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- Lambert, Wietske, et al.
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Thiol-exchange in DTSSP crosslinked peptides is proportional to cysteine content and precisely controlled in crosslink detection by two-step LC-MALDI MSMS
- 2011
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Ingår i: Protein Science. - : Wiley. - 1469-896X .- 0961-8368. ; 20:10, s. 1682-1691
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The lysine-specific crosslinker 3,3'-dithiobis(sulfosuccinimidylpropionate) (DTSSP) is commonly used in the structural characterization of proteins by chemical crosslinking and mass spectrometry and we here describe an efficient two-step LC-MALDI-TOF/TOF procedure to detect crosslinked peptides. First MS data are acquired, and the properties of isotope-labeled DTSSP are used in data analysis to identify candidate crosslinks. MSMS data are then acquired for a restricted number of precursor ions per spot for final crosslink identification. We show that the thiol-catalyzed exchange between crosslinked peptides, which is due to the disulfide bond in DTSSP and known to possibly obscure data, can be precisely quantified using isotope-labeled DTSSP. Crosslinked peptides are recognized as 8 Da doublet peaks and a new isotopic peak with twice the intensity appears in the middle of the doublet as a consequence of the thiol-exchange. False-positive crosslinks, formed exclusively by thiol-exchange, yield a 1:2:1 isotope pattern, whereas true crosslinks, formed by two lysine residues within crosslinkable distance in the native protein structure, yield a 1:0:1 isotope pattern. Peaks with a 1:X:1 isotope pattern, where 0 < X < 2, can be trusted as true crosslinks, with a defined proportion of the signal [2X/(2 + X)] being noise from the thiol-exchange. The thiol-exchange was correlated with the protein cysteine content and was minimized by shortening the trypsin incubation time, and for two molecular chaperone proteins with known structure all crosslinks fitted well to the structure data. The thiol-exchange can thus be controlled and isotope-labeled DTSSP safely used to detect true crosslinks between lysine residues in proteins.
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- Åhrman, Emma, et al.
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Chemical cross-linking of the chloroplast localized small heat-shock protein, Hsp21, and the model substrate citrate synthase
- 2007
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Ingår i: Protein Science. - : Wiley. - 1469-896X .- 0961-8368. ; 16:7, s. 1464-1478
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The molecular mechanism whereby the small heat-shock protein ( sHsp) chaperones interact with and prevent aggregation of other proteins is not fully understood. We have characterized the sHsp-substrate protein interaction at normal and increased temperatures utilizing a model substrate protein, citrate synthase ( CS), widely used in chaperone assays, and a dodecameric plant sHsp, Hsp21, by chemical cross-linking with 3,39-Dithiobis[sulfosuccinimidylpropionate] (DTSSP) and mass spectrometric peptide mapping. In the absence of CS, the cross- linker captured Hsp21 in dodecameric form, even at increased temperature ( 47 C). In the presence of equimolar amounts of CS, no Hsp21 dodecamer was captured, indicating a substrate-induced Hsp21 dodecamer dissociation by equimolar amounts of CS. Cross-linked Hsp21-Hsp21 dipeptides indicated an exposure of the Hsp21 C-terminal tails and substrate-binding sites normally covered by the C terminus. Cross-linked Hsp21-CS dipeptides mapped to several sites on the surface of the CS dimer, indicating that there are numerous weak and short-lived interactions between Hsp21 and CS, even at normal temperatures. The N-terminal arms especially interacted with a motif in the CS dimer, which is absent in thermostable forms of CS. The cross-linking data suggest that the presence of substrate rather than temperature influences the conformation of Hsp21.
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- Bernfur, Katja, et al.
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The chloroplast-localized small heat shock protein Hsp21 associates with the thylakoid membranes in heat-stressed plants
- 2017
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Ingår i: Protein Science. - : Wiley. - 0961-8368. ; 26:9, s. 1773-1784
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The small heat shock protein (sHsp) chaperones are crucial for cell survival and can prevent aggregation of client proteins that partially unfold under destabilizing conditions. Most investigations on the chaperone activity of sHsps are based on a limited set of thermosensitive model substrate client proteins since the endogenous targets are often not known. There is a high diversity among sHsps with a single conserved β-sandwich fold domain defining the family, the α-crystallin domain, whereas the N-terminal and C-terminal regions are highly variable in length and sequence among various sHsps and conserved only within orthologues. The endogenous targets are probably also varying among various sHsps, cellular compartments, cell type and organism. Here we have investigated Hsp21, a non-metazoan sHsp expressed in the chloroplasts in green plants which experience huge environmental fluctuations not least in temperature. We describe how Hsp21 can also interact with the chloroplast thylakoid membranes, both when isolated thylakoid membranes are incubated with Hsp21 protein and when plants are heat-stressed. The amount of Hsp21 associated with the thylakoid membranes was precisely determined by quantitative mass spectrometry after metabolic 15N-isotope labeling of either recombinantly expressed and purified Hsp21 protein or intact Arabidopsis thaliana plants. We found that Hsp21 is among few proteins that become associated with the thylakoid membranes in heat-stressed plants, and that approximately two thirds of the pool of chloroplast Hsp21 is affected. We conclude that for a complete picture of the role of sHsps in plant stress resistance also their association with the membranes should be considered.
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