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Resolving sulfation PTMs on a plant peptide hormone using nanopore sequencing

Chen, X.; van de Sande, J. W.; Ritmejeris, J.; Wen, C.; Brinkerhoff, H.; Laszlo, A. H.; Albada, B.; Dekker, C.

2024-05-10 biophysics
10.1101/2024.05.08.593138 bioRxiv
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Peptide phytohormones are decorated with post-translational modifications (PTMs) that are crucial for receptor recognition. Tyrosine sulfation on these hormones is essential for plant growth and development1. Measuring the occurrence and position of sulfotyrosine is, however, compromised by major technical challenges during isolation and detection2. We recently introduced a nanopore peptide sequencing method that sensitively detects PTMs at the single-molecule level3. By translocating PTM variants of the plant pentapeptide hormone phytosulfokine (PSK) through a nanopore, we here demonstrate accurate identification of sulfation and phosphorylation on the two tyrosine residues of PSK. Sulfation can be clearly detected and distinguished (>90%) from phosphorylation on the same residue. Moreover, the presence or absence of PTMs on the two close-by tyrosine residues can be accurately determined (>96% accuracy). Our findings demonstrate the extraordinary sensitivity of nanopore protein measurements, providing a new tool for identifying sulfation on peptide phytohormones and promising wider applications to identify protein PTMs.

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