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Top-Down Proteomics: Ready for Prime Time?

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Chen, Bifan, Brown, Kyle A., Lin, Ziqing, Ge, Ying·2018·Analytical Chemistry

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVReviewNEXTADDITION / CORRECTIONThis article has been corrected. View the notice.Top-Down Proteomics: Ready for Prime Time?Bifan ChenBifan ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United StatesMore by Bifan ChenView Biographyhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0379-0821, Kyle A. BrownKyle A. BrownDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United StatesMore by Kyle A. BrownView Biography, Ziqing LinZiqing LinDepartment of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United StatesHuman Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United StatesMore by Ziqing LinView Biographyhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0464-5263, and Ying Ge*Ying GeDepartment of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United StatesDepartment of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United StatesHuman Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States*E-mail: [email protected]More by Ying GeView Biographyhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5211-6812Cite this: Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 1, 110–127Publication Date (Web):November 21, 2017Publication History Published online21 November 2017Published inissue 2 January 2018https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04747https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b04747review-articleACS PublicationsCopyright © 2017 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views5168Altmetric-Citations153LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose SUBJECTS:Fragmentation,Ions,Mass spectrometry,Peptides and proteins,Proteomics Get e-Alerts

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  • Top-down proteomics analyzes intact proteins and is preferred for unambiguous proteoform-resolved detail.

    “For this reason, the “top-down” proteomics approach, which forgoes digestion to peptides and instead analyzes intact proteins, is the preferred method to achieve unambiguous, proteoform-resolved molecular detail (Figure 1) [15].”
  • Protein solubility is a major challenge in top-down proteomics, especially for membrane proteins.

    “One such challenge in top-down proteomics is protein solubility4, especially for membrane proteins, which comprise a large proportion of the proteome and play a critical role in many cellular functions and are important drug targets5,6.”

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  • A major obstacle, particularly for newcomers, is the shortage of a general, easy-to-use program for streamlined analysis of complex top-down proteomics data, which restricts the field's broader impact.

    “Particularly, the lack of a universal and user-friendly software for streamlined analysis of complex top-down proteomics data is becoming increasingly recognized as a major barrier, especially for newcomers, thus limiting the broader impact of top-down proteomics in the biomedical research communities.”
  • Software for analyzing protein-based top-down proteomics is still immature, largely because high-resolution intact protein mass spectra are extremely complex to handle.

    “In contrast to the well-developed software packages in the peptide-based bottom-up proteomics, the data analysis tools for protein-based top-down proteomics remain under-developed due to the major challenge in handling the enormous complexity of high-resolution intact protein mass spectra.7–9”
  • Top-down proteomics allows direct analysis of intact proteins without digestion, providing a bird's-eye view of existing proteoforms.

    “top-down proteomics allows for direct analysis of intact proteins without digestion, thus providing a “bird’s-eye” view of existing proteoforms (9, 12, 21, 23, 28, 29).”

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Authors
Chen, B., Brown, K. A., Lin, Z., & Ge, Y.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Corresponding author
Ge, Ying
Venue
Analytical Chemistry
Published
2017-11-21
Volume
90
Issue
1
Pages
110-127
ISSN
  • 0003-2700 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-6882
OpenAlex
W2769766412
Cited by
210
References
190
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 18 · 2015: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Analytical Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Health (R01GM117058, R0HL096971, R01HL109810, S10OD018475)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
Keywords
top-down proteomics, protein structure analysis, mass spectrometry
MeSH terms
Humans, Proteomics

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