Actions for A nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry-based enzyme activity assay [electronic resource].

Email RIS file
Bookmark
Report an Issue

A nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry-based enzyme activity assay [electronic resource].

Published
Berkeley, Calif. : Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2008.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Additional Creators
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Access Online

Availability

I Want It
I Want It

Finding items...

Restrictions on Access
Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
Summary
We describe a Nanostructure-Initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS) enzymatic (Nimzyme) assay in which enzyme substrates are immobilized on the mass spectrometry surface by using fluorous-phase interactions. This 'soft' immobilization allows efficient desorption/ionization while also enabling the use of surface-washing steps to reduce signal suppression from complex biological samples, which results from the preferential retention of the tagged products and reactants. The Nimzyme assay is sensitive to subpicogram levels of enzyme, detects both addition and cleavage reactions (sialyltransferase and galactosidase), is applicable over a wide range of pHs and temperatures, and can measure activity directly from crude cell lysates. The ability of the Nimzyme assay to analyze complex mixtures is illustrated by identifying and directly characterizing β-1,4-galactosidase activity from a thermophilic microbial community lysate. The optimal enzyme temperature and pH were found to be 65 C and 5.5, respectively, and the activity was inhibited by both phenylethyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside and deoxygalactonojirimycin. Metagenomic analysis of the community suggests that the activity is from an uncultured, unsequenced γ-proteobacterium. In general, this assay provides an efficient method for detection and characterization of enzymatic activities in complex biological mixtures prior to sequencing or cloning efforts. More generally, this approach may have important applications for screening both enzymatic and inhibitor libraries, constructing and screening glycan microarrays, and complementing fluorous-phase organic synthesis. The interest in leveraging mass spectrometry for studying enzyme activities in complex biological samples derives from its high sensitivity and specificity; however, signal suppression and significant sample preparation requirements limit its overall utility (1). Here we describe a Nanostructure-Initiator Mass Spectrometry (NIMS) enzymatic (Nimzyme) assay, which uses the fluorous liquid-coated surface of NIMS (2) to noncovalently attach enzyme substrates by means of fluorous tags. Enzymes play essential roles in a wide range of cellular processes and account for >20% of all drug targets (3). In addition, enzymes have found great utility in organic synthesis because they can efficiently catalyze chemical transformations that are difficult and inefficient to catalyze using conventional synthetic approaches. Furthermore, enzymatic transformations are particularly useful in reactions requiring multiple functional groups or stereo/regiochemically defined products (4). These properties make them particularly well suited for the synthesis and degradation of carbohydrates (5). Indeed, enzymatic approaches have found widespread applications in glycobiology (6, 7) and are of intense interest for the utilization of plant biomass for biofuels (8).
Report Numbers
E 1.99:lbnl-793e
lbnl-793e
Other Subject(s)
Note
Published through SciTech Connect.
03/10/2008.
"lbnl-793e"
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences FT
Wong, Chi-Huey; Siuzdak, Gary; Northen, Trent R.; Lee, Jinq-Chyi; Hoang, Linh; Raymond, Jason; Hwang, Der-Ren.
Life Sciences Division
Funding Information
DE-AC02-05CH11231
View MARC record | catkey: 13810043