Methods for the Detection of Paxillin Post-translational Modifications and Interacting Proteins by Mass Spectrometry

Melanie J. Schroeder,* Donna J. Webb, Jeffrey Shabanowitz, Alan F. Horwitz, and Donald F. Hunt§
Department of Chemistry, McCormick Road, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, Department of Cell Biology, P.O. Box 800732, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0732, and Department of Chemistry and Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904
J. Proteome Res., 2005, 4 (5), pp 1832–1841
DOI: 10.1021/pr0502020
Publication Date (Web): September 13, 2005
Copyright © 2005 American Chemical Society
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 To whom correspondence should be addressed. University of Chicago, Department of Chemistry, 5735 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637. Tel:  (773) 834-0994. Fax:  (773) 702-0805. E-mail:  mjschroe@uchicago.edu.

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 Departmentof Chemistry.

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 These authors contributed equally to this work.

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 Department of Cell Biology.

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 Department of Chemistry and Pathology.

Abstract

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Methods for the simultaneous identification of interacting proteins and post-translational modifications of the focal adhesion adapter protein, paxillin, are presented. The strategy includes (1) lower-level, transient transfection of FLAG-GFP-Paxillin into HEK293 cells, (2) incubation of cells with phosphatase inhibitors prior to lysis, (3) purification of paxillin by anti-FLAG immunoprecipitation, (4) analysis of peptides generated from on-beads digestion using LTQ−FT or LTQ−ETD mass spectrometry, and (5) enrichment of phosphopeptide methyl esters with IMAC. Using the above strategies, we identify 29 phosphorylation sites (19 novel and 10 previously reported) and a novel glycosylation site on Ser 74. Furthermore, with this method, we simultaneously detect 10 co-purifying proteins which are present in focal adhesion complexes. Extension of these methods to other substrates should facilitate generation of global phosphorylation maps and protein−protein interactions for any protein of interest.

Keywords: paxillin • IMAC • phosphorylation • glycosylation • GlcNAc • methyl esters • peroxovanadate • calyculin A • ETD

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  • Published In Issue October 10, 2005
  • Received July 1, 2005

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