Trapping mammalian protein complexes in viral particles.
Trapping mammalian protein complexes in viral particles.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms11416
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发表时间:
2016-04-28
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16.6
通讯作者:
Tavernier J
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作者:
Eyckerman S;Titeca K;Van Quickelberghe E;Cloots E;Verhee A;Samyn N;De Ceuninck L;Timmerman E;De Sutter D;Lievens S;Van Calenbergh S;Gevaert K;Tavernier J
Cell lysis is an inevitable step in classical mass spectrometry–based strategies to analyse protein complexes. Complementary lysis conditions, in situ cross-linking strategies and proximal labelling techniques are currently used to reduce lysis effects on the protein complex. We have developed Virotrap, a viral particle sorting approach that obviates the need for cell homogenization and preserves the protein complexes during purification. By fusing a bait protein to the HIV-1 GAG protein, we show that interaction partners become trapped within virus-like particles (VLPs) that bud from mammalian cells. Using an efficient VLP enrichment protocol, Virotrap allows the detection of known binary interactions and MS-based identification of novel protein partners as well. In addition, we show the identification of stimulus-dependent interactions and demonstrate trapping of protein partners for small molecules. Virotrap constitutes an elegant complementary approach to the arsenal of methods to study protein complexes. A large portion of the proteome carries out its cellular function as part of macromolecular complexes. Here the authors describe Virotrap, a novel lysis-free approach for the isolation and identification of biologically relevant protein-protein and small molecule-protein interactions.