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Multiple Click-Selective tRNA Synthetases Expand Mammalian Cell-Specific Proteomics.

ABSTRACT: Bioorthogonal tools enable cell-type-specific proteomics, a prerequisite to understanding biological processes in multicellular organisms. Here we report two engineered aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for mammalian bioorthogonal labeling: a tyrosyl ( ScTyrY43G) and a phenylalanyl ( MmPheT413G) tRNA synthetase that incorporate azide-bearing noncanonical amino acids specifically into the nascent proteomes of host cells. Azide-labeled proteins are chemoselectively tagged via azide-alkyne cycloadditions with fluorophores for imaging or affinity resins for mass spectrometric characterization. Both mutant synthetases label human, hamster, and mouse cell line proteins and selectively activate their azido-bearing amino acids over 10-fold above the canonical. ScTyrY43G and MmPheT413G label overlapping but distinct proteomes in human cell lines, with broader proteome coverage upon their coexpression. In mice, ScTyrY43G and MmPheT413G label the melanoma tumor proteome and plasma secretome. This work furnishes new tools for mammalian residue-specific bioorthogonal chemistry, and enables more robust and comprehensive cell-type-specific proteomics in live mammals.

SUBMITTER: Yang AC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6598694 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multiple Click-Selective tRNA Synthetases Expand Mammalian Cell-Specific Proteomics.

Yang Andrew C AC du Bois Haley H Olsson Niclas N Gate David D Lehallier Benoit B Berdnik Daniela D Brewer Kyle D KD Bertozzi Carolyn R CR Elias Joshua E JE Wyss-Coray Tony T

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20180530 23

Bioorthogonal tools enable cell-type-specific proteomics, a prerequisite to understanding biological processes in multicellular organisms. Here we report two engineered aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for mammalian bioorthogonal labeling: a tyrosyl ( ScTyr<sub>Y43G</sub>) and a phenylalanyl ( MmPhe<sub>T413G</sub>) tRNA synthetase that incorporate azide-bearing noncanonical amino acids specifically into the nascent proteomes of host cells. Azide-labeled proteins are chemoselectively tagged via azide- ...[more]

PMID: 29775058

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Multiple Click-Selective tRNA Synthetases Expand Mammalian Cell-Specific Proteomics.

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Multiple Click-Selective tRNA Synthetases Expand Mammalian Cell-Specific Proteomics.

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