Determination of the post-translational modifications of salivary acidic proline-rich proteins |
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Authors: | Castagnola M Cabras T Inzitari R Zuppi C Rossetti D V Petruzzelli R Vitali A Loy F Conti G Fadda M B |
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Institution: | Institute of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy. massimo.castagnola@icrm.cnr.it |
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Abstract: | Human salivary acidic proline-rich proteins were analyzed by electrospray-ion trap mass spectrometry and by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. All acidic-PRP isoforms share a common N-terminal region, which contains a pyroglutamic acid residue at the N-terminus, and two phosphorylation sites on Ser 8 and 22. At the same time, HPLC-MS spectra revealed isoforms of PRP-1 and PRP-3 having a different number of phosphoserine residues, namely, a mono-phosphorylated form of PRP-1 and PRP-3 and a tri-phosphorylated form of PRP-1. The analysis of the masses of tryptic digests suggested that the third phosphate residue should be located on Ser 17. Another protein with a mass of 30,923 amu was detected along the HPLC pattern and MS data of its tryptic digest suggested that it corresponds to the dimer of Pa, the isoform of PRP-1 with a substitution Arg-Cys at 103 position. Finally, structural identification is pending for another post-translational modification of acidic-PRP that provides an increase of 111-114 amu. |
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