Instrumentation at the leading edge of proteomics

TM Peters-Clarke, JJ Coon, NM Riley - Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
The proteome, or collection of proteoforms expressed in a biological system, is dynamic and
heterogeneous. As our appreciation for the complexity of the proteome has evolved, so have …

Disruption of lysosomal proteolysis in astrocytes facilitates midbrain organoid proteostasis failure in an early-onset Parkinson's disease model

G Morrone Parfitt, E Coccia, C Goldman… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) on biopolymers accompanies
cellular aging and drives poorly understood disease processes. Here, we studied how AGEs …

Photoaffinity labelling with small molecules

RA Homan, JD Lapek, CM Woo, S Niessen… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Small molecules can serve as leads for new therapeutics as well as powerful tools to
investigate biological processes. Understanding the interactions of these molecules …

Combinatorial selective ER-phagy remodels the ER during neurogenesis

MJ Hoyer, C Capitanio, IR Smith, JC Paoli… - Nature Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) employs a diverse proteome landscape to orchestrate
many cellular functions, ranging from protein and lipid synthesis to calcium ion flux and inter …

Biomimetic synthesis and chemical proteomics reveal the mechanism of action and functional targets of phloroglucinol meroterpenoids

AK Bracken, CE Gekko, NO Suss… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Natural products perennially serve as prolific sources of drug leads and chemical probes,
fueling the development of numerous therapeutics. Despite their scarcity, natural products …

A data analysis framework for combining multiple batches increases the power of isobaric proteomics experiments

JJ O'Brien, A Raj, A Gaun, A Waite, W Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
We present a framework for the analysis of multiplexed mass spectrometry proteomics data
that reduces estimation error when combining multiple isobaric batches. Variations in the …

[HTML][HTML] METTL17 is an Fe-S cluster checkpoint for mitochondrial translation

T Ast, Y Itoh, S Sadre, JG McCoy, G Namkoong… - Molecular cell, 2024 - cell.com
Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a debilitating, multisystemic disease caused by the depletion of
frataxin (FXN), a mitochondrial iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster biogenesis factor. To understand the …

mTORC1-CTLH E3 ligase regulates the degradation of HMG-CoA synthase 1 through the Pro/N-degron pathway

SA Yi, S Sepic, BA Schulman, A Ordureau, H An - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) senses changes in nutrient status and stimulates
the autophagic process to recycle amino acids. However, the impact of nutrient stress on …

UFM1 E3 ligase promotes recycling of 60S ribosomal subunits from the ER

PA DaRosa, I Penchev, SC Gumbin, F Scavone… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Reversible modification of target proteins by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins (UBLs) is
widely used by eukaryotic cells to control protein fate and cell behaviour. UFM1 is a UBL that …

Functionalizing tandem mass tags for streamlining click-based quantitative chemoproteomics

NR Burton, KM Backus - Communications Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
Mapping the ligandability or potential druggability of all proteins in the human proteome is a
central goal of mass spectrometry-based covalent chemoproteomics. Achieving this …