Wei Lei, Meyer Jesse G, Schilling Birgit
Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
Buck Institute for Research on Aging;
J Vis Exp. 2018 Apr 4(134):57209. doi: 10.3791/57209.
Post-translational modification (PTM) of protein lysine residues by NƐ-acylation induces structural changes that can dynamically regulate protein functions, for example, by changing enzymatic activity or by mediating interactions. Precise quantification of site-specific protein acylation occupancy, or stoichiometry, is essential for understanding the functional consequences of both global low-level stoichiometry and individual high-level acylation stoichiometry of specific lysine residues. Other groups have reported measurement of lysine acetylation stoichiometry by comparing the ratio of peptide precursor isotopes from endogenous, natural abundance acylation and exogenous, heavy isotope-labeled acylation introduced after quantitative chemical acetylation of proteins using stable isotope-labeled acetic anhydride. This protocol describes an optimized approach featuring several improvements, including: (1) increased chemical acylation efficiency, (2) the ability to measure protein succinylation in addition to acetylation, and (3) improved quantitative accuracy due to reduced interferences using fragment ion quantification from data-independent acquisitions (DIA) instead of precursor ion signal from data-dependent acquisition (DDA). The use of extracted peak areas from fragment ions for quantification also uniquely enables differentiation of site-level acylation stoichiometry from proteolytic peptides containing more than one lysine residue, which is not possible using precursor ion signals for quantification. Data visualization in Skyline, an open source quantitative proteomics environment, allows for convenient data inspection and review. Together, this workflow offers unbiased, precise, and accurate quantification of site-specific lysine acetylation and succinylation occupancy of an entire proteome, which may reveal and prioritize biologically relevant acylation sites.
蛋白质赖氨酸残基的NƐ-酰化修饰会引起结构变化,从而动态调节蛋白质功能,例如通过改变酶活性或介导相互作用来实现。精确量化位点特异性蛋白质酰化占有率或化学计量比,对于理解特定赖氨酸残基的整体低水平化学计量比和个体高水平酰化化学计量比的功能后果至关重要。其他研究小组报道了通过比较内源性、天然丰度酰化的肽前体同位素与蛋白质经稳定同位素标记的乙酸酐定量化学乙酰化后引入的外源性、重同位素标记酰化的肽前体同位素的比例,来测量赖氨酸乙酰化化学计量比。本方案描述了一种经过优化的方法,具有多项改进,包括:(1)提高化学酰化效率;(2)除乙酰化外还能测量蛋白质琥珀酰化;(3)由于使用数据非依赖采集(DIA)的碎片离子定量而非数据依赖采集(DDA)的前体离子信号,减少了干扰,从而提高了定量准确性。使用从碎片离子中提取的峰面积进行定量,还能独特地区分含有多个赖氨酸残基的蛋白水解肽的位点水平酰化化学计量比,而使用前体离子信号进行定量则无法做到这一点。在开源定量蛋白质组学环境Skyline中进行数据可视化,便于数据检查和审查。总之,该工作流程能够对整个蛋白质组的位点特异性赖氨酸乙酰化和琥珀酰化占有率进行无偏倚、精确且准确的定量,这可能会揭示生物学相关酰化位点并对其进行优先级排序。