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ArticleNature communications2023

A biotin targeting chimera (BioTAC) system to map small molecule interactomes in situ.

Andrew J Tao, Jiewei Jiang, Gillian E Gadbois, Pavitra Goyal, Bridget T Boyle, Elizabeth J Mumby, Samuel A Myers, Justin G English, Fleur M Ferguson

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew J Tao *Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1576-986X
Jiewei Jiang *Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5497-9371
Gillian E GadboisDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Pavitra GoyalDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-9219-2736
Bridget T BoyleDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Elizabeth J MumbyDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
Samuel A MyersLaboratory for Immunochemical Circuits, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7636-0887
Justin G EnglishDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA. justin.english@biochem.utah.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1161-8928
Fleur M FergusonDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA. fmferguson@ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4091-7617
University of California San Diego · USUniversity of Utah · USLa Jolla Institute for Immunology · US

Funding

VIRAL MALIGNANCYP30CA023100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Jesse Nodora · 1985 to 2026
$124.9M
Contemporary Approaches to Cancer Cell Signaling and CommunicationT32CA009523 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DONOGHUE, DANIEL J, YANG, JING · 1985 to 2025
$12.1M
U of Calif, San Diego Neuroscience Microscopy ImagingP30NS047101 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GLEESON, JOSEPH G, ZHENG, BINHAI · 2003 to 2022
$9.0M
Molecular Biophysics Training Grant at UC San DiegoT32GM139795 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Galia Debelouchina, ELIZABETH A. KOMIVES · 2021 to 2026
$3.0M
Chemical Control of Misfolded Protein FateDP2NS132610 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI FERGUSON, FLEUR MARCIA · 2022 to 2025
$2.4M
Directed Evolution of Cell-Type Specific On-Demand Signaling Control SystemsDP2GM146247 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI ENGLISH, JUSTIN G. · 2021 to 2024
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023100NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009523NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM146247NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM139795NINDS NIH HHS DP2 NS132610NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding how small molecules bind to specific protein complexes in living cells is critical to understanding their mechanism-of-action. Unbiased chemical biology strategies for direct readout of protein interactome remodelling by small molecules would provide advantages over target-focused approaches, including the ability to detect previously unknown ligand targets and complexes. However, there are few current methods for unbiased profiling of small molecule interactomes. To address this, we envisioned a technology that would combine the sensitivity and live-cell compatibility of proximity labelling coupled to mass spectrometry, with the specificity and unbiased nature of chemoproteomics. In this manuscript, we describe the BioTAC system, a small-molecule guided proximity labelling platform that can rapidly identify both direct and complexed small molecule binding proteins. We benchmark the system against µMap, photoaffinity labelling, affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry and proximity labelling coupled to mass spectrometry datasets. We also apply the BioTAC system to provide interactome maps of Trametinib and analogues. The BioTAC system overcomes a limitation of current approaches and supports identification of both inhibitor bound and molecular glue bound complexes.

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BiotinProteinsChromatography, AffinityMass SpectrometryPhotoaffinity LabelsBiotinPhotoaffinity LabelsProteins

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PMID38049406
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