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ArticleNature communications2015

Comprehensive identification of arginine methylation in primary T cells reveals regulatory roles in cell signalling.

Vincent Geoghegan, Ailan Guo, David Trudgian, Benjamin Thomas, Oreste Acuto

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vincent GeogheganLaboratory of T cell signalling, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
Ailan GuoCell Signaling Technology Inc., Trask Lane, Danvers, Massachusetts 01923, USA.
David TrudgianCentral Proteomics Facility, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
Benjamin ThomasCentral Proteomics Facility, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
Oreste AcutoLaboratory of T cell signalling, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT094296MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of protein arginine methylation on the regulation of immune functions is virtually unknown. Here, we apply a novel method—isomethionine methyl-SILAC—coupled with antibody-mediated arginine-methylated peptide enrichment to identify methylated peptides in human T cells by mass spectrometry. This approach allowed the identification of 2,502 arginine methylation sites from 1,257 tissue-specific and housekeeping proteins. We find that components of T cell antigen receptor signal machinery and several key transcription factors that regulate T cell fate determination are methylated on arginine. Moreover, we demonstrate changes in arginine methylation stoichiometry during cellular stimulation in a subset of proteins critical to T cell differentiation. Our data suggest that protein arginine methyltransferases exert key regulatory roles in T cell activation and differentiation, opening a new field of investigation in T cell biology.

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Cell DifferentiationLymphocyte ActivationArginineHumansMass SpectrometryMethylationProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesTranscription FactorsArginineProtein-Arginine N-MethyltransferasesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellTranscription Factors

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PMID25849564
PMCPMC4396391
OpenAlexW2081593406

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