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  • 陳瑾玟
  • 林佩怡

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Protein interactome mapping

Understanding the dynamics of protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in biological systems is critical for deciphering cell signaling pathways. Among the methods for studying PPIs, mass spectrometry-based proteomics is a powerful tool for the study of protein interactions and complexes. Affinity Purification followed by Mass Spectrometry (AP-MS) is a well-established approach for identifying PPIs in complex samples. In AP-MS, the protein of interested (bait protein) is fused with an epitope tag and immunoprecipitated by a specific antibody. The interacting proteins (prey proteins) are pulldown in immunoprecipitation step as well, and then identified by MS. However, transient or weak PPIs, such as kinase-substrate interactions, are still difficult to be identified by AP-MS.

Recently, enzyme-catalyzed proximity labeling mass spectrometry (PL-MS) has emerged as an alternative approach to study protein interaction networks. PL-MS utilizes a fusion protein composed of a promiscuous labeling enzyme and a bait protein to covalently tag a substrate on the proximal proteins within a few nanometers of the labeling enzyme. Subsequently, the labeled proteins/peptides are enriched and then identified by MS. Two enzymes are commonly used for PL: APEX2, an engineered ascorbate peroxidase; and BioID, a promiscuous mutant of E. coli biotin ligase. The disadvantage of BioID is the kinetics is too slow, which requires longer labeling time (18-24 h) to generate enough amount of biotinylated proteins for MS analysis. Alice Ting’s group reported an advanced engineered biotin ligase: turboID, which shows stronger biotinylation activity and higher labeling efficiency than BioID. We now offer two strategies for the identification of biotinylated substrates: biotinylated protein enrichment; and biotinylated peptide enrichment. Please contact us for more detailed information regarding PL-MS strategy.

The two PPI mapping strategies:

  • Affinity purification followed by mass spectrometry (AP-MS)
  • Proximity labeling followed by mass spectrometry (PL-MS)