Ghaemmaghami S, Fitzgerald M C, Oas T G
Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jul 18;97(15):8296-301. doi: 10.1073/pnas.140111397.
In proteomic research, it is often necessary to screen a large number of polypeptides for the presence of stable structure. Described here is a technique (referred to as SUPREX, stability of unpurified proteins from rates of H/D exchange) for measuring the stability of proteins in a rapid, high-throughput fashion. The method uses hydrogen exchange to estimate the stability of microgram quantities of unpurified protein extracts by using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization MS. The stabilities of maltose binding protein and monomeric lambda repressor variants determined by SUPREX agree well with stability data obtained from conventional CD denaturation of purified protein. The method also can detect the change in stability caused by the binding of maltose to maltose binding protein. The results demonstrate the precision of the method over a wide range of stabilities.
在蛋白质组学研究中,常常需要筛选大量多肽以确定其是否存在稳定结构。本文介绍了一种技术(称为SUPREX,即通过氢/氘交换速率测定未纯化蛋白质的稳定性),可快速、高通量地测量蛋白质的稳定性。该方法利用氢交换,通过基质辅助激光解吸/电离质谱来估算微克量未纯化蛋白质提取物的稳定性。通过SUPREX测定的麦芽糖结合蛋白和单体λ阻遏物变体的稳定性,与通过传统的纯化蛋白质圆二色性变性获得的稳定性数据高度吻合。该方法还能检测麦芽糖与麦芽糖结合蛋白结合所引起的稳定性变化。结果证明了该方法在广泛的稳定性范围内的精确性。