High-Throughput Screening of Sulfated Proteins by Using a Genome-Wide Proteome Microarray and Protein Tyrosine Sulfation System

Anal Chem. 2017 Mar 21;89(6):3278-3284. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02853. Epub 2017 Mar 2.

Abstract

Protein tyrosine sulfation (PTS) is a widespread posttranslational modification that induces intercellular and extracellular responses by regulating protein-protein interactions and enzymatic activity. Although PTS affects numerous physiological and pathological processes, only a small fraction of the total predicted sulfated proteins has been identified to date. Here, we localized the potential sulfation sites of Escherichia coli proteins on a proteome microarray by using a 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS) synthase-coupled tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase (TPST) catalysis system that involves in situ PAPS generation and TPST catalysis. Among the 4256 E. coli K12 proteins, 875 sulfated proteins were identified using antisulfotyrosine primary and Cy3-labeled antimouse secondary antibodies. Our findings add considerably to the list of potential proteins subjected to tyrosine sulfation. Similar procedures can be applied to identify sulfated proteins in yeast and human proteome microarrays, and we expect such approaches to contribute substantially to the understanding of important human diseases.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drosophila melanogaster / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli K12
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / analysis*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / chemistry*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays*
  • Humans
  • Multienzyme Complexes / isolation & purification
  • Multienzyme Complexes / metabolism
  • Protein Array Analysis*
  • Proteome*
  • Sulfate Adenylyltransferase / isolation & purification
  • Sulfate Adenylyltransferase / metabolism
  • Sulfotransferases / isolation & purification
  • Sulfotransferases / metabolism
  • Tyrosine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Tyrosine / chemistry

Substances

  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • Multienzyme Complexes
  • Proteome
  • tyrosine O-sulfate
  • Tyrosine
  • PAPS synthetase
  • Sulfate Adenylyltransferase
  • Sulfotransferases
  • protein-tyrosine sulfotransferase