title: Structural analysis of a highly acetylated protein using a curved-field reflectron mass spectrometer.
abstract: Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) were used to determine the multiple acetylation sites in the histone acetyltransferase (HAT): p300-HAT. Partial cleavage of the peptides containing acetylated lysine residues by trypsin provided a set of nested sequences that enabled us to determine that multiple acetylation occurs on the same molecule. At the same time, cleavages resulting in a terminal unacetylated lysine suggested that not all of these sites are fully modified. Using MS and MS/MS, we were able to characterize both the unmodified and acetylated tryptic peptides covering more than 82% of the protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: Dongxia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cotter
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry*; D008239:Lysine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry*; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D008239:Lysine; D010455:Peptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor