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Isobaric crosslinking mass spectrometry technology for studying conformational and structural changes in proteins and complexes

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Luo, Jie, Ranish, Jeff·2024·eLife
DOI 10.7554/elife.99809.3

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Dynamic conformational and structural changes in proteins and protein complexes play a central and ubiquitous role in the regulation of protein function, yet it is very challenging to study these changes, especially for large protein complexes, under physiological conditions. Here, we introduce a novel isobaric crosslinker, Qlinker, for studying conformational and structural changes in proteins and protein complexes using quantitative crosslinking mass spectrometry. Qlinkers are small and simple, amine-reactive molecules with an optimal extended distance of ~10 Å, which use MS2 reporter ions for relative quantification of Qlinker-modified peptides derived from different samples. We synthesized the 2-plex Q2linker and showed that the Q2linker can provide quantitative crosslinking data that pinpoints key conformational and structural changes in biosensors, binary and ternary complexes composed of the general transcription factors TBP, TFIIA, and TFIIB, and RNA polymerase II complexes.

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Authors
Luo, J., & Ranish, J.
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  • Institute for Systems Biology (US)
  • Institute for Systems Biology
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eLife
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
Published
2024-11-14
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13
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2050-084X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.7554/elife.99809.3
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en
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  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
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National Institutes of Health (RO1GM136974, RO1GM108908, R01GM144559)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
Keywords
protein conformational change, protein complexes, transcription factor complex, TATA-binding protein, TFIIA, TFIIB, RNA polymerase II, biosensors, ternary complex

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