Leveraging a self-cleaving peptide for tailored control in proximity labeling proteomics

Autor: Louis Delhaye, George D. Moschonas, Daria Fijalkowska, Annick Verhee, Delphine De Sutter, Tessa Van de Steene, Margaux De Meyer, Hanna Grzesik, Laura Van Moortel, Karolien De Bosscher, Thomas Jacobs, Sven Eyckerman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Cell Reports: Methods, Vol 4, Iss 7, Pp 100818- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2667-2375
DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2024.100818
Popis: Summary: Protein-protein interactions play an important biological role in every aspect of cellular homeostasis and functioning. Proximity labeling mass spectrometry-based proteomics overcomes challenges typically associated with other methods and has quickly become the current state of the art in the field. Nevertheless, tight control of proximity-labeling enzymatic activity and expression levels is crucial to accurately identify protein interactors. Here, we leverage a T2A self-cleaving peptide and a non-cleaving mutant to accommodate the protein of interest in the experimental and control TurboID setup. To allow easy and streamlined plasmid assembly, we built a Golden Gate modular cloning system to generate plasmids for transient expression and stable integration. To highlight our T2A Split/link design, we applied it to identify protein interactions of the glucocorticoid receptor and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleocapsid and non-structural protein 7 (NSP7) proteins by TurboID proximity labeling. Our results demonstrate that our T2A split/link provides an opportune control that builds upon previously established control requirements in the field. Motivation: In proximity labeling proteomics, protein-protein interactions are identified by in vivo biotinylation. However, the current lack of a universally applicable negative control for differential analysis affects accurate mapping of the interactome. To bridge this gap, we conceptualized a system based on the T2A self-cleaving peptide to match expression levels between control and bait protein setups while using the same bait protein. In addition, we implemented a versatile modular cloning system to build mammalian expression vectors for, but not limited to, proximity labeling assays.
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