FLEXIQinase, a mass spectrometry-based assay, to unveil multikinase mechanisms.

Autor: Singh SA; Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA., Winter D, Bilimoria PM, Bonni A, Steen H, Steen JA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature methods [Nat Methods] 2012 Apr 08; Vol. 9 (5), pp. 504-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Apr 08.
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1970
Abstrakt: We introduce a mass spectrometry-based method that provides residue-resolved quantitative information about protein phosphorylation. In this assay we combined our full-length expressed stable isotope-labeled protein for quantification strategy (FLEXIQuant) with a traditional kinase assay to determine the mechanisms of multikinase substrate phosphorylation such as priming-dependent kinase activities. The assay monitors the decrease in signal intensity of the substrate peptides and the concomitant increase in the (n × 80 Da)-shifted phosphorylated peptide. We analyzed the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-dependent glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β) activity on doublecortin (DCX) revealing mechanistic details about the role of phosphorylation cross-talk in GSK3β activity and permitting an advanced model for GSK3β-mediated signaling.
Databáze: MEDLINE