Exp Mol Med.
2013 Jun;45(6):e29.
Synapsin-1 and tau reciprocal O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation sites in mouse brain synaptosomes
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- 1WCU Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology and College of Medicine or College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. euyi@snu.ac.kr
- 2Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering & Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea.
Abstract
- O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) represents a key regulatory post-translational modification (PTM) that is reversible and often reciprocal with phosphorylation of serine and threonine at the same or nearby residues. Although recent technical advances in O-GlcNAc site-mapping methods combined with mass spectrometry (MS) techniques have facilitated study of the fundamental roles of O-GlcNAcylation in cellular processes, an efficient technique for examining the dynamic, reciprocal relationships between O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation is needed to provide greater insights into the regulatory functions of O-GlcNAcylation. Here, we describe a strategy for selectively identifying both O-GlcNAc- and phospho-modified sites. This strategy involves metal affinity separation of O-GlcNAcylated and phosphorylated peptides, beta-elimination of O-GlcNAcyl or phosphoryl functional groups from the separated peptides followed by dithiothreitol (DTT) conjugation (BEMAD), affinity purification of DTT-conjugated peptides using thiol affinity chromatography, and identification of formerly O-GlcNAcylated or phosphorylated peptides by MS. The combined metal affinity separation and BEMAD approach allows selective enrichment of O-GlcNAcylated peptides over phosphorylated counterparts. Using this approach with mouse brain synaptosomes, we identified the serine residue at 605 of the synapsin-1 peptide, 603QASQAGPGPR612, and the serine residue at 692 of the tau peptide, 688SPVVSGDTSPR698, which were found to be potential reciprocal O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation sites. These results demonstrate that our strategy enables mapping of the reciprocal site occupancy of O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation of proteins, which permits the assessment of cross-talk between these two PTMs and their regulatory roles.
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Acetylglucosamine/*metabolism
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Brain/*metabolism
Chromatography, Affinity
Glycosylation
Mice
Molecular Sequence Data
Peptides/isolation & purification
Phosphorylation
Synapsins/chemistry/*metabolism
Synaptosomes/*metabolism
Tandem Mass Spectrometry
tau Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism
Peptides
Synapsins
tau Proteins
Acetylglucosamine
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