Selective ion tracing and MSn analysis of peptide digests from FSBA-treated kinases for the analysis of protein ATP-binding sites

J Proteome Res. 2006 Aug;5(8):2019-24. doi: 10.1021/pr0601234.

Abstract

Kinases play a key role in many cellular processes by catalyzing the transfer of phosphoryl groups from ATP to a broad number of substrates, including amino acids on target proteins. The reagent 5'-fluorosulfonylbenzoyl-5'-adenosine (FSBA) has been widely used to identify ATP-binding sites in kinases since it reacts with nucleophilic amino acids occurring within these motifs, determining a mass increase of 433 Da. In this study, we present a versatile MS approach that has been developed to recognize labeled peptides generated after enzymatic digestion of FSBA-treated kinases. Using selective ion tracing and MS(2)/MS(3) experiments, we were able to easily identify peptides occurring at protein ATP-binding sites, also affording a complete characterization of the modified amino acids. This methodology may be used in the development of future parent ion scanning-based applications directed to large scale analysis of kinases within complex protein mixtures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism*
  • Binding Sites
  • Deoxyadenosines / chemistry*
  • Hexokinase / chemistry*
  • Hexokinase / metabolism
  • Ions / chemistry*
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Peptides / analysis*
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase / chemistry*
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase / metabolism
  • Protein Conformation
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / enzymology
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / chemistry*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Deoxyadenosines
  • Ions
  • Peptides
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • 5'-fluorosulfonylbenzoyldeoxyadenosine
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Hexokinase
  • Phosphoglycerate Kinase