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JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH
Volume 8, Issue 11, Pages 4966-4982Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/pr9003739
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Histones; Brain; Histone code; Acetylation; Methylation; Ubiquitination; Phosphorylation; Synapse; Nucleus
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins in the adult brain are known to mark activity-dependent processes for complex brain functions such as learning and memory Multiple PTMs occur in nerve cells, and are able to modulate proteins in different subcellular compartments In synaptic terminals, protein phosphorylation is the primary PTM that contributes to the control of the activity and localization of synaptic proteins. In the nucleus, it can modulate histones and proteins involved with the transcriptional machinery and, in combination with other PTMs such as acetylation, methylation and ubiquitination, acts to regulate chromatin remodelling and gene expression. The combination of histone PTMs is highly complex and is known to be unique to each gene. The ensemble of PTMs in the adult brain, however, remains unknown. Here, we describe a novel proteomic approach that allows the isolation and identification of PTMs on synaptic and nuclear proteins, in particular on histones Using subcellular fractionation, we identified 2082 unique phosphopeptides from 1062 phosphoproteins, and 196 unique PTM sites on histones H1, H2A, H2B, H3 and H4. A comparison of phosphorylation sites in synaptic and nuclear compartments, and on histones, suggests that different kinases and kinase motifs are involved Overall, our data demonstrates the complexity of PTMs in the brain and the prevalence of histone PTMs, and reveals potentially important regulatory sites on proteins involved in synaptic plasticity and brain functions
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