Novel Online Three-Dimensional Separation Expands the Detectable Functional Landscape of Cellular Phosphoproteome

Anal Chem. 2022 Sep 6;94(35):12185-12195. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02641. Epub 2022 Aug 22.

Abstract

Protein phosphorylation is a prevalent post-translational modification that regulates essentially every aspect of cellular processes. Currently, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) with an extensive offline sample fractionation and a phosphopeptide enrichment method is a best practice for deep phosphoproteome profiling, but balancing throughput and profiling depth remains a practical challenge. We present an online three-dimensional separation method for ultradeep phosphoproteome profiling that combines an online two-dimensional liquid chromatography separation and an additional gas-phase separation. This method identified over 100,000 phosphopeptides (>60,000 phosphosites) in HeLa cells during 1.5 days of data acquisition, and the largest HeLa cell phosphoproteome significantly expanded the detectable functional landscape of cellular phosphoproteome.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Phosphopeptides / analysis
  • Phosphoproteins / metabolism
  • Proteome / analysis
  • Proteomics* / methods
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry* / methods

Substances

  • Phosphopeptides
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Proteome