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Proteomics of Transglutaminase 2 polyaminated proteins

Hall, M. N.; Benjamin, D.; Ritz, D.; Park, S.; Shetty, S.

2025-05-30 molecular biology
10.1101/2025.05.28.656543 bioRxiv
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Post-translational modification of proteins by polyamines (putrescine, spermine and spermidine) is poorly studied due to technical challenges in identification. Polyamination is mainly performed by transglutaminases via transamidation of a polyamine to an acceptor glutamine-residue on the target protein. We performed polyamination reactions on whole cell lysates using 2 different polyamine probes (Biotin-pentylamine and DNP-pentylamine) and identified modified peptides by mass spectrometry. 51 protein targets modified on 66 different sites were identified, with an overlap between hits tagged with the different probes. Many of the targets are involved in translation, cytoskeletal organization or have roles in cancer.

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