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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
298
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
Reversible protein phosphorylation mediated by kinases, phosphatases, and regulatory molecules is an essential mechanism of signal transduction in living cells. Although phosphorylation is the most intensively studied of the several hundred known posttranslational modifications on proteins, until recently the rate of identification of phosphorylation sites has remained low. The use of tandem mass spectrometry has greatly accelerated the identification of phosphorylation sites, although progress was limited by difficulties in phosphoresidue enrichment techniques. We have improved upon existing immobilized metal-affinity chromatography (IMAC) techniques for capturing phosphopeptides, to selectively purify phosphoproteins from complex mixtures. Combinations of phosphoprotein and phosphopeptide enrichment were more effective than current single phosphopeptide purification approaches. We have also implemented iterative mass spectrometry-based scanning techniques to improve detection of phosphorylated peptides in these enriched samples. Here, we provide detailed instructions for implementing and validating these methods together with analysis by tandem mass spectrometry for the study of phosphorylation at the mammalian synapse. This strategy should be widely applicable to the characterization of protein phosphorylation in diverse tissues, organelles, and in cell culture.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1525-8882
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
2005
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
pl6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Buffers, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Cell Fractionation, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Chromatography, Affinity, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Chromatography, Agarose, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Indicators and Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Metals, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Proteomics, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Specimen Handling, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser..., pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:16118397-Synaptosomes
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Robust enrichment of phosphorylated species in complex mixtures by sequential protein and peptide metal-affinity chromatography and analysis by tandem mass spectrometry.
pubmed:affiliation
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, CB10 1SA, UK. moc@sanger.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article