Cross-linking mass spectrometry for investigating protein conformations and protein–protein interactions─ a method for all seasons

L Piersimoni, PL Kastritis, C Arlt, A Sinz - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Mass spectrometry (MS) has become one of the key technologies of structural biology. In this
review, the contributions of chemical cross-linking combined with mass spectrometry (XL …

Cleavable Cross-Linkers and Mass Spectrometry for the Ultimate Task of Profiling Protein–Protein Interaction Networks in Vivo

M Matzinger, K Mechtler - Journal of proteome research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) has matured into a potent tool to identify protein–
protein interactions or to uncover protein structures in living cells, tissues, or organelles. The …

A high-speed search engine pLink 2 with systematic evaluation for proteome-scale identification of cross-linked peptides

ZL Chen, JM Meng, Y Cao, JL Yin, RQ Fang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We describe pLink 2, a search engine with higher speed and reliability for proteome-scale
identification of cross-linked peptides. With a two-stage open search strategy facilitated by …

Dynamic interactomics by cross-linking mass spectrometry: mapping the daily cell life in postgenomic era

L Santorelli, M Caterino, M Costanzo - OMICS: A Journal of …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The majority of processes that occur in daily cell life are modulated by hundreds to
thousands of dynamic protein–protein interactions (PPI). The resulting protein complexes …

High-sensitivity proteome-scale searches for crosslinked peptides using CRIMP 2.0

DA Crowder, V Sarpe, BC Amaral, NI Brodie… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Crosslinking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) is a valuable technique for generating point-to-
point distance measurements in protein space. However, cell-based XL-MS experiments …

Cross‐linking reactions in food proteins and proteomic approaches for their detection

G Renzone, S Arena, A Scaloni - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Various protein cross‐linking reactions leading to molecular polymerization and covalent
aggregates have been described in processed foods. They are an undesired side effect of …

Exhaustive cross-linking search with protein feedback

C Zhou, S Dai, Y Lin, S Lian, X Fan, N Li… - Journal of Proteome …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Improving the sensitivity of protein–protein interaction detection and protein structure
probing is a principal challenge in cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) data analysis. In …

ECL 3.0: a sensitive peptide identification tool for cross-linking mass spectrometry data analysis

C Zhou, S Dai, S Lai, Y Lin, X Zhang, N Li, W Yu - BMC bioinformatics, 2023 - Springer
Background Cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) is a powerful technique for detecting
protein–protein interactions (PPIs) and modeling protein structures in a high-throughput …

Openpepxl: an open-source tool for sensitive identification of cross-linked peptides in XL-MS

E Netz, TMH Dijkstra, T Sachsenberg… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2020 - ASBMB
Cross-linking MS (XL-MS) has been recognized as an effective source of information about
protein structures and interactions. In contrast to regular peptide identification, XL-MS has to …

Comparative Analysis of Chemical Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry Data Indicates That Protein STY Residues Rarely React with N-Hydroxysuccinimide Ester Cross …

Y Cao, XT Liu, PZ Mao, ZL Chen, C Tarn… - Journal of Proteome …, 2023 - ACS Publications
When it comes to mass spectrometry data analysis for identification of peptide pairs linked
by N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) ester cross-linkers, search engines bifurcate in their setting …