Abstract
Protein-correlation-profiling (PCP), in combination with quantitative proteomics, has emerged as a high-throughput method for the rapid identification of dynamic protein complexes in native conditions. While PCP has been successfully applied to soluble proteomes, characterization of the membrane interactome has lagged, partly due to the necessary use of detergents to maintain protein solubility. Here, we apply the peptidisc, a 'one-size fits all' membrane mimetic, for the capture of the Escherichia coli cell envelope proteome and its high-resolution fractionation in the absence of detergent. Analysis of the SILAC-labeled peptidisc library via PCP allows generation of over 4900 possible binary interactions out of >700,000 random associations. Using well-characterized membrane protein systems such as the SecY translocon, the Bam complex and the MetNI transporter, we demonstrate that our dataset is a useful resource for identifying transient and surprisingly novel protein interactions. For example, we discover a trans-periplasmic supercomplex comprising subunits of the Bam and Sec machineries, including membrane-bound chaperones YfgM and PpiD. We identify RcsF and OmpA as bone fide interactors of BamA, and we show that MetQ association with the ABC transporter MetNI depends on its N-terminal lipid anchor. We also discover NlpA as a novel interactor of MetNI complex. Most of these interactions are largely undetected by standard detergent-based purification. Together, the peptidisc workflow applied to the proteomic field is emerging as a promising novel approach to characterize membrane protein interactions under native expression conditions and without genetic manipulation.
Highlights
Proteins control biological systems in a cell
We recently developed the peptidisc as a novel membrane mimetic scaffold to keep membrane proteins water-soluble (Carlson et al, 2018)
We show that the peptidisc can entrap membrane proteins directly out of a crude detergent membrane extract
Summary
Proteins control biological systems in a cell. While many perform their functions independently, the majority of proteins interact with others to achieve their full biological activity. While high-throughput, these methods are quite often limited in their scope by poor scalability because bait proteins must be independently tagged. The addition of these tags can have uncontrolled effects on proteins such as disrupting binding sites, altering
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