Proteome-wide analysis of protein carboxy termini: C terminomics

Nat Methods. 2010 Jul;7(7):508-11. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1467. Epub 2010 Jun 6.

Abstract

As proteome-wide C-terminal sequence analysis has been largely intractable, we developed a polymer-based enrichment approach to profile protein C-terminal peptides by mass spectrometry and identified hundreds of C-terminal peptides in the Escherichia coli proteome. We isotopically labeled GluC protease-digested and undigested samples and identified GluC substrates and their cleavage sites by quantification of neo-C-terminal peptides. Our method thus enables global annotation of protein C-terminal posttranslational modifications, including proteolytic truncations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, Liquid
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / chemistry*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Proteome*

Substances

  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • Proteome