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Phosphopeptide Enrichment and LC-MS/MS Analysis to Study the Phosphoproteome of Recombinant Chinese Hamster Ovary
Michael Henry1, Karuppuchamy Selvaprakash2, Paula Meleady2,3
1National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. michael.henry@dcu.ie.
Abstract:
The reversible phosphorylation of proteins on serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues is one of the most important post-translational modifications that regulates many biological processes. There have been relatively few studies on the phosphoproteome of recombinant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to date despite phosphorylation playing a crucial role in regulating many molecular and cellular processes relevant to bioprocess phenotypes including, for example, transcription, translation, growth, apoptosis, and signal transduction. In this chapter, we provide a protocol for phosphoproteomic analysis of CHO cells using phosphopeptide enrichment with metal oxide affinity chromatography (MOAC) and immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC) techniques, followed by site-specific identification of phosphorylated residues using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS), multistage activation (MSA), and MS3 strategies. This protocol can also be used for quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis using both labeled and label-free approaches.

