
doi: 10.1038/nmeth776
pmid: 16094384
We present a robust and general method for the identification and relative quantification of phosphorylation sites in complex protein mixtures. It is based on a new chemical derivatization strategy using a dendrimer as a soluble polymer support and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). In a single step, phosphorylated peptides are covalently conjugated to a dendrimer in a reaction catalyzed by carbodiimide and imidazole. Modified phosphopeptides are released from the dendrimer via acid hydrolysis and analyzed by MS/MS. When coupled with an initial antiphosphotyrosine protein immunoprecipitation step and stable-isotope labeling, in a single experiment, we identified all known tyrosine phosphorylation sites within the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAM) of the T-cell receptor (TCR) CD3 chains, and previously unknown phosphorylation sites on total 97 tyrosine phosphoproteins and their interacting partners in human T cells. The dynamic changes in phosphorylation were quantified in these proteins.
1303 Biochemistry, Proteome, Gene Expression Profiling, T-Lymphocytes, Molecular Probe Techniques, Phosphoproteins, 10124 Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, Mass Spectrometry, 1307 Cell Biology, 1305 Biotechnology, 1312 Molecular Biology, 570 Life sciences; biology, Humans, Dimerization, Cells, Cultured
1303 Biochemistry, Proteome, Gene Expression Profiling, T-Lymphocytes, Molecular Probe Techniques, Phosphoproteins, 10124 Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, Mass Spectrometry, 1307 Cell Biology, 1305 Biotechnology, 1312 Molecular Biology, 570 Life sciences; biology, Humans, Dimerization, Cells, Cultured
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