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Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:

The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Cravatt, La Jolla, CA (US);

Chu Wang, Beijing, CN;

Keriann Backus, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/573 (2006.01); C12N 9/12 (2006.01); C40B 30/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/573 (2013.01); C12N 9/12 (2013.01); G01N 33/6842 (2013.01); C12Y 207/11025 (2013.01); G01N 2333/91205 (2013.01); G01N 2500/04 (2013.01); G01N 2500/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Cells produce electrophilic products with the potential to modify and affect the function of proteins. Chemoproteomic methods have provided a means to qualitatively inventory proteins targeted by endogenous electrophiles; however, ascertaining the potency and specificity of these reactions to identify the most sensitive sites in the proteome to electrophilic modification requires more quantitative methods. Here, we describe a competitive activity-based profiling method for quantifying the reactivity of electrophilic compounds against 1000+ cysteines in parallel in the human proteome. Using this approach, we identify a select set of proteins that constitute hot spots for modification by various lipid-derived electrophiles, including the oxidative stress product 4-hydroxnonenal (HNE). We show that one of these proteins, ZAK kinase, is labeled by HNE on a conserved, active site-proximal cysteine, resulting in enzyme inhibition to create a negative feedback mechanism that can suppress the activation of JNK pathways by oxidative stress.


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