Protein derivatization, covalent

For the covalent approach, standard protocols include bioconjugation techniques that have been routinely used in protein derivatization (Ma et al., 2012). The most widely used reactions include the reactive side chains of lysine (Lys), cysteine (Cys), aspartic acid (Asp), glutamic acid (Glu), and tyrosine (lyr) residues, which are available to form biocompatible covalent bonds (Fig. 15.5A). Lysine residues and N-termini provide reactive moieties in primary amines form (R-NH ) that have been mainly targeted with A-hydroxysuccinimidyl-esters (NHS-esters) or NHS-ester sulfate derivatives (Smith et al., 2013). 

These inactivators typically have negligible reactivity toward cellular nucleophiles, in contrast to the classic affinity labels and the activated (escaped) form of suicide substrates (I ). However, all classes of irreversible inactivators - even in the ideal case of covalently labeling only their target enzymes - suffer from the possibility of eliciting an undesired immune response against the inactivator-derivatized protein following protein denaturation and degradation.1171... 

Incubation of l,l,2,2,-tetrachloro[l,2- 4C]ethane with a reconstituted monooxygenase system or with intact rat liver microsomes led to the formation of a metabolite capable of binding covalently to proteins and other nucleophiles. The only soluble metabolite detected upon incubation of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane with a reconstituted system was dichloroacetic acid. Pronase digestion of the C-labcllcd microsomal proteins indicated the presence of several derivatized amino acids, which were hydrolysed by alkali to yield dichloroacetic acid. The results are consistent with biotransformation of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane by cytochrome P450 to dichloroacetyl chloride, which can bind covalently to various nucleophiles or hydrolyse to dichloroacetic acid (Halpert, 1982). 

On-probe purification using derivatized MALDI probe surfaces has been described to simplify the sample preparation process. Various developments in this field have allowed the introduction of new techniques such as the surface-enhanced laser desorption ionization (SELDI) [42], The surface of the probe plays an active role in binding the analyte by hydrophobic or electrostatic interactions, while contaminants are rinsed away. In the same way, this technique uses targets with covalently coupled antibodies directed against a protein, allowing its purification from biological samples as urine or plasma. Subsequent addition of a droplet of matrix solution allows MALDI analysis. 

Fig. 7 Approaches for linking macromolecules to solid surfaces using biotin-strept(avidin) systems. Either biotin or streptavidin may be directly linked to a surface (e.g. Fig. 6). There are a large number of biotin derivatives with different spacer arms (e.g. Fig. 3) that may be used for immobilization. The choice of a specific biotin depends on which active group occurs on the native or derivatized surface. Attachment of strept(avidin) may be done with methods used with other proteins. Note that the deposition of a biotinylated molecules to a surface may also be used (e.g. biotinylated small molecules or large molecules like BSA) to link strept(avidin) to a surface. A DNA covalently attached at one end (3 end) can have a functional biotin at the other end that could bind to strept(avidin) or be covalently linked to streptavidin (see Fig. 4). Single-stranded DNA bound to immobilized streptavidin is available for hybridization to its complementary sequence (See Fig. 4)...

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