Absolute Quantitation of GTPase Protein Abundance.

Autor: Hood FE; Division of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Sahraoui YM; Division of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Jenkins RE; Centre for Drug Safety Science Bioanalytical Facility, Division of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK., Prior I; Division of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. iprior@liv.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) [Methods Mol Biol] 2021; Vol. 2262, pp. 65-90.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1190-6_4
Abstrakt: Ras proteins and other small molecular weight GTPases are molecular switches controlling a wide range of cellular functions. High homology and functional redundancy between closely related family members are commonly observed. Antibody-based methods are commonly used to characterize their protein expression. However, these approaches are typically semi-quantitative, and the requirement to use different antibodies means that this strategy is not suited for comparative analysis of the relative expression of proteins expressed by different genes. We present a mass spectrometry-based method that precisely quantifies the protein copy number per cell of a protein of interest. We provide detailed protocols for the generation of isotopically labeled protein standards, cell/tissue processing, mass-spectrometry optimization, and subsequent utilization for the absolute quantitation of the abundance of a protein of interest. As examples, we provide instructions for the quantification of HRAS, KRAS4A, KRAS4B, NRAS, RALA, and RALB in cell line and tissue-derived samples.
Databáze: MEDLINE