TY - JOUR
T1 - Activity Guided Azide-methyllysine Photo-trapping for Substrate Profiling of Lysine Demethylases
AU - Kuwik, Jordan
AU - Hinkelman, Kathryn
AU - Waldman, Megan
AU - Stepler, Kaitlyn E.
AU - Wagner, Shana
AU - Arora, Simran
AU - Chernenkoff, Sasha
AU - Cabalteja, Chino
AU - Sidoli, Simone
AU - Robinson, Renã AS
AU - Islam, Kabirul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.
PY - 2023/9/27
Y1 - 2023/9/27
N2 - Reversible post-translational modifications (PTMs) are key to establishing protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions that govern a majority of the signaling pathways in cells. Sequence-specific PTMs are catalyzed by transferases, and their removal is carried out by a class of reverse-acting enzymes termed “detransferases”. Currently available chemoproteomic approaches have been valuable in characterizing substrates of transferases. However, proteome-wide cataloging of the substrates of detransferases is challenging, mostly due to the loss of the epitope, rendering immunoprecipitation and activity-based methods ineffective. Herein, we develop a general chemoproteomic strategy called crosslinking-assisted substrate identification (CASI) for systematic characterization of cellular targets of detransferases and successfully apply it to lysine demethylases (KDMs) which catalyze the removal of methyl groups from lysine sidechain in histones to modulate gene transcription. By setting up a targeted azido-methylamino photo-reaction deep inside the active site of KDM4, engineered to carry p-azido phenylalanine, we reveal a novel “demethylome” that has escaped the traditional methods. The proteomic survey led to the identification of a battery of nonhistone substrates of KDM4, extending the biological footprint of KDM4 beyond its canonical functions in gene transcription. A notable finding of KDM4A-mediated demethylation of an evolutionarily conserved lysine residue in eukaryotic translational initiation factor argues for a much broader role of KDM4A in ribosomal processes. CASI, representing a substantive departure from earlier approaches by shifting focus from simple peptide-based probes to employing full-length photo-activatable demethylases, is poised to be applied to >400 human detransferases, many of which have remained poorly understood due to the lack of knowledge about their cellular targets.
AB - Reversible post-translational modifications (PTMs) are key to establishing protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions that govern a majority of the signaling pathways in cells. Sequence-specific PTMs are catalyzed by transferases, and their removal is carried out by a class of reverse-acting enzymes termed “detransferases”. Currently available chemoproteomic approaches have been valuable in characterizing substrates of transferases. However, proteome-wide cataloging of the substrates of detransferases is challenging, mostly due to the loss of the epitope, rendering immunoprecipitation and activity-based methods ineffective. Herein, we develop a general chemoproteomic strategy called crosslinking-assisted substrate identification (CASI) for systematic characterization of cellular targets of detransferases and successfully apply it to lysine demethylases (KDMs) which catalyze the removal of methyl groups from lysine sidechain in histones to modulate gene transcription. By setting up a targeted azido-methylamino photo-reaction deep inside the active site of KDM4, engineered to carry p-azido phenylalanine, we reveal a novel “demethylome” that has escaped the traditional methods. The proteomic survey led to the identification of a battery of nonhistone substrates of KDM4, extending the biological footprint of KDM4 beyond its canonical functions in gene transcription. A notable finding of KDM4A-mediated demethylation of an evolutionarily conserved lysine residue in eukaryotic translational initiation factor argues for a much broader role of KDM4A in ribosomal processes. CASI, representing a substantive departure from earlier approaches by shifting focus from simple peptide-based probes to employing full-length photo-activatable demethylases, is poised to be applied to >400 human detransferases, many of which have remained poorly understood due to the lack of knowledge about their cellular targets.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.3c07299
DO - 10.1021/jacs.3c07299
M3 - Article
C2 - 37703462
AN - SCOPUS:85173570043
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 145
SP - 21066
EP - 21076
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 38
ER -