Probing Protein-Protein Interactions with Label-Free Mass Spectrometry Quantification in Combination with Affinity Purification by Spin-Tip Affinity Columns

Anal Chem. 2020 Mar 3;92(5):3913-3922. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05355. Epub 2020 Feb 12.

Abstract

We describe an affinity purification-mass spectrometry (AP-MS) method for probing the interactome of a special targeting protein. The AP was implemented with monolithic micro immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography columns (m-IMAC) which were prepared by photoinitiated polymerization in the tip of a pipet (spin-tip columns). The recombinant His6-tagged protein (bait protein) was reversibly immobilized on the affinity column through the chelating group nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA)-Ni2+. The bait protein and its interacting partners can be easily eluted from the affinity matrix. The pulled-down cellular proteins were then analyzed with label-free quantitative proteomics. We used this method for probing the interactome concerning the GOLD (Golgi dynamics) domain of the autophagy-associated adaptor protein FYCO1. Totally, 96 proteins including seven literature-reported FYCO1-associating proteins were identified. Among them CCZ1 and MON1A were further biochemically validated, and the direct interaction between the FYCO1 GOLD domain with CCZ1 was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation experiments.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, Affinity / methods*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Histidine / chemistry
  • Histidine / genetics
  • Histidine / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins / chemistry
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins / metabolism
  • Nitrilotriacetic Acid / chemistry
  • Oligopeptides / chemistry
  • Oligopeptides / genetics
  • Oligopeptides / metabolism
  • Peptides / analysis
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Interaction Maps / physiology*
  • Proteomics / methods
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism*
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • FYCO1 protein, human
  • His-His-His-His-His-His
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins
  • Oligopeptides
  • Peptides
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Histidine
  • Nitrilotriacetic Acid