Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39658593›Full record

ArticleNature methods2025

A peptide-centric local stability assay enables proteome-scale identification of the protein targets and binding regions of diverse ligands.

Kejia Li, Shijie Chen, Keyun Wang, Yan Wang, Lianji Xue, Yuying Ye, Zheng Fang, Jiawen Lyu, Haiyang Zhu, Yanan Li and 10 more

Erratum issuedAbstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Nature methods, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 30 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Proteomics-Driven Strategies for Proximity-Inducing Drug Discovery.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Regulation of RNA-binding proteins by small biomolecules.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
    Review
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Kejia LiState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Shijie ChenDrug Discovery and Design Center, the Center for Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Keyun WangState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Yan WangState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Lianji XueState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Yuying YeState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Zheng FangState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2139-3256
Jiawen LyuState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Haiyang ZhuState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Yanan LiState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Ting YuState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Feng YangDrug Discovery and Design Center, the Center for Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Xiaolei ZhangState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Siqi GuoDrug Discovery and Design Center, the Center for Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Chengfei RuanState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Jiahua ZhouState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Qi WangState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China.
Mingming DongMOE Key Laboratory of Bio-Intelligent Manufacturing, School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0770-7880
Cheng LuoDrug Discovery and Design Center, the Center for Chemical Biology, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. cluo@simm.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-8382
Mingliang YeState Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Dalian, China. mingliang@dicp.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5872-9326

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22137002National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22437007National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92153302National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92253303Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS) 2022279
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

By using a limited-proteolysis strategy that employs a large amount of trypsin to generate peptides directly from native proteins, we found that ligand-induced protein local stability shifts can be sensitively detected on a proteome-wide scale. This enabled us to develop the peptide-centric local stability assay, a modification-free approach that achieves unprecedented sensitivity in proteome-wide target identification and binding-region determination. We demonstrate the broad applications of the peptide-centric local stability assay by investigating interactions across various biological contexts.

Indexed as

PeptidesProteomeProteomicsBinding SitesHumansLigandsProtein BindingProtein StabilityProteolysisTrypsinLigandsPeptidesProteomeTrypsin

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.