S-Alkylating Labeling Strategy for Site-Specific Identification of the S-Nitrosoproteome
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JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, 9(12), 6417-6439
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JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
12
Pages
6417-6439
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Chen, Yi-Ju
Ku, Wei-Chi
Lin, Pei-Yi
Chou, Hsiao-Chiao
Khoo, Kay-Hooi
Chen, Yu-Ju
Abstract
S-nitrosylation, a post-translational modification of cysteine residues induced by nitric oxide, mediates many physiological functions. Due to the labile nature of S-nitrosylation, detection by mass spectrometry (MS) is challenging. Here, we developed an S-alkylating labeling strategy using the irreversible biotinylation on S-nitrosocysteines for site-specific identification of the S-nitrosoproteome by LC-MS/MS. Using COS-7 cells without endogenous nitric oxide synthase, we demonstrated that the S-alkylating labeling strategy substantially improved the blocking efficiency of free cysteines, minimized the false-positive identification caused by disulfide interchange, and increased the digestion efficiency for improved peptide identification using MS analyses. Using this strategy, we identified total 586 unique S-nitrosylation sites corresponding to 384 proteins in S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP)/l-cysteine-treated mouse MS-1 endothelial cells, including 234 previously unreported S-nitrosylated proteins. When the topologies of 84 identified transmembrane proteins were further analyzed, their S-nitrosylation sites were found to mostly face the cytoplasmic side, implying that S-nitrosylation occurs in the cytoplasm. In addition to the previously known acid/basic motifs, the ten deduced consensus motifs suggested that combination of local hydrophobicity and acid/base motifs in the tertiary structure contribute to the specificity of S-nitrosylation. Moreover, the S-nitrosylated cysteines showed preference on beta-strand, having lower relative surface accessibility at the S-nitrosocysteines.
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