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ArticleJournal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry2008

Mass spectrometry of protein-ligand complexes: enhanced gas-phase stability of ribonuclease-nucleotide complexes.

Sheng Yin, Yongming Xie, Joseph A Loo

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Article in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sheng YinDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Yongming Xie
Joseph A Loo
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Mass Spectrometry of Protein AssembliesR01RR020004 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LOO, JOSEPH A · 2004 to 2011
$2.7M
NCRR NIH HHS R01 RR020004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Noncovalent protein-ligand complexes are readily detected by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Ligand binding stoichiometry can be determined easily by the ESI-MS method. The ability to detect noncovalent protein-ligand complexes depends, however, on the stability of the complexes in the gas-phase environment. Solution binding affinities may or may not be accurate predictors of their stability in vacuo. Complexes composed of cytidine nucleotides bound to ribonuclease A (RNase A) and ribonuclease S (RNase S) were detected by ESI-MS and were further analyzed by MS/MS. RNase A and RNase S share similar structures and biological activity. Subtilisin-cleavage of RNase A yields an S-peptide and an S-protein; the S-peptide and S-protein interact through hydrophobic interactions with a solution binding constant in the nanomolar range to generate an active RNase S. Cytidine nucleotides bind to the ribonucleases through electrostatic interactions with a solution binding constant in the micromolar range. Collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) of the 1:1 RNase A-CDP and CTP complexes yields cleavage of the covalent phosphate bonds of the nucleotide ligands, releasing CMP from the complex. CAD of the RNase S-CDP and CTP complexes dissociates the S-peptide from the remaining S-protein/nucleotide complex; further dissociation of the S-protein/nucleotide complex fragments a covalent phosphate bond of the nucleotide with subsequent release of CMP. Despite a solution binding constant favoring the S-protein/S-peptide complex, CDP/CTP remains electrostatically bound to the S-protein in the gas-phase dissociation experiment. This study highlights the intrinsic stability of electrostatic interactions in the gas phase and the significant differences in solution and gas-phase stabilities of noncovalent complexes that can result.

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LigandsNucleotidesProteinsRibonucleasesSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationLigandsNucleotidesProteinsribonuclease SRibonucleases

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PMID18565758
PMCPMC2564874
OpenAlexW2127081329

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