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Gunawardena HP, Jayatilake MM, Brelsford JD, Nanda H. Diagnostic utility of N-terminal TMPP labels for unambiguous identification of clipped sites in therapeutic proteins. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18602. [PMID: 37903854 PMCID: PMC10616084 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45446-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Protein therapeutics are susceptible to clipping via enzymatic and nonenzymatic mechanisms that create neo-N-termini. Typically, neo-N-termini are identified by chemical derivatization of the N-terminal amine with (N-Succinimidyloxycarbonylmethyl)tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphonium bromide (TMPP) followed by proteolysis and mass spectrometric analysis. Detection of the TMPP-labeled peptide is achieved by mapping the peptide sequence to the product ion spectrum derived from collisional activation. The site-specific localization of the TMPP tag enables unambiguous determination of the true N-terminus or neo-N-termini. In addition to backbone product ions, TMPP reporter ions at m/z 573, formed via collision-induced dissociation, can be diagnostic for the presence of a processed N-termini. However, reporter ions generated by collision-induced dissociation may be uninformative because of their low abundance. We demonstrate a novel high-throughput LC-MS method for the facile generation of the TMPP reporter ion at m/z 533 and, in some instances m/z 590, upon electron transfer dissociation. We further demonstrate the diagnostic utility of TMPP labeled peptides derived from a total cell lysate shows high degree of specificity towards selective N-terminal labeling over labeling of lysine and tyrosine and highly-diagnostic Receiver Operating Characteristic's (ROC) of TMPP reporter ions of m/z 533 and m/z 590. The abundant generation of these reporters enables subsequent MS/MS by intensity and m/z-dependent triggering of complementary ion activation modes such as collision-induced dissociation, high-energy collision dissociation, or ultraviolet photo dissociation for subsequent peptide sequencing.
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- Harsha P Gunawardena
- Janssen Research and Development LLC, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA.
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- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC, USA
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- Janssen Research and Development LLC, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA
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- Janssen Research and Development LLC, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA
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Manka SW, Zhang W, Wenborn A, Betts J, Joiner S, Saibil HR, Collinge J, Wadsworth JDF. 2.7 Å cryo-EM structure of ex vivo RML prion fibrils. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4004. [PMID: 35831275 PMCID: PMC9279362 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30457-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Mammalian prions propagate as distinct strains and are composed of multichain assemblies of misfolded host-encoded prion protein (PrP). Here, we present a near-atomic resolution cryo-EM structure of PrP fibrils present in highly infectious prion rod preparations isolated from the brains of RML prion-infected mice. We found that prion rods comprise single-protofilament helical amyloid fibrils that coexist with twisted pairs of the same protofilaments. Each rung of the protofilament is formed by a single PrP monomer with the ordered core comprising PrP residues 94-225, which folds to create two asymmetric lobes with the N-linked glycans and the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor projecting from the C-terminal lobe. The overall architecture is comparable to that of recently reported PrP fibrils isolated from the brain of hamsters infected with the 263K prion strain. However, there are marked conformational variations that could result from differences in PrP sequence and/or represent distinguishing features of the distinct prion strains.
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- Szymon W Manka
- MRC Prion Unit at UCL, Institute of Prion Diseases, University College London, 33 Cleveland Street, London, W1W 7FF, UK
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- MRC Prion Unit at UCL, Institute of Prion Diseases, University College London, 33 Cleveland Street, London, W1W 7FF, UK
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- MRC Prion Unit at UCL, Institute of Prion Diseases, University College London, 33 Cleveland Street, London, W1W 7FF, UK
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- MRC Prion Unit at UCL, Institute of Prion Diseases, University College London, 33 Cleveland Street, London, W1W 7FF, UK
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- MRC Prion Unit at UCL, Institute of Prion Diseases, University College London, 33 Cleveland Street, London, W1W 7FF, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.
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- MRC Prion Unit at UCL, Institute of Prion Diseases, University College London, 33 Cleveland Street, London, W1W 7FF, UK.
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- MRC Prion Unit at UCL, Institute of Prion Diseases, University College London, 33 Cleveland Street, London, W1W 7FF, UK.
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Fernandez B, Armengaud J, Subra G, Enjalbal C. MALDI‐MS/MS of N‐Terminal TMPP‐Acyl Peptides: A Worthwhile Tool to Decipher Protein N‐Termini. European J Org Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202101549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Bernard Fernandez
- IBMM Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM 34293 Montpellier France
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS) SPI 30200 Bagnols-sur-Cèze France
- Present address: CIRAD, UMR ASTRE 34398 Montpellier France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS) SPI 30200 Bagnols-sur-Cèze France
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- IBMM Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM 34293 Montpellier France
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Bär J, Popp Y, Koudelka T, Tholey A, Mikhaylova M. Regulation of microtubule detyrosination by calcium and conventional calpains. J Cell Sci 2022; 135:274960. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Detyrosination is a major post-translational modification of microtubules (MTs), which has significant impact on MT function in cell division, differentiation, growth, migration, and intracellular trafficking. Detyrosination of α-tubulin occurs mostly via the recently identified complex of vasohibin1/2 (VASH1/2) and small vasohibin binding protein (SVBP). However, there is still remaining detyrosinating activity in the absence of VASH1/2:SVBP, and little is known about the regulation of detyrosination. Here, we found that intracellular calcium is required for efficient MT detyrosination. Furthermore, we show that calcium-dependent proteases calpains 1 and 2 regulate MT detyrosination in VASH1:SVBP overexpressing human embryonal kidney (HEK293T) cells. We identified new calpain cleavage sites in the N-terminal disordered region of VASH1. However, this cleavage did not affect the enzymatic activity of VASH. In conclusion, we suggest that the regulation of VASH1-mediated MT detyrosination by calpains could occur independent of VASH catalytic activity or via another yet unknown tubulin carboxypeptidase. Importantly, calpains’ calcium dependency could allow a fine regulation of MT detyrosination. Thus, identifying the calpain-regulated pathway of MT detyrosination can be of major importance for basic and clinical research.
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- Julia Bär
- AG Optobiology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Guest Group “Neuronal Protein Transport”, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, ZMNH, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- AG Optobiology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Guest Group “Neuronal Protein Transport”, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, ZMNH, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Systematic Proteome Research & Bioanalytics, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
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- Systematic Proteome Research & Bioanalytics, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
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- AG Optobiology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Guest Group “Neuronal Protein Transport”, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, ZMNH, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Bagal D, Gibson BW. Identification of Proteolysis Products in Protein Therapeutics through TMPP N-Terminal Tagging and Electron Transfer Dissociation Product Triggered Collisional Induced Dissociation Fragmentation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2021; 32:1936-1944. [PMID: 33534996 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Thorough characterization of protein therapeutics is often challenging due to the heterogeneity arising from primary sequence variants, post-translational modifications, proteolytic clipping, or incomplete processing of the signal peptide. Modern mass spectrometry (MS) techniques are now routinely used to characterize such heterogeneous protein populations. Here, we present an LC-MS/MS method using (N-succinimidyloxycarbonylmethyl)-tris (2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl) phosphonium bromide (TMPP-Ac-OSu) to label any free N-terminal α-amines to rapidly and selectively identify proteolytic clipping events. Electron transfer dissociation (ETD) fragmentation of these chemically tagged peptides generates two unique TMPP product ions, TMPP+ and TMPP-Ac-NH2/c0. The presence of these signature ions following ETD is used to trigger subsequent collisional induced dissociation (CID) fragmentation of the precursor ion. This results in a small subset of CID tandem MS spectra that are used in a customized database search. Using a purified fusion monoclonal antibody (mAb) as an example, we demonstrate how TMPP labeling followed by ETD product ion triggered CID fragmentation is used to accurately identify two undesired clipping sites.
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- Dhanashri Bagal
- Amgen Discovery Research, Discovery Attribute Sciences, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Amgen Discovery Research, Discovery Attribute Sciences, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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Kaushal P, Lee C. N-terminomics - its past and recent advancements. J Proteomics 2020; 233:104089. [PMID: 33359939 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2020.104089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
N-terminomics is a rapidly evolving branch of proteomics that encompasses the study of protein N-terminal sequence. A proteome-wide collection of such sequences has been widely used to understand the proteolytic cascades and in annotating the genome. Over the last two decades, various N-terminomic strategies have been developed for achieving high sensitivity, greater depth of coverage, and high-throughputness. We, in this review, cover how the field of N-terminomics has evolved to date, including discussion on various sample preparation and N-terminal peptide enrichment strategies. We also compare different N-terminomic methods and highlight their relative benefits and shortcomings in their implementation. In addition, an overview of the currently available bioinformatics tools and data analysis pipelines for the annotation of N-terminomic datasets is also included. SIGNIFICANCE: It has been recognized that proteins undergo several post-translational modifications (PTM), and a number of perturbed biological pathways are directly associated with modifications at the terminal sites of a protein. In this regard, N-terminomics can be applied to generate a proteome-wide landscape of mature N-terminal sequences, annotate their source of generation, and recognize their significance in the biological pathways. Besides, a system-wide study can be used to study complicated proteolytic machinery and protease cleavage patterns for potential therapeutic targets. Moreover, due to unprecedented improvements in the analytical methods and mass spectrometry instrumentation in recent times, the N-terminomic methodologies now offers an unparalleled ability to study proteoforms and their implications in clinical conditions. Such approaches can further be applied for the detection of low abundant proteoforms, annotation of non-canonical protein coding sites, identification of candidate disease biomarkers, and, last but not least, the discovery of novel drug targets.
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- Prashant Kaushal
- Center for Theragnosis, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Theragnosis, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; KHU-KIST Department of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyunghee-daero, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea.
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Nyström EEL, Arike L, Ehrencrona E, Hansson GC, Johansson MEV. Calcium-activated chloride channel regulator 1 (CLCA1) forms non-covalent oligomers in colonic mucus and has mucin 2-processing properties. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:17075-17089. [PMID: 31570526 PMCID: PMC6851300 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Revised: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Calcium-activated chloride channel regulator 1 (CLCA1) is one of the major nonmucin proteins found in intestinal mucus. It is part of a larger family of CLCA proteins that share highly conserved features and domain architectures. The CLCA domain arrangement is similar to proteins belonging to the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) family, known to process extracellular matrix proteins. Therefore, CLCA1 is an interesting candidate in the search for proteases that process intestinal mucus. Here, we investigated CLCA1's biochemical properties both in vitro and in mucus from mouse and human colon biopsy samples. Using immunoblotting with CLCA1-specific antibodies and recombinant proteins, we observed that the CLCA1 C-terminal self-cleavage product forms a disulfide-linked dimer that noncovalently interacts with the N-terminal part of CLCA1, which further interacts to form oligomers. We also characterized a second, more catalytically active, N-terminal product of CLCA1, encompassing the catalytic domain together with its von Willebrand domain type A (VWA). This fragment was unstable but could be identified in freshly prepared mucus. Furthermore, we found that CLCA1 can cleave the N-terminal part of the mucus structural component MUC2. We propose that CLCA1 regulates the structural arrangement of the mucus and thereby takes part in the regulation of mucus processing.
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- Elisabeth E L Nyström
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Daniels G, Zhang X, Zhong X, Santiago L, Wang LH, Wu X, Zhang JY, Liang F, Li X, Neubert TA, Steinke L, Shen Y, Basch R, Schneider R, Levy DE, Lee P. Cytoplasmic, full length and novel cleaved variant, TBLR1 reduces apoptosis in prostate cancer under androgen deprivation. Oncotarget 2018; 7:39556-39571. [PMID: 27127173 PMCID: PMC5129953 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
TBLR1/TBL1XR1, a core component of the nuclear receptor corepressor (NCoR) complex critical for the regulation of multiple nuclear receptors, is a transcriptional coactivator of androgen receptor (AR) and functions as a tumor suppressor when expressed in the nucleus in prostate. Subcellular localization of a protein is critical for its function, and although TBLR1, as a transcriptional cofactor, has been primarily viewed as a nuclear protein, many cells also express variable levels of cytoplasmic TBLR1 and its cytoplasmic specific functions have not been studied. Prostate cancer (PCa) cells express moderately higher level of cytoplasmic TBLR1 compared to benign prostate cells. When comparing androgen-dependent (AD) to androgen-independent (AI) PCa, AI cells contain very high levels of TBLR1 cytoplasmic expression and low levels of nuclear expression. Overexpression of cytoplasmic TBLR1 in AD cells inhibits apoptosis induced by androgen deprivation therapy, either in an androgen free condition or in the presence of bicalutamide. Additionally, we identified a cytoplasmic specific isoform of TBLR1 (cvTBLR1) approximately 5 kDa lower in molecular weight, that is expressed at higher levels in AI PCa cells. By immunoprecipitation, we purified cvTBLR1 and using mass spectrometry analysis combined with N-terminal TMPP labeling and Edman degradation, we identified the cleavage site of cvTBLR1 at amino acid 89, truncating the first 88 amino acids of the N-terminus of the full length protein. Functionally, cvTBLR1 expressed in the cytoplasm reduced apoptosis in PCa cells and promoted growth, migration, and invasion. Finally, we identified a nuclear export signal sequence for TBLR1 cellular localization by deletion and site-directed mutagenesis. The roles of TBLR1 and cvTBLR1 provide novel insights into the mechanism of castration resistance and new strategies for PCa therapy.
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- Garrett Daniels
- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Microbiology and Molecular Pathogenesis, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Urology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,NYU Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Li Y, Wang Z, Zhou W, Zhang K, Ma J, Wu F, Ji J, Hong X, Deng Z, He S, Xu P. A rapid and easy protein N-terminal profiling strategy using (N
-Succinimidyloxycarbonylmethyl)tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphonium bromide (TMPP) labeling and StageTip. Proteomics 2017; 17. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201600481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 05/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/03/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Yanchang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences Beijing, Beijing Proteome Research Center; Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine; Beijing P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences Beijing, Beijing Proteome Research Center; Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine; Beijing P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery and Hubei Province Engineering and Technology Research Center for Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals; State Key Laboratory of Virology; Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Wuhan P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology; CAS; Beijing P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology; CAS; Beijing P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences Beijing, Beijing Proteome Research Center; Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine; Beijing P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences Beijing, Beijing Proteome Research Center; Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine; Beijing P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences; Peking University; Beijing P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery and Hubei Province Engineering and Technology Research Center for Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals; State Key Laboratory of Virology; Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Wuhan P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery and Hubei Province Engineering and Technology Research Center for Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals; State Key Laboratory of Virology; Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Wuhan P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Institute of Computing Technology; CAS; Beijing P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences Beijing, Beijing Proteome Research Center; Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine; Beijing P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery and Hubei Province Engineering and Technology Research Center for Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals; State Key Laboratory of Virology; Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Wuhan P. R. China
- Anhui Medical University; Hefei P. R. China
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Kullolli M, Rock DA, Ma J. Immuno-affinity Capture Followed by TMPP N-Terminus Tagging to Study Catabolism of Therapeutic Proteins. J Proteome Res 2016; 16:911-919. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Majlinda Kullolli
- Department
of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Amgen Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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Armengaud J. Power of positive thinking in quantitative proteomics. Proteomics 2016; 15:2898-900. [PMID: 26227558 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
Derivatization of proteins with specific isotope reagents has been widely explored for quantitative proteomics where the relative abundances of proteins present in different complex samples are compared by MS. This represents an interesting arena for innovation, where protein chemistry and MS are associated for the best of both worlds. Among the numerous reagents developed, those that introduce a permanent positive charge, such as (N-succinimidyloxycarbonylmethyl)-tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphonium bromide (TMPP), increase the ionizability of their targets and thus improve the sensitivity of the approach. TMPP labeling also modifies the hydrophobicity and changes the peptide fragmentation pattern. Because TMPP reacts preferably with the N-termini of proteins and peptides, its use has been explored for proteogenomics and de novo protein sequencing. In this issue of Proteomics, Shen et al. (Proteomics 2015, 15, 2903-2909) show that accurate quantitation of proteins can be obtained with light/heavy TMPP-labeling of peptides, which can be easily prepared and desalted in a homemade C8-SCX-C8 stagetip, and then monitored by nano-LC-MS/MS analysis. Their results demonstrate enhanced sequence coverage compared with other approaches. Combined with an efficient enrichment procedure, the higher sensitivity of this "positive attitude" reagent may facilitate much deeper investigations into the quantitative proteomics of complex samples.
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- Jean Armengaud
- CEA, DSV, IBiTec-S, SPI, Li2D, Laboratory "Innovative technologies for Detection and Diagnostics", Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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Chang E, Pourmal S, Zhou C, Kumar R, Teplova M, Pavletich NP, Marians KJ, Erdjument-Bromage H. N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence Determination of Proteins by N-Terminal Dimethyl Labeling: Pitfalls and Advantages When Compared with Edman Degradation Sequence Analysis. J Biomol Tech 2016; 27:61-74. [PMID: 27006647 DOI: 10.7171/jbt.16-2702-002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
In recent history, alternative approaches to Edman sequencing have been investigated, and to this end, the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) Protein Sequencing Research Group (PSRG) initiated studies in 2014 and 2015, looking into bottom-up and top-down N-terminal (Nt) dimethyl derivatization of standard quantities of intact proteins with the aim to determine Nt sequence information. We have expanded this initiative and used low picomole amounts of myoglobin to determine the efficiency of Nt-dimethylation. Application of this approach on protein domains, generated by limited proteolysis of overexpressed proteins, confirms that it is a universal labeling technique and is very sensitive when compared with Edman sequencing. Finally, we compared Edman sequencing and Nt-dimethylation of the same polypeptide fragments; results confirm that there is agreement in the identity of the Nt amino acid sequence between these 2 methods.
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- Elizabeth Chang
- 1 Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Laboratory, 2 Structural Biology and 3 Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- 1 Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Laboratory, 2 Structural Biology and 3 Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- 1 Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Laboratory, 2 Structural Biology and 3 Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- 1 Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Laboratory, 2 Structural Biology and 3 Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- 1 Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Laboratory, 2 Structural Biology and 3 Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- 1 Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Laboratory, 2 Structural Biology and 3 Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- 1 Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Laboratory, 2 Structural Biology and 3 Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- 1 Microchemistry and Proteomics Core Laboratory, 2 Structural Biology and 3 Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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