Proteomics Informatics – Protein Characterization II:
Protein Interactions (Week 11)
Discovering New Protein Interactions withAffinity Capture Mass Spectrometry
AB
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Digestion
Mass spectrometry
EF
Identification
More / better quality interactions
Affinity Capture Optimization Screen
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Cell extraction
Lysate clearance/Batch Binding
Binding/Washing/Eluting
SDS-PAGE
Filtration
Analysis of Non-Covalent Protein Complexes
Taverner et al., Acc Chem Res 2008
Non-Covalent Protein Complexes
Schreiber et al., Nature 2011
Over 20 different extraction and washing conditions ~ 10 years or art.(41 pullouts are shown)
Molecular Architecture of the NPC
Actual model Alber F. et al. Nature (450) 683-694. 2007 Alber F. et al. Nature (450) 695-700. 2007
Interaction Map of Histone Deacetylaces
Joshi et al. Molecular Systems Biology 9:672
Sowa et al., Cell 2009
Protein Complexes – specific/non-specific binding
Protein Complexes – specific/non-specific binding
Choi et al., Nature Methods 2010
Tackett et al. JPR 2005
Protein Complexes – specific/non-specific binding
M/Z
PeptidesFragments
Fragmentation
ProteolyticPeptides
Enzymatic Digestion
ProteinComplex
Chemical Cross-Linking
MS
MS/MS
Isolation
Cross-LinkedProtein Complex
Interaction Partners by Chemical Cross-Linking
Protein Crosslinking by Formaldehyde
~1% w/v Fal20 – 60 min
~0.3% w/v Fal5 – 20 min1/100 the volume
LaCava
Protein Crosslinking by Formaldehyde
RED: Formaldehyde crosslinkingBLACK: No crosslinking
SCORE: Log Ion Current / Log protein abundance
M/Z
PeptidesFragments
Fragmentation
ProteolyticPeptides
Enzymatic Digestion
ProteinComplex
Chemical Cross-Linking
MS
MS/MS
Isolation
Cross-LinkedProtein Complex
Interaction Sites by Chemical Cross-Linking
Cross-linking
protein
n peptides with reactive groups
(n-1)n/2 potential ways to cross-link peptides pairwise+ many additional uninformative forms
Protein A + IgG heavy chain 990 possible peptide pairs
Yeast NPC ˜106 possible peptide pairs
Cross-linkingMass spectrometers have a limited dynamic range and it therefore important to limit the number of possible reactions not to dilute the cross-linked peptides.
For identification of a cross-linked peptide pair, both peptides have to be sufficiently long and required to give informative fragmentation.
High mass accuracy MS/MS is recommended because the spectrum will be a mixture of fragment ions from two peptides.
Because the cross-linked peptides are often large, CAD is not ideal, but instead ETD is recommended.
Cloning nanobodies for GFP pullouts• Atypical heavy chain-only IgG antibody produced in camelid family – retain
high affinity for antigen without light chain
• Aimed to clone individual single-domain VHH antibodies against GFP – only ~15 kDa, can be recombinantly expressed, used as bait for pullouts, etc.
• To identify full repertoire, will identify GFP binders through combination of high-throughput DNA sequencing and mass spectrometry
VHH clone for recombinant expression
Cloning llamabodies for GFP pullouts
Identifying full-length sequences from peptides
Sequence diversity of 26 verified anti-GFP nanobodies
• Of ~200 positive sequence hits, 44 high confidence clones were synthesized and tested for expression and GFP binding: 26 were confirmed GFP binders.
• Sequences have characteristic conserved VHH residues, but significant diversity in CDR regions.
FR1 CDR1 FR2 CDR2 CDR3FR3 FR4
HIV-1
gp120Lipid Bilayer gp41
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vpr
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PR RT IN
gp41gp120
9,200 nucleotides
Digestion & Ligation
R7/3
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Kanr
PmeI SiteKanr
Random insertion of 5 amino acids (PmeI)within specific viral coding region
Random Insertion of 5 Amino Acids in Proviral DNA Clone
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Specific and Non-Specific Interactors
3xFLAG Tagged HIV-1 WT HIV-1
Infection
Light Heavy (13C labeled Lys, Arg)
1:1 Mix
Immunoisolation
MS
I-DIRT = Isotopic Differentiation of Interactions as Random or Targeted
Lys Arg(+6 daltons)(+6 daltons)
Modified from Tackett AJ et al., J Proteome Res. (2005) 4, 1752-6.
Specific and Non-Specific InteractorsEnv-3xFLAG Vif-3xFLAG
300 nm
3 nm
Limitation of Light Microscopy
Fluorescent Imaging with One Nanometer Accuracy (FIONA)
Yildiz et al, Science 2003.X axis
Y axis
CCD image of a single Cy3 molecule:Width ~ 250nmCenter is localized within width/(S/N)(S/N)2 ~ NN = total # photon(for N ~ 104 center within ~ 1.3 nm)
Paul Selvin
Limitation of Light Microscopy
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Limitation of Light Microscopy
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Limitation of Light Microscopy
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Limitation of Light Microscopy
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Limitation of Light Microscopy
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Super-Resolution Localization Microscopy
Huang, Annu. Rev. Biochem, 2009
Bates, 2007 Science
STORM: STochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy Using doubly labeled (Cy3-Cy5) Ab
Betzig, 2006 Science
PALM: PhotoActivation Localization MicroscopyUsing fluorescence proteins (mEOS, etc)
Using two lasers for interchangeable activation and excitation of probes
Molecular Organization of the Intercalated Disc
Saffitz, Heart Rhythm (2009)
Molecular Organizationof the Intercalated Disc
Connexin43 (Cx43) Gap junctions
Plakophilin-2 (PKP2) Desmosome
What is the interaction map of ID proteins?Agullo-Pascual E, Reid DA, Keegan S, Sidhu M, Fenyö D, Rothenberg E, Delmar M. "Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy of the cardiac connexome reveals plakophilin-2 inside the connexin43 plaque“, Cardiovasc Res. 2013
Regular Microscopy v. Super-Resolution
Cx43
PKP2
Cx43
PKP2
Regular Microscopy v. Super-Resolution
Cx43
PKP2
Regular Microscopy v. Super-Resolution
What Do We Mean by Colocalization?
Characterization of Cx43 Clusters
Two distinct size populations corresponding to hemi-channels and full channels.
Predominantly circular
Scale =200 nm
Cx43-PKP2 Overlap Analysis
A correlation between overlap and Cx43 cluster area
100%
overlap
50% overlap
Cx43
Effect AnkG Silencing on Cx43
AnkG silencing results in increase of Cx43 cluster size and loss of circularity.
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Monte-Carlo Simulations
Monte-Carlo Simulations
Experiment
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Cx43
PKP2
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Proteomics Informatics – Protein Characterization II:
Protein Interactions (Week 11)