Purification and identification of O-GlcNAc-modified peptides using phosphate-based alkyne CLICK chemistry in combination with titanium dioxide chromatography and mass spectrometry

J Proteome Res. 2011 Apr 1;10(4):1449-58. doi: 10.1021/pr100565j. Epub 2011 Feb 22.

Abstract

A selective method for the enrichment of O-GlcNAcylated peptides using a novel CLICK chemistry reagent is described. Peptides modified by O-GlcNAc were enzymatically labeled with N-azidoacetylgalactosamine. The azide was then reacted with a phospho-alkyne using CLICK chemistry and O-GlcNAcGalNAzPO(4)-containing peptides were enriched using titanium dioxide chromatography. Modified peptides were analyzed using a combination of higher energy collision dissociation for identification and electron transfer dissociation to localize the site of O-GlcNAc attachment. The enrichment method was developed and optimized using an alpha-crystallin standard protein and then applied to a soluble protein preparation of mouse brain tissue and a nuclear preparation generated from HeLa cells. A total of 42 unique O-GlcNAcylated peptides were identified, including 7 novel O-GlcNAc sites.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylglucosamine / chemistry*
  • Alkynes / chemistry*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Chromatography / methods*
  • Glycosylation
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Proteins / chemistry
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Nuclear Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Peptides / genetics
  • Peptides / isolation & purification*
  • Proteomics / methods
  • Titanium / chemistry*
  • alpha-Crystallins / chemistry
  • alpha-Crystallins / genetics

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Peptides
  • alpha-Crystallins
  • titanium dioxide
  • Titanium
  • Acetylglucosamine