Journal of the American Chemical Society
Communication
may become a invaluable method in identifying protein−protein
interactions in diverse living species.
ASSOCIATED CONTENT
* Supporting Information
Experimental details and supplemental data. This material is
■
S
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Author
■
Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
■
This work was supported by the National Key Basic Research
Foundation of China (2010CB912302 and 2012CB917301),
National Natural Science Foundation of China (21225206 and
91313301). We thank supports from Peking University Principal
Foundation. S.F. Reichard edited the manuscript.
Figure 3. 2D-PAGE analysis of the photo-cross-linked HdeA binding
proteins using DiZSeK and CAPP strategy on a coomassie gel. The
HdeA binding proteins after photo-cross-linking with the DiZSeK probe
were H2O2-cleaved, tagged with ADMA for 2D-PAGE analysis. LC-MS/
MS-analyzed spots are indicated in red circles.
REFERENCES
■
(1) (a) Tanaka, Y.; Bond, M. R.; Kohler, J. J. Mol. Biosyst. 2008, 4, 473−
480. (b) Preston, G. W.; Wilson, A. J. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42, 3289−
3301. (c) Pham, N. D.; Parker, R. B.; Kohler, J. J. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol.
2013, 17, 90−101.
(2) (a) Wu, H.; Ge, J.; Yang, P.-Y.; Wang, J.; Uttamchandani, M.; Yao,
S. Q. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 1946−1954. (b) Park, J.; Oh, S.; Park,
S. B. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 5447−5451.
We randomly chose nine spots on the coomassie gel that
overlaid with the spots on fluorescent gel (Figure 3; additional
details regarding these binding proteins from each spot are in
Table S1). LC-MS/MS analysis identified 13 binding proteins
(Table S1, colored in orange) including 10 proteins (Table S2,
colored in blue) that have been previously reported as HdeA
clients, thus verifying the reliability of our method.5 Three new
proteins, PotF (putrescine-binding protein, residing in peri-
plasm), FliY (cystine-binding periplamic protein) and DhsB
(succinate dehydrogenase iron−sulfur subunit, residing on the
inner membrane), were identified for the first time as potential
HdeA binding proteins under acid stress (Table S2, colored in
red), which expanded our knowledge of the in vivo substrate
profiles for this acid chaperone. Taken together, the combination
of DiZSeK cleavable photo-cross-linker, CAPP strategy, and 2D-
PAGE offer a powerful tool for the systematic profiling of the
interaction protein targets of a given protein in living cells.
In summary, we have employed a pyrrolysine-based genetic
code expansion system to encode a Se-containing cleavable
protein photo-cross-linker and developed a cleavage-and-
capturing of interaction CAPP strategy. This cleavable photo-
affinity amino acid not only covalently traps prey proteins under
living conditions but also allows for the subsequent separation of
bait and prey proteins via H2O2-mediated oxidative cleavage. The
released prey proteins carrying the in situ generated SA moiety
could be further captured by (i) tagging with an alkyne-bearing
DMA molecule and (ii) labeling with an azide-containing
fluorophore or biotin probe. This CAPP strategy, in conjunction
with the 2D-PAGE proteomics and MS analysis, enhances the
separation and enrichment efficiency for identifying native
substrates of a given protein after photo-cross-linking. In this
study, we demonstrated this concept by profiling the in vivo
binding proteins of an E. coli acid chaperon HdeA under acid
stress, which revealed potential new substrates that have not been
identified from our previous work using noncleavable photo-
cross-linker. In addition, the strategy we developed here could be
used to improve the identification of the site of cross-linking on
the prey proteins with MS analysis in future. Given the general
applicability of this DiZSeK probe as well as the broad utilization
of the Pyl-based genetic-code expansion system, this strategy
(3) (a) Hino, N.; Okazaki, Y.; Kobayashi, T.; Hayashi, A.; Sakamoto,
K.; Yokoyama, S. Nat. Methods. 2005, 2, 201−206. (b) Hino, N.; Oyama,
M.; Sato, A.; Mukai, T.; Iraha, F.; Hayashi, A.; Kozuka-Hata, H.;
Yamamoto, T.; Yokoyama, S.; Sakamoto, K. J. Mol. Biol. 2011, 406,
343−353.
(4) (a) Cravatt, B. F.; Wright, A. T.; Kozarich, J. W. Annu. Rev. Biochem.
2008, 77, 383−414. (b) Leriche, G.; Chisholm, L.; Wagner, A. Bioorg.
Med. Chem. 2012, 20, 571−582. (c) Tamura, T.; Tsukiji, S.; Hamachi, I.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2216−2226.
(5) (b) Zhang, M.; Lin, S.; Song, X.; Liu, J.; Fu, Y.; Ge, X.; Fu, X.;
Chang, Z.; Chen, P. R. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2011, 7, 671−677. (b) Lin, S.;
Zhang, Z.; Xu, H.; Li, L.; Chen, S.; Li, J.; Hao, Z.; Chen, P. R. J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 20581−20587.
(6) (a) Xiang, Z.; Ren, H.; Hu, Y. S.; Coin, I.; Wei, J.; Cang, H.; Wang,
L. Nat. Methods 2013, 10, 885−888. (b) Grammel, M.; Hang, H. C. Nat.
Chem. Biol. 2013, 9, 475−484. (c) Chin, J. W. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 2014,
83, 379−408.
(7) Buchardt, O.; Elsner, H. I.; Nielsen, P. E.; Petersen, L. C.; Suenson,
E. Anal. Biochem. 1986, 158, 87−92.
(8) (a) Guo, J.; Wang, J.; Lee, J. S.; Schultz, P. G. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.
2008, 47, 6399−6401. (b) Wang, Z. U.; Wang, Y.-S.; Pai, P.-J.; Russell,
W. K.; Russell, D. H.; Liu, W. R. Biochemistry 2012, 51, 5232−5234.
(9) Lin, S.; Yan, H.; Li, L.; Yang, M.; Peng, B.; Chen, S.; Li, W.; Chen, P.
R. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13970−13974.
(10) Tietze, L.-F.; v.Kiedrowski, G.; Berger, B. Tetrahedron. Lett. 1982,
23, 51−54.
(11) Wulfkuhle, J. D.; McLean, K. C.; Paweletz, C. P.; Sgroi, D. C.;
Trock, B. J.; Steeg, P. S.; Petricoin Iii, E. F. Proteomics 2001, 1, 1205−
1215.
11863
dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja504371w | J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 11860−11863