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ArticleNature communications2020

Engineering Af1521 improves ADP-ribose binding and identification of ADP-ribosylated proteins.

Kathrin Nowak, Florian Rosenthal, Tobias Karlberg, Mareike Bütepage, Ann-Gerd Thorsell, Birgit Dreier, Jonas Grossmann, Jens Sobek, Ralph Imhof, Bernhard Lüscher and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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14 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Kathrin NowakDepartment of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Florian RosenthalDepartment of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Tobias KarlbergDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.
Mareike BütepageInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Ann-Gerd ThorsellDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.
Birgit DreierDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jonas GrossmannFunctional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jens SobekFunctional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ralph ImhofDepartment of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Bernhard LüscherInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9622-8709
Herwig SchülerDepartment of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4059-3501
Andreas PlückthunDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4191-5306
Deena M Leslie PedrioliDepartment of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2342-8010
Michael O HottigerDepartment of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. michael.hottiger@dmmd.uzh.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-7323-2270
University of Zurich · CHKarolinska Institutet · SERWTH Aachen University · DESIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein ADP-ribosylation is a reversible post-translational modification that regulates important cellular functions. The identification of modified proteins has proven challenging and has mainly been achieved via enrichment methodologies. Random mutagenesis was used here to develop an engineered Af1521 ADP-ribose binding macro domain protein with 1000-fold increased affinity towards ADP-ribose. The crystal structure reveals that two point mutations K35E and Y145R form a salt bridge within the ADP-ribose binding domain. This forces the proximal ribose to rotate within the binding pocket and, as a consequence, improves engineered Af1521 ADPr-binding affinity. Its use in our proteomic ADP-ribosylome workflow increases the ADP-ribosylated protein identification rates and yields greater ADP-ribosylome coverage. Furthermore, generation of an engineered Af1521 Fc fusion protein confirms the improved detection of cellular ADP-ribosylation by immunoblot and immunofluorescence. Thus, this engineered isoform of Af1521 can also serve as a valuable tool for the analysis of cellular ADP-ribosylation under in vivo conditions.

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Adenosine Diphosphate RiboseADP-RibosylationBinding SitesCarrier ProteinsHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansModels, MolecularMutagenesisProtein ConformationProtein DomainsProtein EngineeringProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProteinsProteomicsAdenosine Diphosphate RiboseCarrier ProteinsProteins

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