the role of IDO1 and its metabolites during various infectious diseases is presented. Particularly, the regulation of type I interferons (IFNs) production via IDO1 in virus infection is discussed. This paper offers insights into new therapeutic strategies in the modulation of viral infection and several immune-related disorders.
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- Yuki Murakami
- Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
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Monte E, Chen H, Kolmakova M, Parvatiyar M, Vondriska TM, Franklin S. Quantitative analysis of chromatin proteomes in disease. J Vis Exp 2012:4294. [PMID: 23299252 DOI: 10.3791/4294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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In the nucleus reside the proteomes whose functions are most intimately linked with gene regulation. Adult mammalian cardiomyocyte nuclei are unique due to the high percentage of binucleated cells,(1) the predominantly heterochromatic state of the DNA, and the non-dividing nature of the cardiomyocyte which renders adult nuclei in a permanent state of interphase.(2) Transcriptional regulation during development and disease have been well studied in this organ,(3-5) but what remains relatively unexplored is the role played by the nuclear proteins responsible for DNA packaging and expression, and how these proteins control changes in transcriptional programs that occur during disease.(6) In the developed world, heart disease is the number one cause of mortality for both men and women.(7) Insight on how nuclear proteins cooperate to regulate the progression of this disease is critical for advancing the current treatment options. Mass spectrometry is the ideal tool for addressing these questions as it allows for an unbiased annotation of the nuclear proteome and relative quantification for how the abundance of these proteins changes with disease. While there have been several proteomic studies for mammalian nuclear protein complexes,(8-13) until recently(14) there has been only one study examining the cardiac nuclear proteome, and it considered the entire nucleus, rather than exploring the proteome at the level of nuclear sub compartments.(15) In large part, this shortage of work is due to the difficulty of isolating cardiac nuclei. Cardiac nuclei occur within a rigid and dense actin-myosin apparatus to which they are connected via multiple extensions from the endoplasmic reticulum, to the extent that myocyte contraction alters their overall shape.(16) Additionally, cardiomyocytes are 40% mitochondria by volume(17) which necessitates enrichment of the nucleus apart from the other organelles. Here we describe a protocol for cardiac nuclear enrichment and further fractionation into biologically-relevant compartments. Furthermore, we detail methods for label-free quantitative mass spectrometric dissection of these fractions-techniques amenable to in vivo experimentation in various animal models and organ systems where metabolic labeling is not feasible.
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- Emma Monte
- Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Bachi A, Dalle-Donne I, Scaloni A. Redox Proteomics: Chemical Principles, Methodological Approaches and Biological/Biomedical Promises. Chem Rev 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/cr300073p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Angela Bachi
- Biological Mass Spectrometry Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, ISPAAM, National Research Council, 80147 Naples, Italy
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Hyung SJ, Ruotolo BT. Integrating mass spectrometry of intact protein complexes into structural proteomics. Proteomics 2012; 12:1547-64. [PMID: 22611037 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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MS analysis of intact protein complexes has emerged as an established technology for assessing the composition and connectivity within dynamic, heterogeneous multiprotein complexes at low concentrations and in the context of mixtures. As this technology continues to move forward, one of the main challenges is to integrate the information content of such intact protein complex measurements with other MS approaches in structural biology. Methods such as H/D exchange, oxidative foot-printing, chemical cross-linking, affinity purification, and ion mobility separation add complementary information that allows access to every level of protein structure and organization. Here, we survey the structural information that can be retrieved by such experiments, demonstrate the applicability of integrative MS approaches in structural proteomics, and look to the future to explore upcoming innovations in this rapidly advancing area.
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- Suk-Joon Hyung
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Allosteric post-translational modification codes. Trends Biochem Sci 2012; 37:447-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2012.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2012] [Revised: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/11/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Moruz L, Staes A, Foster JM, Hatzou M, Timmerman E, Martens L, Käll L. Chromatographic retention time prediction for posttranslationally modified peptides. Proteomics 2012; 12:1151-9. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Luminita Moruz
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Stockholm University; Solna Sweden
- Stockholm Bioinformatics Center; Stockholm University; Solna Sweden
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- Department of Medical Protein Research; VIB; Ghent Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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- EMBL Outstation, European Bioinformatics Institute; Wellcome Trust Genome Campus; Hinxton Cambridge UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Stockholm University; Solna Sweden
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- Department of Medical Protein Research; VIB; Ghent Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research; VIB; Ghent Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry; Ghent University; Ghent Belgium
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- Stockholm Bioinformatics Center; Stockholm University; Solna Sweden
- Science for Life Laboratory, School of Biotechnology; Royal Institute of Technology (KTH); Solna Sweden
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Torrente MP, Gelenberg AJ, Vrana KE. Boosting serotonin in the brain: is it time to revamp the treatment of depression? J Psychopharmacol 2012; 26:629-35. [PMID: 22158544 PMCID: PMC3325323 DOI: 10.1177/0269881111430744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Abnormalities in serotonin systems are presumably linked to various psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia and depression. Medications intended for these disorders aim to either block the reuptake or the degradation of this neurotransmitter. In an alternative approach, efforts have been made to enhance serotonin levels through dietary manipulation of precursor levels with modest clinical success. In the last 30 years, there has been little improvement in the pharmaceutical management of depression, and now is the time to revisit therapeutic strategies for the treatment of this disease. Tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of serotonin. A recently discovered isoform, TPH2, is responsible for serotonin biosynthesis in the brain. Learning how to activate this enzyme (and its polymorphic versions) may lead to a new, more selective generation of antidepressants, able to regulate the levels of serotonin in the brain with fewer side effects.
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- Mariana P Torrente
- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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Fonslow BR, Niessen SM, Singh M, Wong CCL, Xu T, Carvalho PC, Choi J, Park SK, Yates JR. Single-step inline hydroxyapatite enrichment facilitates identification and quantitation of phosphopeptides from mass-limited proteomes with MudPIT. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:2697-709. [PMID: 22509746 DOI: 10.1021/pr300200x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Herein we report the characterization and optimization of single-step inline enrichment of phosphopeptides directly from small amounts of whole cell and tissue lysates (100-500 μg) using a hydroxyapatite (HAP) microcolumn and Multidimensional Protein Identification Technology (MudPIT). In comparison to a triplicate HILIC-IMAC phosphopeptide enrichment study, ∼80% of the phosphopeptides identified using HAP-MudPIT were unique. Similarly, analysis of the consensus phosphorylation motifs between the two enrichment methods illustrates the complementarity of calcium- and iron-based enrichment methods and the higher sensitivity and selectivity of HAP-MudPIT for acidic motifs. We demonstrate how the identification of more multiply phosphorylated peptides from HAP-MudPIT can be used to quantify phosphorylation cooperativity. Through optimization of HAP-MudPIT on a whole cell lysate we routinely achieved identification and quantification of ca. 1000 phosphopeptides from a ∼1 h enrichment and 12 h MudPIT analysis on small quantities of material. Finally, we applied this optimized method to identify phosphorylation sites from a mass-limited mouse brain region, the amygdala (200-500 μg), identifying up to 4000 phosphopeptides per run.
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- Bryan R Fonslow
- Department of Chemical Physiology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Fujigaki H, Seishima M, Saito K. Posttranslational modification of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. Anal Bioanal Chem 2012; 403:1777-82. [PMID: 22460077 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-5946-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2011] [Revised: 03/04/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) perform essential roles in the biological regulation of a cell. PTMs are extremely important because they can change a protein's physical or chemical properties, conformation, activity, cellular location, or stability. In fact, most proteins are altered by the addition or removal of a chemical moiety on either an amino acid or the protein's N- or C-terminus. Some PTMs can be added and removed dynamically as a mechanism for reversibly controlling protein function. Thus, identifying the PTM sites is critical to fully understand the biological roles of any given protein. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a widely used analytical strategy to identify PTMs. We have used an automated two-dimensional liquid chromatography (LC) system coupled with electrospray ionization quadrupole ion-trap MS to identify PTMs for indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1), one of the tryptophan catabolic enzymes. IDO1 promotes immune tolerance by suppressing local T-cell responses under various physiological and pathophysiological conditions, such as pregnancy in mammals, tumor resistance, autoimmunity, and chronic inflammation. Although many studies have demonstrated the biological importance of IDO activity, the PTMs of IDO enzymes remain largely unknown. Only a few important PTMs of IDO1 have been found, such as nitration, N-terminal acetylation, and phosphorylation. In this review, we analyze the PTMs of IDO1 using our two-dimensional LC-MS/MS system, and provide an overview of our current understanding.
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- Hidetsugu Fujigaki
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hiroshima International University, 555-36 Kurose-Gakuendai, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 739-2695, Japan.
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Li Y, Shu Y, Peng C, Zhu L, Guo G, Li N. Absolute quantitation of isoforms of post-translationally modified proteins in transgenic organism. Mol Cell Proteomics 2012; 11:272-85. [PMID: 22442259 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m111.016568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Post-translational modification isoforms of a protein are known to play versatile biological functions in diverse cellular processes. To measure the molar amount of each post-translational modification isoform (P(isf)) of a target protein present in the total protein extract using mass spectrometry, a quantitative proteomic protocol, absolute quantitation of isoforms of post-translationally modified proteins (AQUIP), was developed. A recombinant ERF110 gene overexpression transgenic Arabidopsis plant was used as the model organism for demonstration of the proof of concept. Both Ser-62-independent (14)N-coded synthetic peptide standards and (15)N-coded ERF110 protein standard isolated from the heavy nitrogen-labeled transgenic plants were employed simultaneously to determine the concentration of all isoforms (T(isf)) of ERF110 in the whole plant cell lysate, whereas a pair of Ser-62-dependent synthetic peptide standards were used to quantitate the Ser-62 phosphosite occupancy (R(aqu)). The P(isf) was finally determined by integrating the two empirically measured variables using the following equation: P(isf) = T(isf) · R(aqu). The absolute amount of Ser-62-phosphorylated isoform of ERF110 determined using AQUIP was substantiated with a stable isotope labeling in Arabidopsis-based relative and accurate quantitative proteomic approach. The biological role of the Ser-62-phosphorylated isoform was demonstrated in transgenic plants.
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- Yaojun Li
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, China
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Britton LMP, Gonzales-Cope M, Zee BM, Garcia BA. Breaking the histone code with quantitative mass spectrometry. Expert Rev Proteomics 2012; 8:631-43. [PMID: 21999833 DOI: 10.1586/epr.11.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) comprise one of the most intricate nuclear signaling networks that govern gene expression in a long-term and dynamic fashion. These PTMs are considered to be 'epigenetic' or heritable from one cell generation to the next and help establish genomic expression patterns. While much of the analyses of histones have historically been performed using site-specific antibodies, these methods are replete with technical obstacles (i.e., cross-reactivity and epitope occlusion). Mass spectrometry-based proteomics has begun to play a significant role in the interrogation of histone PTMs, revealing many new aspects of these modifications that cannot be easily determined with standard biological approaches. Here, we review the accomplishments of mass spectrometry in the histone field, and outline the future roadblocks that must be overcome for mass spectrometry-based proteomics to become the method of choice for chromatin biologists.
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- Laura-Mae P Britton
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Wang LS, Xia L, Shen SM, Zheng Y, Yu Y, Chen GQ. Dissecting cell death with proteomic scalpels. Proteomics 2012; 12:597-606. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2011] [Revised: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 09/26/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Levy D, Liu CL, Yang Z, Newman AM, Alizadeh AA, Utz PJ, Gozani O. A proteomic approach for the identification of novel lysine methyltransferase substrates. Epigenetics Chromatin 2011; 4:19. [PMID: 22024134 PMCID: PMC3212905 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8935-4-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2011] [Accepted: 10/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Signaling via protein lysine methylation has been proposed to play a central role in the regulation of many physiologic and pathologic programs. In contrast to other post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation, proteome-wide approaches to investigate lysine methylation networks do not exist. Results In the current study, we used the ProtoArray® platform, containing over 9,500 human proteins, and developed and optimized a system for proteome-wide identification of novel methylation events catalyzed by the protein lysine methyltransferase (PKMT) SETD6. This enzyme had previously been shown to methylate the transcription factor RelA, but it was not known whether SETD6 had other substrates. By using two independent detection approaches, we identified novel candidate substrates for SETD6, and verified that all targets tested in vitro and in cells were genuine substrates. Conclusions We describe a novel proteome-wide methodology for the identification of new PKMT substrates. This technological advance may lead to a better understanding of the enzymatic activity and substrate specificity of the large number (more than 50) PKMTs present in the human proteome, most of which are uncharacterized.
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- Dan Levy
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Divisions of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Divisions of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Leitner A, Sturm M, Lindner W. Tools for analyzing the phosphoproteome and other phosphorylated biomolecules: a review. Anal Chim Acta 2011; 703:19-30. [PMID: 21843671 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2011.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Revised: 07/07/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Enrichment, separation and mass spectrometric analysis of biomolecules carrying a phosphate group plays an important role in current analytical chemistry. Application areas range from the preparative enrichment of phospholipids for biotechnological purposes and the separation and purification of plasmid DNA or mRNA to the specific preconcentration of phosphoproteins and -peptides to facilitate their later identification and characterization by mass spectrometry. Most of the recent improvements in this field were triggered by the need for phosphopeptide enrichment technology for the analysis of cellular protein phosphorylation events with the help of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. The high sensitivity of mass spectrometry and the possibility to combine this technique with different separation modes in liquid chromatography have made it the method of choice for proteome analysis. However, in the case of phosphoprotein analysis, the low abundance of the resulting phosphopeptides and their low quality fragment spectra interfere with the identification of phosphorylation events. Recent developments in phosphopeptide enrichment and fragmentation technologies successfully helped to overcome these limitations. In this review, we will focus on sample preparation techniques in the field of phosphoproteomics, but also highlight recent advancements for the analysis of other phosphorylated biomolecules.
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Poetsch A, Haussmann U, Burkovski A. Proteomics of corynebacteria: From biotechnology workhorses to pathogens. Proteomics 2011; 11:3244-55. [PMID: 21674800 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2010] [Revised: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Corynebacteria belong to the high G+C Gram-positive bacteria (Actinobacteria) and are closely related to Mycobacterium and Nocardia species. The best investigated member of this group of almost seventy species is Corynebacterium glutamicum, a soil bacterium isolated in 1957, which is used for the industrial production of more than two million tons of amino acids per year. This review focuses on the technical advances made in proteomics approaches during the last years and summarizes applications of these techniques with respect to C. glutamicum metabolic pathways and stress response. Additionally, selected proteome applications for other biotechnologically important or pathogenic corynebacteria are described.
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- Ansgar Poetsch
- Lehrstuhl Biochemie der Pflanzen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
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Liokatis S, Dose A, Schwarzer D, Selenko P. Simultaneous detection of protein phosphorylation and acetylation by high-resolution NMR spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 132:14704-5. [PMID: 20886851 DOI: 10.1021/ja106764y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Post-translational protein modifications (PTMs) such as phosphorylation and acetylation regulate a large number of eukaryotic signaling processes. In most instances, it is the combination of different PTMs that "encode" the biological outcome of these covalent amendments in a highly dynamic and cell-state-specific manner. Most research tools fail to detect different PTMs in a single experiment and are unable to directly observe dynamic PTM states in complex environments such as cell extracts or intact cells. Here we describe in situ observations of phosphorylation and acetylation reactions by high-resolution liquid-state NMR spectroscopy. We delineate the NMR characteristics of progressive lysine acetylation and provide in vitro examples of joint phosphorylation and acetylation events and how they can be deciphered on a residue-specific basis and in a time-resolved and quantitative manner. Finally, we extend our NMR investigations to cellular phosphorylation and acetylation events in human cell extracts and demonstrate the unique ability of NMR spectroscopy to simultaneously report the establishment of these PTMs by endogenous cellular enzymes.
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- Stamatios Liokatis
- Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Robert Roessle Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Mohammed S, Heck AJR. Strong cation exchange (SCX) based analytical methods for the targeted analysis of protein post-translational modifications. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2011; 22:9-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2010] [Revised: 09/05/2010] [Accepted: 09/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kim YH, Park KH, Kim SY, Ji ES, Kim JY, Lee SK, Yoo JS, Kim HS, Park YM. Identification of trimethylation at C-terminal lysine of pilin in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 404:587-92. [PMID: 21130745 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.11.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Various post-translational modifications (PTMs) of pilin in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 have been proposed. In this study, we investigated previously unidentified PTMs of pilin by mass spectrometry (MS). MALDI-TOF MS and TOF/TOF MS showed that the molecular mass of the C-terminal lysine of pilin was increased by 42Da, which could represent acetylation (ΔM=42.0470) or trimethylation (ΔM=42.0106). To discriminate between these isobaric modifications, the molecular mass of the C-terminal tryptic peptide was measured using 15T Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) MS. The high magnetic field FT-ICR provided sub-ppm mass accuracy, revealing that the C-terminal lysine was modified by trimethylation. We could also detect the existence of mono- and di-methylation of the C-terminal lysine. Cells expressing a pilin point mutant with glutamine replacing the C-terminal lysine showed dramatically reduced motility and short pili. These findings suggest that trimethylation of pilin at the C-terminal lysine may be essential for the biogenesis of functional pili.
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- Young Hye Kim
- Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Korea Basic Science Institute, Ochang 363-883, South Korea
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Helbig AO, Rosati S, Pijnappel PWWM, van Breukelen B, Timmers MHTH, Mohammed S, Slijper M, Heck AJR. Perturbation of the yeast N-acetyltransferase NatB induces elevation of protein phosphorylation levels. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:685. [PMID: 21126336 PMCID: PMC3091791 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The addition of an acetyl group to protein N-termini is a widespread co-translational modification. NatB is one of the main N-acetyltransferases that targets a subset of proteins possessing an N-terminal methionine, but so far only a handful of substrates have been reported. Using a yeast nat3Δ strain, deficient for the catalytic subunit of NatB, we employed a quantitative proteomics strategy to identify NatB substrates and to characterize downstream effects in nat3Δ. RESULTS Comparing by proteomics WT and nat3Δ strains, using metabolic 15N isotope labeling, we confidently identified 59 NatB substrates, out of a total of 756 detected acetylated protein N-termini. We acquired in-depth proteome wide measurements of expression levels of about 2580 proteins. Most remarkably, NatB deletion led to a very significant change in protein phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS Protein expression levels change only marginally in between WT and nat3Δ. A comparison of the detected NatB substrates with their orthologous revealed remarkably little conservation throughout the phylogenetic tree. We further present evidence of post-translational N-acetylation on protein variants at non-annotated N-termini. Moreover, analysis of downstream effects in nat3Δ revealed elevated protein phosphorylation levels whereby the kinase Snf1p is likely a key element in this process.
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- Andreas O Helbig
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584 CH, The Netherlands
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Label-free screening assays: a strategy for finding better drug candidates. Future Med Chem 2010; 2:1703-16. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc.10.246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The last 10 years have seen advances in automation and high-throughput biochemistry in the drug-discovery arena. However, these advances have not led to improvements in drug-discovery success. Drug programs must find new ways to identify superior compounds. Advances in label-free assay technologies may provide advantages needed for improved drug discovery. In this article, we will discuss high-throughput MS, a technology that allows screening with native substrates and with targets inaccessible to standard assay formats. We will then discuss cell-based label-free biosensors, focusing on the increased information content available when using these platforms. We will conclude with speculation on the future and ways to obtain relevant biological information early in development to ensure the best compounds are promoted to medicinal chemistry campaigns.
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Contrepois K, Ezan E, Mann C, Fenaille F. Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography−Mass Spectrometry for the Fast Profiling of Histone Post-Translational Modifications. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:5501-9. [DOI: 10.1021/pr100497a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Kévin Contrepois
- CEA, iBiTecS, Service de Biologie Intégrative et Génétique Moléculaire (SBIGeM) and Service de Pharmacologie et d’Immunoanalyse (SPI), F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, Service de Biologie Intégrative et Génétique Moléculaire (SBIGeM) and Service de Pharmacologie et d’Immunoanalyse (SPI), F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, Service de Biologie Intégrative et Génétique Moléculaire (SBIGeM) and Service de Pharmacologie et d’Immunoanalyse (SPI), F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
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- CEA, iBiTecS, Service de Biologie Intégrative et Génétique Moléculaire (SBIGeM) and Service de Pharmacologie et d’Immunoanalyse (SPI), F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
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Ytterberg AJ, Jensen ON. Modification-specific proteomics in plant biology. J Proteomics 2010; 73:2249-66. [PMID: 20541636 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2010] [Revised: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 06/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are involved in the regulation of a wide range of biological processes, and affect e.g. protein structure, activity and stability. Several hundred PTMs have been described in the literature, but relatively few have been studied using mass spectrometry and proteomics. In general, methods for PTM characterization are developed to study yeast and mammalian biology and later adopted to investigate plants. Our point of view is that it is advantageous to enrich for PTMs on the peptide level as part of a quantitative proteomics strategy to not only identify the PTM, but also to determine the functional relevance in the context of regulation, response to abiotic stress etc. Protein phosphorylation is the only PTM that has been studied extensively at the proteome wide level in plants using mass spectrometry based methods. We review phosphoproteomics studies in plants and discuss the redox mediated PTMs (S-nitrosylation, tyrosine nitration and S-glutathionylation), ubiquitylation, SUMOylation, and glycosylation, including GPI anchors, and the quantitative proteomics methods that are used to study these modification in plants. Where appropriate we contrast the methods to those used for mammalian PTM characterization.
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- A Jimmy Ytterberg
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark.
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