title: MALDI-TOF and nESI Orbitrap MS/MS identify orthogonal parts of the phosphoproteome.
abstract: Phosphorylation is a reversible posttranslational protein modification which plays a pivotal role in intracellular signaling. Despite extensive efforts, phosphorylation site mapping of proteomes is still incomplete motivating the exploration of alternative methods that complement existing workflows. In this study, we compared tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) on matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) and nano-electrospray ionization (nESI) Orbitrap instruments with respect to their ability to identify phosphopeptides from complex proteome digests. Phosphopeptides were enriched from tryptic digests of cell lines using Fe-IMAC column chromatography and subjected to LC-MS/MS analysis. We found that the two analytical workflows exhibited considerable orthogonality. For instance, MALDI-TOF MS/MS favored the identification of phosphopeptides encompassing clear motif signatures for acidic residue directed kinases. The extent of orthogonality of the two LC-MS/MS systems was comparable to that of using alternative proteases such as Asp-N, Arg-C, chymotrypsin, Glu-C and Lys-C on just one LC-MS/MS instrument. Notably, MALDI-TOF MS/MS identified an unexpectedly high number and percentage of phosphotyrosine sites (∼20% of all sites), possibly as a direct consequence of more efficient ionization. The data clearly show that LC-MALDI MS/MS can be a useful complement to LC-nESI MS/MS for phosphoproteome mapping and particularly so for acidic and phosphotyrosine containing peptides.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.|Center for Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Freising, Germany.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruprecht
authors.affiliation: HI-STEM - Heidelberg, Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine gemeinnützige GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany.|German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roesli
authors.affiliation: Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.|Center for Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Freising, Germany.
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lemeer
authors.affiliation: Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.|Center for Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Freising, Germany.|German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.|German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany.|Bavarian Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Center, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuster
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D010748:Phosphopeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D059748:Proteolysis; D020543:Proteome / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D010748:Phosphopeptides; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D020543:Proteome; D002918:Chymotrypsin
keywords: IMAC; MALDI; Phosphoproteomics; Phosphorylation; Phosphotyrosine; Proteomics; Sequence Coverage; Technology; nESI