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Probing protein structure using biochemical and biophysical methods - proteolysis, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry, high-performance liquid chromatography and size-exclusion chromatography of p21(waf1/cip1/sdi1)

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authors

  • Kriwacki, R. W.
  • Wu, J.
  • Tennant, L.
  • Wright, Peter
  • Siuzdak, Gary

publication date

  • August 1997

journal

  • Journal of Chromatography A  Journal

abstract

  • The cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitor p21Waf1/Cip1/Sdi1, important for p53 tumor suppressor-dependent cell growth control in humans and other organisms, mediates G1/S-phase arrest through inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks). The enzymatic activity of these kinases is essential for progress through the cell division cycle and one level of cell cycle regulation is exerted through inhibition of Cdks by a family of small proteins, including p21. Cdk inhibition requires a sequence of approximately 60 amino acids within the p21 NH2-terminus. Using proteolytic mapping, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry, HPLC and size-exclusion chromatography, we show that p21, active as a Cdk inhibitor, exists in an extended, non-globular conformation in the absence of its biological target and that p21 lacks the hallmarks of stable secondary and tertiary structure. We have developed an efficient approach to obtain detailed proteolytic maps that takes advantage of the high accuracy and sensitivity of MALDI mass spectrometry. Our method allows a proteolytic map to be obtained from a single mass spectrum for fragments produced from a single proteolytic reaction.

subject areas

  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Chymotrypsin
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21
  • Cyclins
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Osmolar Concentration
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Subtilisins
  • Trypsin
  • Urea
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keywords

  • proteins
  • proteolytic mapping
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0021-9673

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0021-9673(97)00527-x

PubMed ID

  • 9297835
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 23

end page

  • 30

volume

  • 777

issue

  • 1

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