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ArticleNature chemistry2024

Global profiling of functional histidines in live cells using small-molecule photosensitizer and chemical probe relay labelling.

Yansheng Zhai, Xinyu Zhang, Zijing Chen, Dingyuan Yan, Lin Zhu, Zhe Zhang, Xianghe Wang, Kailu Tian, Yan Huang, Xi Yang and 5 more

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Yansheng ZhaiInstitute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
Xinyu ZhangInstitute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
Zijing ChenKey Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Dingyuan YanShenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8541-0428
Lin ZhuInstitute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
Zhe ZhangInstitute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
Xianghe WangSynthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Kailu TianInstitute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
Yan HuangInstitute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
Xi YangInstitute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
Wen SunState Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4316-5350
Dong WangShenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Yu-Hsuan TsaiInstitute of Molecular Physiology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0589-5088
Tuoping LuoKey Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2156-3198
Gang LiInstitute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China. ligang@szbl.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4434-4756

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32101200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in chemical proteomics have focused on developing chemical probes that react with nucleophilic amino acid residues. Although histidine is an attractive candidate due to its importance in enzymatic catalysis, metal binding and protein-protein interaction, its moderate nucleophilicity poses challenges. Its modification is frequently influenced by cysteine and lysine, which results in poor selectivity and narrow proteome coverage. Here we report a singlet oxygen and chemical probe relay labelling method that achieves high selectivity towards histidine. Libraries of small-molecule photosensitizers and chemical probes were screened to optimize histidine labelling, enabling histidine profiling in live cells with around 7,200 unique sites. Using NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, we characterized the reaction mechanism and the structures of the resulting products. We then applied this method to discover unannotated histidine sites key to enzymatic activity and metal binding in select metalloproteins. This method also revealed the accessibility change of histidine mediated by protein-protein interaction that influences select protein subcellular localization, underscoring its capability in discovering functional histidines.

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HistidinePhotosensitizing AgentsCrystallography, X-RayHumansModels, MolecularMolecular ProbesSinglet OxygenSmall Molecule LibrariesHistidineMolecular ProbesPhotosensitizing AgentsSinglet OxygenSmall Molecule Libraries

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