Metal complexes as artificial proteases in proteomics: a palladium(II) complex cleaves various proteins in solutions containing detergents |
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Authors: | Miskevich Frank Davis Amy Leeprapaiwong Porntip Giganti Virginia Kosti? Nenad M Angel Laurence A |
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Institution: | a Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Texas A&M University at Commerce, Commerce, TX 75429, USAb Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University at Commerce, Commerce, TX 75429, USA |
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Abstract: | Most popular agents for site-specific protein cleavage are proteolytic enzymes. Because they become denatured and inactivated by detergents, enzymes are inconvenient for proteomic analysis of hydrophobic proteins which require detergents as solubilizing agents. We used cis-Pd(en)(H2O)2]2+ (in which en represents ethylenediamine) as an artificial protease to effect cleavage of three bovine proteins, namely ubiquitin, β-casein, and serum albumin, in separate experiments. Cleavage took place in aqueous solutions containing 1.0% wt./vol. of either 3-(3-Cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS) or Zwittergent 3-14 at 2.5 < pH < 2.9 and 55-60 °C for 3-72 h. Digests were separated by HPLC and analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry. Peptides were identified by de novo sequencing and matched against the bovine genome. Because cleavage by Pd(II) complexes is rather selective and therefore infrequent, 72% of the identified peptides in the digests contained more than 10 amino acid. Palladium(II) complexes hold promise as cleavage agents in proteomics studies of membrane proteins. |
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Keywords: | Mass spectrometry Electrospray ionization Membrane protein Proteome Protein solubility Protein degradation |
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