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In vivo tagging and characterization of S-glutathionylated proteins by a chemoenzymatic method

Glutathionylspermidine synthetase (GspS) was introduced into human cells to label endogenous glutathione (GSH) with biotinyl spermine (biotin-spm) for the identification of S-thiolated proteins. The proteins carrying Gspm-biotin can be detected by immunoblotting (A in figure). Enrichment by using the biotin tag enabled subsequent mass-spectrometry-based proteomic analysis (B) for site-specific identification of glutathionylated sites.

Article link: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201200321

Authors: Chiang BY, Chou CC, Hsieh FT, Gao S, Lin JC, Lin SH, Chen TC, Khoo KH*, Lin CH*

Updated: 2012.06.11