Probing adenosine nucleotide-binding proteins with an affinity-labeled nucleotide probe and mass spectrometry

Anal Chem. 2007 Aug 1;79(15):5547-56. doi: 10.1021/ac0622375. Epub 2007 Jun 30.

Abstract

Mass spectrometry combined with chemical labeling strategies has become very important in biological analysis. Herein, we described the application of a biotin-conjugated acyl nucleotide for probing adenosine nucleotide-binding proteins. We demonstrated that the probe reacted specifically with the lysine residue at the nucleotide-binding site of two purified adenosine nucleotide-binding proteins, Escherichia coli recombinase A (RecA) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae alcohol dehydrogenase-I (YADH-I). A single conjugate peptide with a specifically labeled lysine residue was identified, by using LC-MS/MS, from the tryptic digestion mixture of the reaction products of the nucleotide analogue with RecA or YADH-I. The strategy, which involved labeling reaction, enzymatic digestion, affinity purification, and LC-MS/MS analysis, was relatively simple, fast, and straightforward. The method should be generally applicable for the identification of lysine residues at the nucleotide-binding site of other proteins. The biotin-conjugated acyl nucleotide probe also allowed for the enrichment and identification of nucleotide-binding proteins from complex protein mixtures; we showed that more than 50 adenosine nucleotide-binding proteins could be identified from the whole-cell lysates of HeLa-S3 and WM-266-4 cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine / chemistry*
  • Adenosine / metabolism
  • Adenosine Triphosphate / chemistry
  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Affinity Labels*
  • Alcohol Dehydrogenase / metabolism
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Binding Sites
  • Biotin / analysis
  • Biotin / chemistry
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Humans
  • Isotope Labeling
  • Lysine / chemistry
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Molecular Probes
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nucleotides / analysis*
  • Rec A Recombinases / metabolism
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / enzymology
  • Time Factors
  • Trypsin / metabolism
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

  • Affinity Labels
  • Molecular Probes
  • Nucleotides
  • Biotin
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Alcohol Dehydrogenase
  • Rec A Recombinases
  • Trypsin
  • Lysine
  • Adenosine