Biology – Quantitative Biology – Molecular Networks
Scientific paper
2010-12-20
Biology
Quantitative Biology
Molecular Networks
28 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
Protein footprinting is a new methodology that is based on probing, typically with the use of mass spectrometry, of reactivity of different aminoacid residues to a modifying reagent. Data thus obtained allow one to make inferences about protein conformations and their intermolecular interactions. Most of the protein footprinting studies so far have been performed on individual proteins in vitro. We explore whether a similar approach is possible with the proteins inside of living cells, employing dimethylsulfate (DMS), a reagent widely used for the in vivo footprinting of nucleic acids. DMS can induce methylation of the lysine, histidine and glutamate residues on proteins. Using models of the histone H2B/H2AZ heterodimer assembled in vitro and from chromatin treated in vivo, we show that the methylation by deuterated DMS allows one to distinguish the accessibility of a particular residue in and out of the protein's environmental/structural context. The detection of changes in protein conformations or their interactions in vivo can provide a new approach to the identification of proteins involved in various intracellular pathways and help in the search for perspective drug targets and biomarkers of diseases.
Camoin Luc
Kulyyassov Arman
Lipinski Marc
Moio Pasquale
Ogryzko Vasily
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