title: Proteomic mapping of the human mitochondrial intermembrane space in live cells via ratiometric APEX tagging.
abstract: Obtaining complete protein inventories for subcellular regions is a challenge that often limits our understanding of cellular function, especially for regions that are impossible to purify and are therefore inaccessible to traditional proteomic analysis. We recently developed a method to map proteomes in living cells with an engineered peroxidase (APEX) that bypasses the need for organellar purification when applied to membrane-bound compartments; however, it was insufficiently specific when applied to unbounded regions that allow APEX-generated radicals to escape. Here, we combine APEX technology with a SILAC-based ratiometric tagging strategy to substantially reduce unwanted background and achieve nanometer spatial resolution. This is applied to map the proteome of the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS), which can freely exchange small molecules with the cytosol. Our IMS proteome of 127 proteins has >94% specificity and includes nine newly discovered mitochondrial proteins. This approach will enable scientists to map proteomes of cellular regions that were previously inaccessible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 689-798, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.affiliation: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
authors.forename: Namrata D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Udeshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cracan
authors.affiliation: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Svinkina
authors.affiliation: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.affiliation: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Vamsi K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Mootha
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: ating@mit.edu.
authors.forename: Alice Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Ting
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006801:Humans; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D051336:Mitochondrial Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D020543:Proteome