PMID- 33072102 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210503 LR - 20220323 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2020 TI - Elucidation of the Signatures of Proteasome-Catalyzed Peptide Splicing. PG - 563800 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.563800 [doi] LID - 563800 AB - Proteasomes catalyze the degradation of endogenous proteins into oligopeptides, but can concurrently create spliced oligopeptides through ligation of previously non-contiguous peptide fragments. Recent studies have uncovered a formerly unappreciated role for proteasome-catalyzed peptide splicing (PCPS) in the generation of non-genomically templated human leukocyte antigen class I (HLA-I)-bound cis-spliced peptides that can be targeted by CD8(+) T cells in cancer and infection. However, the mechanisms defining PCPS reactions are poorly understood. Here, we experimentally define the biochemical constraints of proteasome-catalyzed cis-splicing reactions by examination of in vitro proteasomal digests of a panel of viral- and self-derived polypeptide substrates using a tailored mass-spectrometry-based de novo sequencing workflow. We show that forward and reverse PCPS reactions display unique splicing signatures, defined by preferential fusion of distinct amino acid residues with stringent peptide length distributions, suggesting sequence- and size-dependent accessibility of splice reactants for proteasomal substrate binding pockets. Our data provide the basis for a more informed mechanistic understanding of PCPS that will facilitate future prediction of spliced peptides from protein sequences. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Paes, Leonov, Partridge, Nicastri, Ternette and Borrow. FAU - Paes, Wayne AU - Paes W AD - Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. FAU - Leonov, German AU - Leonov G AD - York Cross-Disciplinary Center for Systems Analysis, University of York, York, United Kingdom. FAU - Partridge, Thomas AU - Partridge T AD - Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. FAU - Nicastri, Annalisa AU - Nicastri A AD - Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. FAU - Ternette, Nicola AU - Ternette N AD - Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. FAU - Borrow, Persephone AU - Borrow P AD - Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. LA - eng GR - MR/K012037/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - R01 AI118549/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - UM1 AI100645/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - MR/K012037/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200924 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Viral Proteins) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM EIN - Front Immunol. 2021 Sep 23;12:755002. PMID: 34630434 MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Antigen Presentation MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Catalysis MH - Catalytic Domain MH - Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - Computer Simulation MH - Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/chemistry/immunology MH - HIV-1/*chemistry MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology MH - Humans MH - Peptide Fragments/chemistry MH - Peptides/*chemistry MH - Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/*chemistry MH - *Protein Splicing MH - Proteolysis MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry MH - Viral Proteins/*chemistry PMC - PMC7541919 OTO - NOTNLM OT - antigen processing OT - peptide epitopes OT - peptide splicing OT - proteasome OT - splicing mechanism EDAT- 2020/10/20 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/04 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/01 CRDT- 2020/10/19 05:56 PHST- 2020/05/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/08/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/19 05:56 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2020.563800 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2020 Sep 24;11:563800. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.563800. eCollection 2020.