scholarly journals Cleavable Cross-Linkers and Mass Spectrometry for the Ultimate Task of Profiling Protein–Protein Interaction Networks in Vivo

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-93
Author(s):  
Manuel Matzinger ◽  
Karl Mechtler
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Protein Interaction ◽  
Protein Interaction Networks ◽  
Interaction Networks ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction Networks

scholarly journals A Simple Cross-Linking/Mass Spectrometry Workflow to Study System-Wide Protein Interactions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Götze ◽  
Claudio Iacobucci ◽  
Christian Ihling ◽  
Andrea Sinz
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Protein Interaction ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Protein Interaction Networks ◽  
Interaction Networks ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Cellular Environment ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction Networks

ABSTRACTWe present a cross-linking/mass spectrometry (XLMS) workflow for performing proteome-wide cross-linking analyses within one week. The workflow is based on the commercially available MS-cleavable cross-linker disuccinimidyl dibutyric urea (DSBU) and can be employed by every lab having access to a mass spectrometer with tandem MS capabilities. We provide an updated version 2.0 of the freeware software tool MeroX, available at www.StavroX.com, that allows conducting fully automated and reliable studies delivering insights into protein-protein interaction networks and protein conformations at the proteome level. We exemplify our optimized workflow for mapping protein-protein interaction networks in Drosophila melanogaster embryos on a system-wide level. From cross-linked Drosophila embryo extracts, we detected 18,037 cross-link spectrum matches corresponding to 5,129 unique cross-linked residues in biological triplicate experiments at 5% FDR (3,098 at 1% FDR). Among these, 1,237 interprotein cross-linking sites were identified that contain valuable information on protein-protein interactions. The remaining 3,892 intra-protein cross-links yield information on conformational changes of proteins in their cellular environment.

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