A Quantitative Proteomics Design for Systematic Identification of Protease Cleavage Events

作者:Impens Francis; Colaert Niklaas; Helsens Kenny; Ghesquiere Bart; Timmerman Evy; de Bock Pieter Jan; Chain Benjamin M; Vandekerckhove Joel; Gevaert Kris*
来源:Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2010, 9(10): 2327-2333.
DOI:10.1074/mcp.M110.001271

摘要

We present here a novel proteomics design for systematic identification of protease cleavage events by quantitative N-terminal proteomics, circumventing the need for time-consuming manual validation. We bypass the singleton detection problem of protease-generated neo-N-terminal peptides by introducing differential isotopic proteome labeling such that these substrate reporter peptides are readily distinguished from all other N-terminal peptides. Our approach was validated using the canonical human caspase-3 protease and further applied to mouse cathepsin D and E substrate processing in a mouse dendritic cell proteome, identifying the largest set of protein protease substrates ever reported and gaining novel insight into substrate specificity differences of these cathepsins. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 9:2327-2333, 2010.

  • 出版日期2010-10