Rinner Oliver, Seebacher Jan, Walzthoeni Thomas, Mueller Lukas N, Beck Martin, Schmidt Alexander, Mueller Markus, Aebersold Ruedi
Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli Strasse 16, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
Nat Methods. 2008 Apr;5(4):315-8. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1192. Epub 2008 Mar 9.
We describe a method to identify cross-linked peptides from complex samples and large protein sequence databases by combining isotopically tagged cross-linkers, chromatographic enrichment, targeted proteomics and a new search engine called xQuest. This software reduces the search space by an upstream candidate-peptide search before the recombination step. We showed that xQuest can identify cross-linked peptides from a total Escherichia coli lysate with an unrestricted database search.
我们描述了一种通过结合同位素标记交联剂、色谱富集、靶向蛋白质组学以及一种名为xQuest的新型搜索引擎,从复杂样品和大型蛋白质序列数据库中鉴定交联肽的方法。该软件在重组步骤之前通过上游候选肽搜索来减少搜索空间。我们证明,通过无限制数据库搜索,xQuest能够从完整的大肠杆菌裂解物中鉴定出交联肽。