京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第20583号 / 工博第4363号 / 新制||工||1678(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科合成・生物化学専攻 / (主査)教授 浜地 格, 教授 森 泰生, 教授 白川 昌宏 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第21799号 / 工博第4616号 / 新制||工||1719(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科合成・生物化学専攻 / (主査)教授 浜地 格, 教授 跡見 晴幸, 教授 秋吉 一成 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第23923号 / 工博第5010号 / 新制||工||1782(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科合成・生物化学専攻 / (主査)教授 浜地 格, 教授 森 泰生, 教授 秋吉 一成 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DFAM

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第21137号 / 農博第2263号 / 新制||農||1057(附属図書館) / 学位論文||H30||N5111(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科応用生命科学専攻 / (主査)教授 三芳 秀人, 教授 宮川 恒, 教授 加納 健司 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

<p>Proteins fold into well-defined three-dimensional structures to carry out their biological functions which involve non-covalent interactions with other cellular molecules. Knowledge about the thermodynamic properties of proteins and protein-ligand complexes is essential for answering fundamental biological questions and drug or biomarker discovery. Recently, chemical labeling strategies have been combined with mass spectrometry methods to generate thermodynamic information about protein folding and ligand binding interactions. The work in this thesis is focused on the development and application of two such chemical labeling protocols coupled with mass spectrometry including one termed, SUPREX (stability of unpurified proteins from rates of H/D exchange), and one termed SPROX (stability of proteins from rates of oxidation). The work described in this thesis is divided into two parts. The first part involves the application of SUPREX to the thermodynamic analysis of a protein folding chaperone, Hsp33, and its interaction with unfolded protein substrates. The second part involves the development of a new chemical labeling protocol that can be used to make protein folding and ligand binding measurements on the proteomic scale. </p><p>In the first part of this work, the SUPREX technique was used to study the binding interaction between the molecular chaperone Hsp33 and four different unfolded protein substrates including citrate synthase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, and aldolase. The results of the studies, which were performed at the intact protein level, suggest that the cooperativity of the Hsp33 folding/unfolding reaction increases upon binding with denatured protein substrates. This is consistent with the burial of significant hydrophobic surface area in Hsp33 when it interacts with its substrate proteins. The SUPREX derived Kd-values for Hsp33 complexes with four different substrates were also found to be all within a range of 3-300 nM. The interaction between Hsp33 and one of its substrates, citrate synthase (CS), was characterized at a higher structural resolution by using the SUPREX technique in combination with a protease digestion protocol. Using this protocol, the thermodynamic properties for both Hsp33 and CS were evaluated at different stages of binding, including reduced Hsp33 (inactive form), oxidized Hsp33 (active form), followed by native CS and finally of Hsp33ox -CS complexes before and after reduction with DTT. The results suggest that Hsp33 binds unfolded proteins that still have a significant amount of residual higher- order structure. Structural rearrangements of the substrate protein appear to occur upon reduction of the Hsp33-substrate complexes, which may facilitate the transfer of the substrate protein to other protein folding chaperone systems. </p><p>In the second part of this dissertation, a mass spectrometry-based covalent labeling protocol, which relies on the amidination rate of globally protected protein amine groups, was designed and applied to the thermodynamic analysis of several eight protein samples including: six purified proteins (ubiquitin, BCAII, RNaseA, 4OT, and lysozyme with, and without GlcNAc), a five-protein mixture comprised of ubiquitin, BCAII, RNaseA, Cytochome C, and lysozyme, and a yeast cell lysate. The results demonstrate that in ideal cases the folding free energies of proteins and the dissociation constants of protein-ligand complexes can be accurately evaluated using the protocol. Also demonstrated is the new method's compatibility with three different mass spectrometry-based readouts including an intact protein readout using MALDI, a gel-based proteomics readout using MALDI, and an LC-MS-based proteomics readout using isobaric mass tags. The results of the cell lysate sample analysis highlight the complementarity of the labeling protocol to other chemical modification strategies that have been recently developed to make thermodynamic measurements of protein folding and stability on the proteomic scale.</p> / Dissertation

Les objectifs de mes travaux de thèse étaient de développer de nouvelles méthodes d’identification, de caractérisation et de quantification de protéines, mieux adaptées à la diversité des études en protéomique, ce dont la biologie a besoin aujourd’hui. L’analyse protéomique par spectrométrie de masse est apparue comme un outil précieux et pertinent pour évaluer la qualité de l’isolement d’un complexe spécifique, et pour guider les biologistes dans les choix de la stratégie à adopter. La stratégie de marquage de N-terminomique développée a permis de caractériser un processus de maturation biologique en déterminant précisément les sites d’activation de la protéine Perséphone par marquage spécifique des extrémités N-terminales. Ce travail a permis d’élucider un nouveau mécanisme fin de régulation dans l’immunité innée chez la drosophile. De nouveaux modes de marquages ont été mis au point et les familles chimiques des réactifs de marquage étudiés permettront d’adapter au mieux les études de quantifications protéomiques à la nature et aux contraintes des études biologiques à mener. / The aim of this work was to develop new methods for the identification, characterization and quantification of proteins best suited to a large diversity of proteomics studies, which is nowadays essential to biology. Our work has shown that proteomic analysis based on mass spectrometry can be a valuable and relevant tool to evaluate the isolation strategy efficiency set up for a specific complex and thus guide the biologists in their choice. The N-terminomic labeling strategy developed allowed us to describe a biological maturation process by determining precisely the Persephone protein activation sites using specific labeling of the successively generated N-terminal extremities. This work allowed elucidating a new regulation mechanism in the Drosophila innate immunity system. New chemical labeling reagents to target specific amino acids (cysteine, tyrosine and tryptophan) have been set up for fast mass-spectrometry based proteomics. These labeling strategies combined with proteomic tools will allow developing a robust and quantitative approach essential for biological studies.