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Top-down characterization of endogenous protein complexes with native proteomics

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Skinner, Owen S, Haverland, Nicole A, Fornelli, Luca, Melani, Rafael D, Do Vale, Luis H F, Seckler, Henrique S, Doubleday, Peter F, Schachner, Luis F +3 more·2018·Nature Chemical Biology

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Protein complexes exhibit great diversity in protein membership, post-translational modifications and noncovalent cofactors, enabling them to function as the actuators of many important biological processes. The exposition of these molecular features using current methods lacks either throughput or molecular specificity, ultimately limiting the use of protein complexes as direct analytical targets in a wide range of applications. Here, we apply native proteomics, enabled by a multistage tandem MS approach, to characterize 125 intact endogenous complexes and 217 distinct proteoforms derived from mouse heart and human cancer cell lines in discovery mode. The native conditions preserved soluble protein-protein interactions, high-stoichiometry noncovalent cofactors, covalent modifications to cysteines, and, remarkably, superoxide ligands bound to the metal cofactor of superoxide dismutase 2. These data enable precise compositional analysis of protein complexes as they exist in the cell and demonstrate a new approach that uses MS as a bridge to structural biology.

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  • Through the lens of current detection limits, the number and variety of proteoforms expressed in biological systems appears to be well below the theoretical combinatorial possibilities.

    “Through this lens, the number and variety of proteoforms expressed in biological systems appears to be well below the theoretical combinatorial possibilities 31 , with several examples providing a glimpse into this open question (Table 1).”

    From How many human proteoforms are there? (2018) · cites this paper as [31]

    The Results (Identification of Post-Translational Modifications; page unavailable) report that none of 746 annotated internal acetylations and succinylations across the 164 proteins studied were observed, and give the measurement’s detection limit. This supports a narrower observation that some possible modifications were not detected, but the paper does not compare the number and variety of proteoforms expressed across biological systems with theoretical combinatorial possibilities. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Native GELFrEE and IEX identified 125 intact endogenous complexes from mouse hearts and human cancer cell lines.

    “Using Native GELFrEE and IEX, Skinner et al. identified 125 intact endogenous complexes from mouse hearts and human cancer cell lines [89].”
  • Progress in native purification methods (GeLFrEE separation, native gel electrophoresis, ion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and online buffer exchange) has made these methods more applicable for complex mixtures and for characterisation of endogenous ligands.

    “In recent years, important progress in native purification methods such as native gel-eluted liquid fraction entrapment electrophoresis (GeLFrEE) separation,36 native gel electrophoresis,37 ion exchange chromatography (IEX),38 hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC),39,40 and online buffer exchange, has made these methods more applicable for complex mixtures and for characterisation of endo”
  • In complex-down, the ejected ion (monomer or ligand) is subsequently re-isolated and fragmented in a pseudo-MS3 or MS4 workflow, providing in-depth information on phosphorylation sites, metal ion binding, or sequencing of peptide ligands.

    “The ejected ion – monomer or ligand – is subsequently (re-)isolated and fragmented in a (pseudo-)MS3 or MS4 workflow, providing in-depth information on e.g., phosphorylation sites,104 metal ion binding,36 or sequencing of peptide ligands (see Fig. 3).105”
  • High-throughput native separation techniques including GELFrEE, HIC, SEC, CZE, and IEX have efficiently aided in the analysis of heterogeneous protein mixtures.

    “Recently, high-throughput native separation techniques including GELFrEE,36 HIC,39,40 SEC,112 capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE),112 and IEX38 have efficiently aided in the analysis of heterogeneous protein mixtures.”

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Skinner, O. S., Haverland, N. A., Fornelli, L., Melani, R. D., Do Vale, L. H. F., Seckler, H. S., Doubleday, P. F., Schachner, L. F., Srzentić, K., Kelleher, N. L., & Compton, P. D.
Affiliations
Northwestern University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Kelleher, Neil L
  • Compton, Philip D
Venue
Nature Chemical Biology
Published
2017-11-13
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
36-41
ISSN
  • 1552-4450 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-4469
OpenAlex
W2768727863
Cited by
155
References
53
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FWCI
7.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Nature Chemical Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P41GM108569, T32GM105538)
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 › Redox biology and oxidative stress
Keywords
protein complexes, protein-protein interaction, post-translational modification, covalent modification, ligand binding, manganese superoxide dismutase, metal cofactors, proteoforms, mouse heart, cancer cell lines
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Protein Conformation, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Protein Subunits, Proteomics, Cell Line, Tumor, Multiprotein Complexes, Mice, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Protein Multimerization

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