Intracellular photocatalytic-proximity labeling for profiling protein-protein interactions in microenvironments

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Feb 8;58(12):1926-1929. doi: 10.1039/d1cc05764b.

Abstract

Intracellular photocatalytic-proximity labeling (iPPL) was developed to profile protein-protein interactions in the microenvironment of living cells. Acriflavine was found to be an efficient cell-membrane-permeable photocatalyst for introduction into the genetically HaloTag-fused protein of interest for iPPL with a radical labeling reagent, 1-methyl-4-arylurazole. iPPL was applied to the histone-associated protein H2B in HaloTag-H2B expressing HEK293FT cells. The proteins directly interacting with histones and RNA-binding proteins were selectively labeled in the intracellular environment, suggesting that the iPPL method has a smaller labeling radius (CA. 6 nm) than the BioID and APEX methods.

MeSH terms

  • Acriflavine / pharmacology
  • Catalysis
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Histones / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Photochemical Processes*
  • Protein Interaction Mapping*
  • RNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Histones
  • RNA-Binding Proteins
  • Acriflavine