title: Analysis of the eukaryotic prenylome by isoprenoid affinity tagging.
abstract: Protein prenylation is a widespread phenomenon in eukaryotic cells that affects many important signaling molecules. We describe the structure-guided design of engineered protein prenyltransferases and their universal synthetic substrate, biotin-geranylpyrophosphate. These new tools allowed us to detect femtomolar amounts of prenylatable proteins in cells and organs and to identify their cognate protein prenyltransferases. Using this approach, we analyzed the in vivo effects of protein prenyltransferase inhibitors. Whereas some of the inhibitors displayed the expected activities, others lacked in vivo activity or targeted a broader spectrum of prenyltransferases than previously believed. To quantitate the in vivo effect of the prenylation inhibitors, we profiled biotin-geranyl-tagged RabGTPases across the proteome by mass spectrometry. We also demonstrate that sites of active vesicular transport carry most of the RabGTPases. This approach enables a quantitative proteome-wide analysis of the regulation of protein prenylation and its modulation by therapeutic agents.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany.
authors.forename: Uyen T T
authors.initials: UT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delon
authors.forename: Yaowen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Celine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deraeve
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fränzel
authors.forename: Robin S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bon
authors.forename: Wulf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Blankenfeldt
authors.forename: Roger S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Goody
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Waldmann
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wolters
authors.forename: Kirill
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alexandrov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001710:Biotin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019556:COS Cells; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods; D017368:Protein Prenylation / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011106:Polyisoprenyl Phosphates; D013729:Terpenes; C539828:biotin-geranylpyrophosphate; D001710:Biotin