Discovery of lipid-mediated protein–protein interactions in living cells using metabolic labeling with photoactivatable clickable probes
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Journal Article
Abstract
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are essential and pervasive regulatory elements in cell biology. Despite development of a range of techniques to probe PPIs in living systems, there is a dearth of approaches to capture interactions driven by specific post-translational modifications (PTMs). Myristoylation is a lipid PTM added to more than 200 human proteins, where it may regulate membrane localization, stability or activity. Here we report design and synthesis of a panel of novel photocrosslinkable and clickable myristic acid analog probes, and their characterization as efficient substrates for human N -myristoyltransferases NMT1 and NMT2, both biochemically and through X-ray co-crystallography. We demonstrate metabolic incorporation of probes to label NMT substrates in cell culture and in situ intracellular photoactivation to form a covalent crosslink between modified proteins and their interactors, capturing a snapshot of interactions driven by the presence of the lipid PTM. Proteomic analyses revealed both known and multiple novel interactors of a series of myristoylated proteins, including ferroptosis suppressor protein FSP1 and spliceosome-associated RNA helicase DDX46. The concept exemplified by these probes offers an efficient approach for exploring the PTM-specific interactome, which may prove broadly applicable to other PTMs.
Date Issued
2023-01-30
Date Acceptance
2023-01-29
Citation
Chemical Science, 2023, 14 (9), pp.2419-2430
ISSN
2041-6520
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Start Page
2419
End Page
2430
Journal / Book Title
Chemical Science
Volume
14
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Identifier
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/sc/d2sc06116c
Grant Number
C29637/A9913
DRCNPG-Nov21\100001
BB/S001565/1
BB/N016947/1
Subjects
03 Chemical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2023-01-30