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ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2016

Femtosecond UV-laser pulses to unveil protein-protein interactions in living cells.

Francesco Itri, Daria M Monti, Bartolomeo Della Ventura, Roberto Vinciguerra, Marco Chino, Felice Gesuele, Angelina Lombardi, Raffaele Velotta, Carlo Altucci, Leila Birolo and 2 more

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Article in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Francesco ItriDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Daria M MontiDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Bartolomeo Della VenturaDepartment of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Roberto VinciguerraDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Marco ChinoDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Felice GesueleDepartment of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Angelina LombardiDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Raffaele VelottaDepartment of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Carlo AltucciDepartment of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy. caltucci@unina.it.
Leila BiroloDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy. birolo@unina.it.
Renata PiccoliDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy.
Angela ArcielloDepartment of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy. anarciel@unina.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A hallmark to decipher bioprocesses is to characterize protein-protein interactions in living cells. To do this, the development of innovative methodologies, which do not alter proteins and their natural environment, is particularly needed. Here, we report a method (LUCK, Laser UV Cross-linKing) to in vivo cross-link proteins by UV-laser irradiation of living cells. Upon irradiation of HeLa cells under controlled conditions, cross-linked products of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) were detected, whose yield was found to be a linear function of the total irradiation energy. We demonstrated that stable dimers of GAPDH were formed through intersubunit cross-linking, as also observed when the pure protein was irradiated by UV-laser in vitro. We proposed a defined patch of aromatic residues located at the enzyme subunit interface as the cross-linking sites involved in dimer formation. Hence, by this technique, UV-laser is able to photofix protein surfaces that come in direct contact. Due to the ultra-short time scale of UV-laser-induced cross-linking, this technique could be extended to weld even transient protein interactions in their native context.

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LasersAnimalsComputer SimulationDimerizationGlyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating)HeLa CellsHumansModels, MolecularProtein Interaction MappingProtein Structure, TertiaryRabbitsUltraviolet RaysGlyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating)Living cells irradiationProtein–protein interactionsUltra-short UV-laser pulsesUV cross-linking

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PMID26265182
PMCPMC11108384

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