Identifying Protein Complexes by Affinity Purification and Mass Spectrometry Analysis in the Rice Blast Fungus

Author(s):  
Wende Liu ◽  
Anton Iliuk ◽  
Andy Tao ◽  
Shengli Ding
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Seng Ang ◽  
Joanna Sacharz ◽  
Michael G Leeming ◽  
Shuai Nie ◽  
Swati Varshney ◽  
...  

Co-immunoprecipitation of proteins coupled to mass spectrometry has transformed modern biology understanding of protein interaction networks. These approaches exploit the selective isolation of tagged proteins by affinity enrichment / purification to identify protein binding partners at scale and in an unbiased manner. In instances where a suitable antibody is not be available it is common to graft synthetic tags such as FLAG or His Tags onto target protein sequences allowing the use of commercially available and validated antibodies for affinity purification. To allow the selective elution of protein complexes competitive displacement using a large molar excess of the tag peptide is widely used. Yet, this creates downstream challenges for the mass spectrometry analysis due to the presence of large quantities of a contaminating peptide. Here, we demonstrate that Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry (FAIMS), a gas phase ion separation device can be applied to FLAG-Tag and His-Tag pull down assay to increase the depth of protein coverage in these experiments. By excluding tag peptides based on their ion mobility profiles we demonstrate that single compensation voltage, or stepped compensation voltages strategies can significantly increase the coverage of total proteins by up to 2.5-fold and unique proteins by up to 15-fold versus experiments that do not use FAIMS. Combined these results highlight FAIMS is able to improve proteome depth by excluding interfering peptides without the need for additional sample handling or altering sample preparation protocols.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 5146-5155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Di Wu ◽  
Jingwen Li ◽  
Weston B. Struwe ◽  
Carol V. Robinson

A lectin affinity purification-mass spectrometry approach to characterize lectin-reactive glycoproteoforms and elucidate lectin specificities at the intact protein level.


2014 ◽  
Vol 306 (9) ◽  
pp. C805-C818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka Kohli ◽  
Malte P. Bartram ◽  
Sandra Habbig ◽  
Caroline Pahmeyer ◽  
Tobias Lamkemeyer ◽  
...  

The function of an individual protein is typically defined by protein-protein interactions orchestrating the formation of large complexes critical for a wide variety of biological processes. Over the last decade the analysis of purified protein complexes by mass spectrometry became a key technique to identify protein-protein interactions. We present a fast and straightforward approach for analyses of interacting proteins combining a Flp-in single-copy cellular integration system and single-step affinity purification with single-shot mass spectrometry analysis. We applied this protocol to the analysis of the YAP and TAZ interactome. YAP and TAZ are the downstream effectors of the mammalian Hippo tumor suppressor pathway. Our study provides comprehensive interactomes for both YAP and TAZ and does not only confirm the majority of previously described interactors but, strikingly, revealed uncharacterized interaction partners that affect YAP/TAZ TEAD-dependent transcription. Among these newly identified candidates are Rassf8, thymopoetin, and the transcription factors CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP)β/δ and core-binding factor subunit β (Cbfb). In addition, our data allowed insights into complex stoichiometry and uncovered discrepancies between the YAP and TAZ interactomes. Taken together, the stringent approach presented here could help to significantly sharpen the understanding of protein-protein networks.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cordula Klockenbusch ◽  
Juergen Kast

Formaldehyde cross-linking of protein complexes combined with immunoprecipitation and mass spectrometry analysis is a promising technique for analysing protein-protein interactions, including those of transient nature. Here we used integrinβ1 as a model to describe the application of formaldehyde cross-linking in detail, particularly focusing on the optimal parameters for cross-linking, the detection of formaldehyde cross-linked complexes, the utility of antibodies, and the identification of binding partners. Integrinβ1 was found in a high molecular weight complex after formaldehyde cross-linking. Eight different anti-integrinβ1 antibodies were used for pull-down experiments and no loss in precipitation efficiency after cross-linking was observed. However, two of the antibodies could not precipitate the complex, probably due to hidden epitopes. Formaldehyde cross-linked complexes, precipitated from Jurkat cells or human platelets and analyzed by mass spectrometry, were found to be composed of integrinβ1,α4 andα6 orβ1,α6,α2, andα5, respectively.


2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (11) ◽  
pp. 6962-6966 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rian L. Griffiths ◽  
Albert Konijnenberg ◽  
Rosa Viner ◽  
Helen J. Cooper

2019 ◽  
Vol 91 (14) ◽  
pp. 9330-9330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rian L. Griffiths ◽  
Albert Konijnenberg ◽  
Rosa Viner ◽  
Helen J. Cooper

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