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A strategy for direct identification of protein S-nitrosylation sites by quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.


ABSTRACT: S-nitrosylation of proteins serves an important role in regulating diverse cellular processes including signal transduction, DNA repair, and neurotransmission. Identification of S-nitrosylation sites is crucial for understanding the significance of this post-translational modification (PTM) in modulating the function of a protein. However, it is challenging to identify S-nitrosylation sites directly by mass spectrometric (MS) methods due to the labile nature of the S-NO bond. Here we describe a strategy for direct identification of protein S-nitrosylation sites in an electrospray ionization (ESI) quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) mass spectrometer without prior chemical derivatization of S-nitrosylated peptides. Both sample buffer composition and MS hardware parameters were carefully adjusted to ensure that S-nitrosylated peptide ions could be analyzed by the QTOF MS with optimal signal/noise ratios. It was crucial that the proteins were preserved in a sample solution containing 1 mM EDTA and 0.1 mM neocuproine at neutral pH. Proteins dissolved in this solution are amenable to in-solution tryptic digestion, which is important for the analysis of biological samples. S-nitrosylated peptides were effectively analyzed by LC/MS/MS on QTOF MS, with an optimized cone voltage of 20 V and collision energy of 4 V. We have successfully applied this method to thioredoxin, a key antioxidant protein, and identified within it an S-nitrosylation site at Cys73.

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2577058 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A strategy for direct identification of protein S-nitrosylation sites by quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

Wang Yan Y   Liu Tong T   Wu Changgong C   Li Hong H  

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry 20080620 9


S-nitrosylation of proteins serves an important role in regulating diverse cellular processes including signal transduction, DNA repair, and neurotransmission. Identification of S-nitrosylation sites is crucial for understanding the significance of this post-translational modification (PTM) in modulating the function of a protein. However, it is challenging to identify S-nitrosylation sites directly by mass spectrometric (MS) methods due to the labile nature of the S-NO bond. Here we describe a  ...[more]

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