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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
Use of activity probes has been demonstrated to be a powerful tool in modern chemical proteomic study. Previously we have designed and synthesized a series of mechanism-based activity probes that utilized quinone methide chemistry. Here, we characterized the trend of chemical reactivity for the reactive quinone methide intermediate 3 (QM-3) resulting from the latent trapping device. In a competition assay, the labeling of PTP1B by probe 1a was blocked by externally added cysteine without affecting the catalytic activity of the enzyme. Further sequencing analysis on the trypsin-digested peptides of probe 1a-labeled PTP1B using tandem mass spectrometry revealed that all six cysteine residues of PTP1B are capable of being modified by probe 1a. These results indicated that the sulfhydryl group of cysteine residue is the preferred nucleophile for the reactive QM-3. Our finding provides the first example in understanding the preferred amino acid residues modified by the reactive QM-3, which is also the key structural unit responsible for forming covalent bonds in many biochemical applications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
326
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
30-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Study of the preferred modification sites of the quinone methide intermediate resulting from the latent trapping device of the activity probes for hydrolases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. lclo@ntu.edu.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies