Apolipoprotein A1 Forms 5/5 and 5/4 Antiparallel Dimers in Human High-density Lipoprotein

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Highlights

• •Zero-length chemical cross-linking of APOA1 peptides in HDL.
• •Cross-links match antiparallel isomers of APOA dimers in molecular modeling.
• •Identical MS/MS spectra of native and synthetic cross-linked peptides.
• •First biochemical evidence of LL5/5 and LL5/4 isomers in human HDL.

     

Phytoplasma-induced Changes in the Acetylome and Succinylome of Paulownia tomentosa Provide Evidence for Involvement of Acetylated Proteins in Witches' Broom Disease

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• •Quantitative global proteome, acetylome and succinylome of phytoplasma-infected Paulownia tomentosa seedlings.
• •Acetylation may be more important than succinylation in response to phytoplasma infection.
• •Acetylation modified the activities of POR and RuBisCO.
• •Possible model to elucidate the molecular mechanism responses to PaWB from proteome and PTMs.

     

Chasing Tails: Cathepsin-L Improves Structural Analysis of Histones by HX-MS,

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• •Cathepsin-L is introduced as a novel protease for HX-MS studies.
• •Cathepsin-L improves resolution of traditionally challenging histone tails.
• •Cathepsin-L can be readily combined with pepsin for improved protein coverage.
• •In-solution dynamics of the H3.1 and H4 monomers reveal extensive EX1 kinetics.

     

In-depth Proteome of the Hypopharyngeal Glands of Honeybee Workers Reveals Highly Activated Protein and Energy Metabolism in Priming the Secretion of Royal Jelly

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• •In-depth proteome underpins the gland ontogeny and age-specific activity of the HGs.
• •The well-developed acini in the HGs of NBs promote the RJ secretary activities.
• •The enhanced protein and energy metabolism in the HGs boost the stronger RJ secretion of RJBs.

     

Glycoproteogenomics: A Frequent Gene Polymorphism Affects the Glycosylation Pattern of the Human Serum Fetuin/α-2-HS-Glycoprotein

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• •Frequent genetic polymorphism affects the glycosylation pattern of fetuin.
• •Personalized in-depth proteoform profiling of fetuin purified from 20 donors.
• •Classification of serum donors into three different genotypes.
• •Septic patients show increased level of fucosylation at N-glycolation site N176.

     

Sucrose-induced Receptor Kinase 1 is Modulated by an Interacting Kinase with Short Extracellular Domain,

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• •Functional role of a yet uncharacterized receptor kinase QSK1.
• •Activation model for SIRK1 receptor kinase in a heteromer with QSK1.
• •Role of QSK1 in substrate recruitment and stabilization of the complex.

     

Spatiotemporal Changes of the Phagosomal Proteome in Dendritic Cells in Response to LPS Stimulation*

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Highlights

• •Characterization of the phagosomal proteome comparing resting and LPS-treated BMDCs.
• •Label-free quantification determined 2843 phagosomal proteins.
• •Reduced recruitment of hydrolases and V-ATPase to phagosomes of LPS-treated cells.
• •Increased recruitment of antigen cross-presentation molecules to these phagosomes.

     

Comprehensive Analysis of Individual Variation in the Urinary Proteome Revealed Significant Gender Differences

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• •Comprehensive analysis of inter-individual variation of normal urinary proteome.
• •Significant gender differences were observed.
• •Proteins increased in female urine are enriched in immunological pathways.
• •Estimated reference intervals of proteins as the baseline for biomarker discovery.

     

Proteomics of Asrij Perturbation in Drosophila Lymph Glands for Identification of New Regulators of Hematopoiesis

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• •First report on the quantitative proteomic profiling of Drosophila lymph glands.
• •Comparative proteomic analysis under conditions of perturbed blood cell homeostasis.
• •Resource for identifying new regulators of insect and vertebrate hematopoiesis.

     

Integration of Two In-depth Quantitative Proteomics Approaches Determines the Kallikrein-related Peptidase 7 (KLK7) Degradome in Ovarian Cancer Cell Secretome

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• •Kallikrein-related peptidase 7 is over expressed in ovarian cancer.
• •Quantitative PROTOMAP and TAILS approaches identified putative substrates of KLK7.
• •Pro-MMP10 is activated by KLK7.
• •KLK7 cleaves thrombospondin 1 and IGFBP6 in vitro.

     

Probing H2O2-mediated Structural Dynamics of the Human 26S Proteasome Using Quantitative Cross-linking Mass Spectrometry (QXL-MS)

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• •Two-step cross-linking coupled with affinity purification to facilitate structural analysis of protein complexes.
• •Integrated QXL-MS workflow for studying condition-dependent structural changes of protein complexes.
• •Mechanistic insights on in vivo H₂O₂-induced conformational dynamics of proteasome complexes.

     

SETD1A Methyltransferase Is Physically and Functionally Linked to the DNA Damage Repair Protein RAD18

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• •Protein interaction screen of SETD1A/COMPASS complex subunits.
• •Unexpected interaction with DNA damage protein RAD18 was confirmed for SETD1A, but not for other subunits.
• •SETD1A and/or RAD18 influence each other's mRNA and protein expression levels, and disruption of either gene elicits a similar DNA damage sensitivity phenotype.

     

Regulated Phosphosignaling Associated with Breast Cancer Subtypes and Druggability,

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• •Our search identifies 2,134 kinase-substrate phosphosite pairs in breast cancer.
• •CDKs and MAPKs are dominant regulators of trans substrate-phosphorylation.
• •Druggability, outcomes, and immune signatures related to kinase-substrates.
• •Experimentally validated activated phosphosites of ERBB2, EIF4EBP1, and EGFR.

     

Multi-isotype Glycoproteomic Characterization of Serum Antibody Heavy Chains Reveals Isotype- and Subclass-Specific N-Glycosylation Profiles

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Highlights

• •nLC-MS/MS method to analyze immunoglobulin (Ig) N-glycopeptides from human serum.
• •Multi-isotype, site-specific characterization of immunoglobulin N-glycosylation.
• •IgA2 sequence and glycosylation-site variant analyses.
• •Platform to define disease-specific N-glycan signatures for different Ig isotypes.

     

Intact Transition Epitope Mapping – Targeted High-Energy Rupture of Extracted Epitopes (ITEM-THREE),

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Highlights

• •Multiplex epitope mapping/antigenic determinant identification in the gas phase.
• •Intact transition and controlled dissociation of immune complexes by MS.
• •Simultaneous identification and amino acid sequence determination of epitopes.
• •Simplified in-solution sample handling because of ion manipulation and filtering by MS.

     

Immunomic Identification of Malaria Antigens Associated With Protection in Mice

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Highlights

• •Production of sera with different levels of protection against rodent Plasmodium.
• •Generation of immunomic and proteomic data sets enriched in protective antigens.
• •Prediction of the most likely protective antigens using a weighted scoring system.

     

Quantitative Microproteomics Based Characterization of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System of a Mouse Model of Krabbe Disease

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• •Quantitative microproteomics to study the CNS and PNS of the Twitcher mouse.
• •10plex TMT experiments on corpus callosum, motor cortex and sciatic nerves extracts.
• •More than 400 proteins groups deregulated between Twitcher and wildtype mice.
• •New insights into the molecular mechanisms of Krabbe disease.