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XB-ART-37344
Anal Chem 2008 Apr 01;807:2419-25. doi: 10.1021/ac702059p.
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Efficient identification of phosphorylation by mass spectrometric phosphopeptide fingerprinting.

Woo EM , Fenyo D , Kwok BH , Funabiki H , Chait BT .


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We describe a rapid and efficient method for the identification of phosphopeptides, which we term mass spectrometric (MS) phosphopeptide fingerprinting. The method involves quantitative comparison of proteolytic peptides from native versus completely dephosphorylated proteins. Dephosphorylation of serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues is achieved by in-gel treatment of the separated proteins with hydrogen fluoride (HF). This chemical dephosphorylation results in enrichment of those unmodified peptides that correspond to previously phosphorylated peptides. Quantitative comparison of the signal-to-noise ratios of peaks in the treated versus untreated samples are used to identify phosphopeptides, which can be confirmed and further studied by tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS). We have applied this method to identify eight known phosphorylation sites of Xenopus Aurora A kinase, as well as several novel sites in the Xenopus chromosome passenger complex (CPC).

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: aurka