Unexpected Trypsin Cleavage at Ubiquitinated Lysines

Meghan C. Burke; Yan Wang; Amanda E. Lee; Emma Kimm Dixon; Carlos A. Castaneda; David Fushman; Catherine Fenselau

doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01960

Unexpected Trypsin Cleavage at Ubiquitinated Lysines

Meghan C. Burke, Yan Wang, Amanda E. Lee, Emma Kimm Dixon, Carlos A. Castaneda, David Fushman, Catherine Fenselau

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Unexpected tryptic cleavage has been characterized at modified K48 residues in polyubiquitins. In particular, the tryptic products of all seven of the lysine-linked dimers of ubiquitin and of three trimers-linear Ub-⁴⁸Ub-⁴⁸Ub, linear Ub-⁶³Ub-⁶³Ub, and the branched trimer [Ub]₂-^6,48Ub-have been analyzed. In addition to the peptide products expected under commonly used tryptic conditions, we observe that peptides are formed with an unexpected ε-glycinylglycinyl-Lys carboxyl terminus when the site of linkage is Lys48. Trypsin from three different commercial sources exhibited this aberration. Initial cleavage at R74 is proposed in a distal ubiquitin to produce a glycinylglycinyl-lysine residue which is bound by trypsin.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	8144-8148
Number of pages	5
Journal	Analytical Chemistry
Volume	87
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.5b01960
State	Published - Aug 18 2015
Externally published	Yes

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