The Mouse Heart Mitochondria N Terminome Provides Insights into ClpXP-Mediated Proteolysis

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• •Mitochondrial heart N terminome shows aminopeptidase processing after MTS cleavage.
• •CLPP-deficiency alters protein processing patterns in mouse heart mitochondria.
• •Candidate substrates identified by N termini accumulation and interaction with inactive ClpXP.
• •UQCRC1, HSPA9 and OAT validated biochemically as high confidence ClpXP substrates.

     

Asparagine Hydroxylation is a Reversible Post-translational Modification

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• •Quantitative mass spectrometric method to monitor PTM stability.
• •Pulse labeling reveals dehydroxylation of several asparagine hydroxylation sites.
• •Reversal of TNKS2, TRPV3 and HIF1a asparagine hydroxylation sites.
• •Protein dehydroxylation is an additional level of control for cellular signaling networks.

     

Kinome Profiling of Primary Endometrial Tumors Using Multiplexed Inhibitor Beads and Mass Spectrometry Identifies SRPK1 as Candidate Therapeutic Target

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• •SRPK1 is overexpressed in endometrial cancer and associated with poor survival.
• •SRPK1 promotes endometrial cancer cell growth under nutrient-deprived conditions.
• •Activation of EGFR-IGF1R-AKT signaling promotes resistance to SRPK1 inhibitors.
• •Co-targeting SRPK1 and EGFR-IGF1R synergize blocking endometrial cancer cell growth.

     

Peptide-based Interaction Proteomics

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• •Peptide-based screens provide a scalable approach to study protein-protein interactions.
• •These screens help to characterize the function of structurally disordered regions.
• •The impact of posttranslational modifications can be directly investigated.

     

Global Proteome and Phosphoproteome Characterization of Sepsis-induced Kidney Injury

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• •Cecal Ligation Puncture (CLP) mouse model to study sepsis-induced kidney disease.
• •Quantitative global proteome and phosphoproteome profiling of mouse kidneys.
• •Highly significant candidate markers for onset and progression of AKI to CKD.
• •Mechanistic insights into sepsis-associated kidney injuries.

     

A Quantitative Tri-fluorescent Yeast Two-hybrid System: From Flow Cytometry to In cellula Affinities

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• •Simultaneous quantification of Bait, Prey and Reporter at the single cell level.
• •Two hours of reaction are enough instead of 24–48 h for conventional assays.
• •Potential expression problems of the Bait and Prey can be easily detected.
• •True positive PPIs feature a distinct pattern of Reporter level versus Bait/Prey level.
• •PPIs with unknown affinities can be ranked using an affinity ladder.

     

Temporal Quantitative Proteomics of mGluR-induced Protein Translation and Phosphorylation in Neurons

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• •Integrated phosphoproteomics and analyses of newly synthesized proteins in neurons.
• •Resource of temporal mGluR-induced signaling pathways upon DHPG stimulation.
• •Validation of PKC, MAPK1, CAMKIIa, and CDK2 in mGluR-activation and signaling.
• •Validation of Intersectin-1 in DHPG-induced AMPAR internalization.

     

Identification of a Multiplex Biomarker Panel for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Quantitative Proteomics and Machine Learning

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• •Quantitative proteomics and machine learning to study plasma biomarkers in HCM.
• •Six peptides are increased in plasma of LVH+ HCM compared to controls.
• •Peptide biomarkers correlate with imaging markers of phenotype severity.
• •Peptide biomarkers correlate with the estimated sudden cardiac death risk.

     

A Comprehensive Gender-related Secretome of Plasmodium berghei Sexual Stages

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• •Quantitative analysis of Plasmodium sexual stage egress secretome.
• •Activated gametocytes release gender-related proteins.
• •Gametocyte egress process involves different types of vesicles.

     

Concentration Determination of >200 Proteins in Dried Blood Spots for Biomarker Discovery and Validation

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• •Repeatable quantification of 200 proteins in dried blood spots.
• •Determined lower limit of quantification, repeatability, parallelism and stability.
• •Protein stability in DBS stored at ambient temperatures for up to 2 months.
• •Concentration ranges for 200 proteins in 20 healthy individuals.

     

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.

     

Proteome-wide Analysis Reveals Substrates of E3 Ligase RNF146 Targeted for Degradation

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• •Proteome analyses reveal RNF146 and TNKS1/2 substrates targeted for degradation.
• •RNF146 KO and TNKS1/2 DKO cells display significantly different proteomes.
• •RNF146 has both TNKS-dependent and -independent substrates.

     

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.

     

Phosphoproteomic Approaches to Discover Novel Substrates of Mycobacterial Ser/Thr Protein Kinases

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• •Mapping kinase-substrate relationships is vital in discovering new tuberculosis drug targets.
• •LC-MS/MS-based phosphoproteomics expand mycobacterial STPK substrate catalogues.
• •We review and integrate MS-generated datasets on novel candidate substrates.
• •Validation studies are necessary to confirm true physiological substrates of STPKs.

     

Profiling the Surfaceome Identifies Therapeutic Targets for Cells with Hyperactive mTORC1 Signaling

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• •Quantitative proteomes of the cellular surface changes induced by mTORC1 signaling.
• •Hit validation in human cancer cell lines and biopsies.
• •Functional studies showing new drug targets to which cancer cells with hyperactive mTORC1 may be addicted.
• •A new paradigm for drug development, namely targeting cell surface proteins regulated by mTORC1.

     

An in-depth Comparison of the Pediatric and Adult Urinary N-glycomes

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• •N-glycan patterns are distinct in pediatric and adult urine.
• •Sex differences of N-glycans are much larger in adults.
• •Pediatric urine has almost no sex differences in N-glycan levels.
• •In adults, the majority of N-glycans were more abundant in males.

     

The Human Immunopeptidome Project: A Roadmap to Predict and Treat Immune Diseases

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• •Immunopeptidomics bears the potential to link diseases to antigen representation.
• •We suggest to achieve this by analyzing the immunopeptidomes of cohorts of patients.
• •Current mass spectrometry-based techniques to analyze immunopeptidomes are described.
• •We term the proposed approach “Immunopeptidome-wide association studies” (IWAS).

     

FYN and ABL Regulate the Interaction Networks of the DCBLD Receptor Family

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• •FYN and ABL differentially regulate DCBLD Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphorylation.
• •DCBLD1 and DCBLD2 interactomes are modulated by FYN and ABL.
• •ABL drives a direct DCBLD2/14-3-3 interaction.