PMID- 29732068 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200930 IS - 2041-6520 (Print) IS - 2041-6539 (Electronic) IS - 2041-6520 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 10 DP - 2018 Mar 14 TI - Chemical proteomic profiling of protein N-homocysteinylation with a thioester probe. PG - 2826-2830 LID - 10.1039/c8sc00221e [doi] AB - Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) refers to a medical condition of abnormally high level of homocysteine (Hcy) in blood (>15 mumol L(-1)) and has been clinically implicated with cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. Excessive Hcy can be converted to a reactive thioester intermediate, Hcy thiolactone (HTL), which selectively reacts with protein lysine residues ("N-homocysteinylation") and this non-enzymatic modification largely contributes to manifestations of HHcy. However, the proteome-wide detection of protein N-homocysteinylation remains a challenge to date. In this work, we report a chemoselective reaction to label and enrich N-homocysteinylation from complex proteome samples as inspired by native chemical ligation for protein synthesis. Alkynyl thioester probes are synthesized and the reaction is validated with small molecule and purified protein models successfully. We performed quantitative chemical proteomics to identify more than 800 N-homocysteinylated proteins as well as 304 N-homocysteinylated sites directly from HTL-treated HeLa cells. The chemical proteomics strategies will facilitate functional study of protein N-homocysteinylations in the HHcy-implicated diseases. FAU - Chen, Nan AU - Chen N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1313-2155 AD - Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center , Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education , College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China . Email: chuwang@pku.edu.cn. FAU - Liu, Jinmin AU - Liu J AD - Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center , Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education , College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China . Email: chuwang@pku.edu.cn. FAU - Qiao, Zeyu AU - Qiao Z AD - Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center , Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education , College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China . Email: chuwang@pku.edu.cn. FAU - Liu, Yuan AU - Liu Y AD - Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center , Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education , College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China . Email: chuwang@pku.edu.cn. FAU - Yang, Yue AU - Yang Y AD - Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology , School of Basic Medical Sciences , Peking University , Beijing , 100191 , China. FAU - Jiang, Changtao AU - Jiang C AD - Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology , School of Basic Medical Sciences , Peking University , Beijing , 100191 , China. FAU - Wang, Xian AU - Wang X AD - Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology , School of Basic Medical Sciences , Peking University , Beijing , 100191 , China. FAU - Wang, Chu AU - Wang C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6925-1268 AD - Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center , Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences , Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education , College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering , Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China . Email: chuwang@pku.edu.cn. AD - Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences , Peking University , Beijing , 100871 , China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180216 PL - England TA - Chem Sci JT - Chemical science JID - 101545951 PMC - PMC5914431 EDAT- 2018/05/08 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/08 06:01 PMCR- 2018/02/16 CRDT- 2018/05/08 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/02/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/05/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/05/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/08 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - c8sc00221e [pii] AID - 10.1039/c8sc00221e [doi] PST - epublish SO - Chem Sci. 2018 Feb 16;9(10):2826-2830. doi: 10.1039/c8sc00221e. eCollection 2018 Mar 14.