Profiling protein methylation with cofactor analog containing terminal alkyne functionality Journal Article


Authors: Blum, G.; Bothwell, I. R.; Islam, K.; Luo, M.
Article Title: Profiling protein methylation with cofactor analog containing terminal alkyne functionality
Abstract: Enzymatic transmethylation from the cofactor S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) to biological molecules has recently garnered increased attention because of the diversity of possible substrates and implications in normal biology and diseases. To reveal the substrates of protein methyltransferases (PMTs), the present article focuses on an alkyne-containing SAM mimic, Se-adenosyl-L-selenomethionine (ProSeAM), and a cleavable azido-azo-biotin probe to profile the targets of endogenous PMTs in cellular contexts. This article describes the stepwise preparation of cell lysates containing active, endogenous PMTs and subsequent target labeling with ProSeAM. The article continues with the enrichment of the ProSeAM-labeled proteins with the azido-azo biotin probe as a pulldown reagent and the subsequent reductive elution with sodium dithionate for proteomic analysis. The protocols provided here were formulated for ProSeAM as a profiling reagent but can be applied to other terminal-alkyne-containing SAM analog cofactors. © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Keywords: methylation; proteins; proteome; metabolism; fluorescent dye; cell line; fluorescent dyes; protein; chemistry; staining; water; staining and labeling; biotin; click chemistry; solvent; solvents; protein methyltransferases; methanol; selenomethionine; protein methyltransferase; azide; azides; chloroform; humans; human; analogs and derivatives; azido‐azo biotin probe; proseam; se‐adenosyl‐l‐selenomethionine; propargylic se-adenosyl-l-selenomethionine
Journal Title: Current Protocols in Chemical Biology
Volume: 5
Issue: 1
ISSN: 2160-4762
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons  
Date Published: 2013-01-01
Start Page: 67
End Page: 88
Language: English
DOI: 10.1002/9780470559277.ch120241
PUBMED: 23788324
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC4562793
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 22 February 2016 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Minkui Luo
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  2. Kabirul Islam
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  3. Gil Blum
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