Recent studies have shown that CTP may act as a ligand to regulate the activity of its target proteins in many biological processes.However,proteome-wide identification of CTP-binding proteins remains challenging.Here...Recent studies have shown that CTP may act as a ligand to regulate the activity of its target proteins in many biological processes.However,proteome-wide identification of CTP-binding proteins remains challenging.Here,we employed a biotinylated CTP affinity probe coupled with stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture(SILAC)-based quantitative proteomics approach to capture,identify and quantify CTP-binding proteins in human cells.By performing two types of competitive SILAC experiments with high vs.low concentrations of CTP probe(100 vs.10µmol/L)or with CTP probe in the presence of free CTP,we identified 90 potential CTP-binding proteins which are involved in a variety of biological processes,including protein folding,nucleotide binding and cell-cell adhesion.Together,we developed a chemical proteomic method for uncovering the CTP-binding proteins in human cells,which could be widely applicable for profiling CTP-binding proteins in other biological samples.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21807030,21907028)the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province(No.2019RS2020)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province(No.2020JJ5046)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Nos.531118010061,531118010259).
文摘Recent studies have shown that CTP may act as a ligand to regulate the activity of its target proteins in many biological processes.However,proteome-wide identification of CTP-binding proteins remains challenging.Here,we employed a biotinylated CTP affinity probe coupled with stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture(SILAC)-based quantitative proteomics approach to capture,identify and quantify CTP-binding proteins in human cells.By performing two types of competitive SILAC experiments with high vs.low concentrations of CTP probe(100 vs.10µmol/L)or with CTP probe in the presence of free CTP,we identified 90 potential CTP-binding proteins which are involved in a variety of biological processes,including protein folding,nucleotide binding and cell-cell adhesion.Together,we developed a chemical proteomic method for uncovering the CTP-binding proteins in human cells,which could be widely applicable for profiling CTP-binding proteins in other biological samples.