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  3. APEX Fingerprinting Reveals the Subcellular Localization of Proteins of Interest

APEX Fingerprinting Reveals the Subcellular Localization of Proteins of Interest

  • Cell Rep. 2016 May 24;15(8):1837-47. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.064.
Song-Yi Lee 1,  Myeong-Gyun Kang 1,  Jong-Seok Park 1,  Geunsik Lee 1,  Alice Y Ting 2,  Hyun-Woo Rhee 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea.
  • 2 Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: ating@mit.edu.
  • 3 Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Korea. Electronic address: rhee@unist.ac.kr.
PMID: 27184847 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.04.064
Abstract

Deciphering the sub-compartmental location of a given protein of interest may help explain its physiological function, but it can be challenging to do using optical or biochemical methods. Imaging with electron microscopy (EM) can provide highly resolved mapping of proteins; however, EM requires complex sample preparation and a specialized facility. Here, we use engineered ascorbate peroxidase (APEX)-generated molecular labeling patterns to provide information regarding intracellular microenvironments in living cells. Using APEX labeling of specific proteins, we uncovered subcellular localization at sub-compartmental resolution and successfully elucidated the membrane protein topology of HMOX1 and sub-mitochondrial localization of recently identified mitochondrial proteins. This method can be expanded to confirm sub-mitochondrial localization and membrane topologies of previously identified mitochondrial proteins.

Keywords

engineered ascorbate peroxidase; membrane protein topology; molecular pattern; protein localization mapping; proximity labeling.

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