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Top–down mass spectrometry reveals new sequence variants of the major bovine seminal plasma protein PDC‐109
Author(s) -
Laitaoja Mikko,
Sankhala Rajeshwer S.,
Swamy Musti J.,
Jänis Janne
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 1076-5174
DOI - 10.1002/jms.3032
Subject(s) - chemistry , mass spectrometry , fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance , chromatography , biochemistry , tandem mass spectrometry , monomer , organic chemistry , polymer
The major protein of bovine seminal plasma, PDC‐109, is a 109‐residue polypeptide that exists as a polydisperse aggregate under native conditions. The oligomeric state of this aggregate varies with ionic strength and the presence of lipids. Binding of PDC‐109 to choline phospholipids on the sperm plasma membrane results in an efflux of cholesterol and choline phospholipids, which is an important step in sperm capacitation. In this study, Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry was used to analyze PDC‐109 purified from bovine seminal plasma. In addition to the previously known PDC‐109 variants, four new sequence variants were identified by top–down mass spectrometry. For example, a protein variant containing point mutations P10L and G14R was identified along with another form having a 14‐residue truncation in the N‐terminal region. Two other minor variants could also be identified from the affinity‐purified PDC‐109. These results demonstrate that PDC‐109 is naturally produced as a mixture of several protein forms, most of which have not been detected in previous studies. Native mass spectrometry revealed that PDC‐109 is exclusively monomeric at low protein concentrations, suggesting that the protein oligomers are weakly bound and can easily be disrupted. Ligand binding to PDC‐109 was also investigated, and it was observed that two molecules of O ‐phosphorylcholine bind to each PDC‐109 monomer, consistent with previous reports. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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