Using in-solution digestion, peptide fractionation, and a Q exactive mass spectrometer to analyze the proteome of clathrin-coated vesicles

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2014 Nov 3;2014(11):1192-5. doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot084137.

Abstract

The characterization of clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs), including the effects of genetic or biochemical manipulations on their composition, can be studied by mass spectrometry analysis of HeLa cell fractions enriched for CCVs. This protocol describes the preparation of samples by in-solution proteolytic digest and subsequent peptide fractionation, followed by analysis in a Q Exactive mass spectrometer.

MeSH terms

  • Cell Fractionation / methods*
  • Clathrin-Coated Vesicles / chemistry*
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Proteolysis
  • Proteome / analysis*

Substances

  • Proteome