Proteaphagy in Mammalian Cells Can Function Independent of ATG5/ATG7

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• •Quantitative proteomics of isolated lysosomes, autophagosomes and proteasomes.
• •Pharmacological inhibition of proteasomes leads to their accumulation within lysosomes.
• •Inhibition of classical autophagy pathways cannot completely block this process.
• •Known autophagy adaptor proteins are not involved.

     

The Capture of a Disabled Proteasome Identifies Erg25 as a Substrate for Endoplasmic Reticulum Associated Degradation

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• •Epitope-tagging of a proteasome subunit allows for facile immuno-isolation.
• •An engineered yeast strain permits capture of proteasome-associated substrates.
• •MS/MS identified all 33 resident proteasome subunits in the 20S and 19S particles.
• •Analysis of associated proteins and characterization of newly identified ERAD substrate.

     

Analytical Guidelines for co-fractionation Mass Spectrometry Obtained through Global Profiling of Gold Standard Saccharomyces cerevisiae Protein Complexes

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• •Guidelines for studying protein complexes via co-fractionation mass spectrometry.
• •A novel procedure for profiling gold standard protein complexes in CF-MS data.
• •Recommendations for efficient CF-MS fractionation collection.
• •Scoring metric recommendations for precise and sensitive CF-MS data analysis.

     

Fast Quantitative Analysis of timsTOF PASEF Data with MSFragger and IonQuant

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• •MSFragger now supports raw timsTOF PASEF data.
• •IonQuant performs fast and accurate feature detection and quantification.
• •MSFragger and IonQuant provide excellent performance for timsTOF PASEF data.
• •Flexibility allows for complex analyses, such as semi-enzymatic and open search.

     

Chemical Genetics of AGC-kinases Reveals Shared Targets of Ypk1, Protein Kinase A and Sch9

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• •Acute inhibition of growth-regulatory AGC-kinases Sch9, PKA and Ypk1.
• •Phospho-proteomic profiling of 6373 phsopho-sites.
• •Ypk1 regulates phospho-sites in RRxS/T-context and functionally overlaps with PKA.
• •Ypk1 and PKA activate trehalase activity of Nth1.

     

Molecular Basis of the Mechanisms Controlling MASTL

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• •NCMR is crucial for substrate recognition and activity regulation.
• •MASTL conserves a cryptic C-Lobe in the non-conserved middle region.
• •MASTL₄₅₀ containing the cryptic C-lobe is observed in cancer cell lines.
• •Key phosphorylation sites for MASTL provide an activation model.

     

Improving Identification of In-organello Protein-Protein Interactions Using an Affinity-enrichable,Isotopically Coded,and Mass Spectrometry-cleavable Chemical Crosslinker

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• •Used affinity-enrichable, isotopically coded, and MS-cleavable crosslinker.
• •Targeted acquisition strategy based on isotopic-coding described and evaluated.
• •Novel data analysis pipeline developed provides improved crosslink identification.
• •Large dataset reveals hundreds of mitochondrial protein-protein interactions.

     

Kir2.1 Interactome Mapping Uncovers PKP4 as a Modulator of the Kir2.1-Regulated Inward Rectifier Potassium Currents

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• •Generation using BioID of a map of the Kir2.1 interactome with 218 interactions.
• •Identification of Kir2.1^WT- versus Kir2.1^Δ314-315-preferred interactors.
• •Identification of the desmosome protein PKP4 as a new modulator of I_Kir2.1 currents.

     

Glutathionylation Decreases Methyltransferase Activity of PRMT5 and Inhibits Cell Proliferation

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• •PRMT5 glutathionylation is increased in aged mice or under oxidative stress.
• •Deglutathionylation of PRMT5 is catalyzed by glutaredoxin-1.
• •PRMT5 glutathionylation decreases its methyltransferase activity.
• •PRMT5 glutathionylation results in G2/M arrest and inhibits cell proliferation.

     

Characterization of Signaling Pathways Associated with Pancreatic β-cell Adaptive Flexibility in Compensation of Obesity-linked Diabetes in db/db Mice

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• •db/db β-cells restores appropriate insulin stores and normalize secretory function.
• •Numerous changes in the phosphorylation and sialylation states by euglycemic rest.
• •Restoration of numerous dysfunctional biological processes following euglycemic rest.
• •β-cell adaptive flexibility may lead to improvement in endogenous β-cell function.

     

AMPK Interactome Reveals New Function in Non-homologous End Joining DNA Repair

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• •Each component of the AMPK trimeric complex was profiled by interaction proteomics.
• •The subunit composition of the AMPK complex directs interactions to distinct proteins.
• •AMPK interacts with Artemis and plays a role in Non-Homologous End Joining.

     

Integration of IgA and IgG Autoantigens Improves Performance of Biomarker Panels for Early Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

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• •HuProt array-based identification of autoantigens in serum of early lung cancer.
• •Independent validation of early lung cancer biomarker candidates with ELISA.
• •Bioinformatics-aided identification of a biomarker panel.
• •Independent verification of the panel with ELISA and immunohistochemistry.

     

Benefits of Collisional Cross Section Assisted Precursor Selection (caps-PASEF) for Cross-linking Mass Spectrometry

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• •Cross-linked peptides are physically separated from mono-linked peptides in the gas-phase by TIMS ion mobility.
• •Development of a novel data acquisition routine that a-priori distinguishes cross-linked from mono-linked peptides called caps-PASEF.
• •First application of PhoX-driven cross-linking mass spectrometry on the timsTOF Pro.
• •Application of cross-linking mass spectrometry to medium to high complexity samples.

     

Quantitative Proteomics Links the LRRC59 Interactome to mRNA Translation on the ER Membrane

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• •Identification of subcellular protein interactomes via proximity labeling and quantitative multiplexed proteomics.
• •SEC61β and RPN1 interactomes overlap with translocon-associated protein networks.
• •SEC62 interacts with redox-linked proteins and ER luminal chaperones.
• •LRRC59 directly interacts with mRNA translation factors and SRP machinery on the ER.

     

Acquiring and Analyzing Data Independent Acquisition Proteomics Experiments without Spectrum Libraries

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• •Rapid DIA-only library building with gas-phase fractionation.
• •Recommended DIA acquisition strategies with staggered windows and forbidden zones.
• •Optimized DIA instrument settings for several Thermo Orbitrap instruments.
• •Data analysis tutorial using open source DIA software.

     

Characterization of Prenylated C-terminal Peptides Using a Thiopropyl-based Capture Technique and LC-MS/MS

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Highlights

• •Brain membrane protein extraction.
• •Protein prenylation.
• •Prenyl peptide capture and characterization by LC-MS/MS.
• •HCD and EThcD peptide fragmentation.

     

Profiling Cell Signaling Networks at Single-cell Resolution

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• •Signaling networks can be highly heterogeneous across cells in a tissue.
• •Various technologies allow analyzing signaling networks at single-cell resolution.
• •The advantages and limitations of each single-cell approach are summarized.
• •Confounding factors in single-cell signaling network analysis are discussed.

     

Proteomic Analysis Reveals a Role for RSK in p120-catenin Phosphorylation and Melanoma Cell-Cell Adhesion

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• •BioID reveals the proximity partners of RSK family members.
• •All RSK isoforms associate with and phosphorylate p120ctn on Ser320.
• •RSK negatively regulates adherens junctions and reduces cell-cell adhesion.
• •p120ctn phosphorylation plays a role in the reorganization of proximity partners.