Selective fluorogenic derivatization of 3-nitrotyrosine and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine in peptides: a method designed for quantitative proteomic analysis

Methods Enzymol. 2008:441:19-32. doi: 10.1016/S0076-6879(08)01202-0.

Abstract

There is a need for the selective derivatization and enrichment of posttranslational protein modifications from tissue samples. This chapter describes a method for the selective derivatization of 3-nitrotyrosine (after reduction to 3-amino-tyrosine) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine with benzylamine derivatives to yield 6-amino- and 6-benzylamine-substituted benzoxazoles, which display characteristic fluorescence properties. The methodology can be expanded to other substituted benzylamines, which carry functional groups for affinity enrichment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / chemistry*
  • Fluorescent Dyes* / analysis
  • Fluorescent Dyes* / chemical synthesis
  • Fluorescent Dyes* / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Models, Chemical
  • Peptides / analysis*
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Proteomics / methods*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Tyrosine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Tyrosine / chemistry

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Peptides
  • 3-nitrotyrosine
  • Tyrosine
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine