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Mapping protein-DNA interactions by UV femtosecond laser crosslinking and mass spectrometry analysis

ABSTRACT: Transcription factors (TFs) regulate target genes by specific interaction with DNA sequences. Detecting and understanding these interactions on molecular level is of fundamental interest in both biological and clinical context. Crosslinking mass spectrometry is a powerful tool to assist structure prediction of protein complexes by providing direct evidence for physical contacts on sub-molecular level. Yet, until now it has been limited to the study of protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions. Here, we developed a femtosecond laser induced crosslinking mass spectrometry (fLiX-MS) workflow, which allows mapping of protein-DNA contacts at single nucleotide and up to single amino acid resolution. Applying the method to in-vitro assembled nucleosomes and recombinant TF-DNA complexes, our method proved both versatile and highly specific for mapping DNA binding domains. While for Nuclear factor 1 (NF1) the detected crosslinks were in perfect agreement with previous biochemical data on DNA binding, crosslinks for the TATA box binding protein (TBP) fitted to the known crystal structure. We further identified several protein-DNA interactions for the nucleosome and TBP, which were rather distant in the crystal-structure, indicating, that our method is capable to detect structural flexibility reflected in distinct conformational states. Moreover, applying the fLiX-MS workflow to cells, we detected several bona-fide crosslinks on DNA-binding domains, proving the applicability of the method for future large scale in-vivo experiments.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human) Sus Scrofa Domesticus (domestic Pig) Mus Musculus (mouse)

SUBMITTER: Michael Wierer

LAB HEAD: Michael Wierer

PROVIDER: PXD014898 | Pride | 2020-06-22

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Atomic-resolution mapping of transcription factor-DNA interactions by femtosecond laser crosslinking and mass spectrometry.

Reim Alexander A Ackermann Roland R Font-Mateu Jofre J Kammel Robert R Beato Miguel M Nolte Stefan S Mann Matthias M Russmann Christoph C Wierer Michael M

Nature communications 20200615 1

Transcription factors (TFs) regulate target genes by specific interactions with DNA sequences. Detecting and understanding these interactions at the molecular level is of fundamental importance in biological and clinical contexts. Crosslinking mass spectrometry is a powerful tool to assist the structure prediction of protein complexes but has been limited to the study of protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions. Here, we present a femtosecond laser-induced crosslinking mass spectrometry (fli ...[more]

PMID: 32541649

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Mapping protein-DNA interactions by UV femtosecond laser crosslinking and mass spectrometry analysis

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Atomic-resolution mapping of transcription factor-DNA interactions by femtosecond laser crosslinking and mass spectrometry.

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