1. Protein Arginylation: Over 50 Years of Discovery Anna Kashina
2. Recollection of How We Came Across the Protein Modification with Amino Acids by Aminoacyl tRNA-Protein Transferase Hideko Kaji and Akira Kaji
3. Arginyltransferase: A Personal and Historical Perspective Richard L. Soffer
4. Arginylation in a Partially Purified Fraction of 150k xg Supernatants of Axoplasm and Injured Vertebrate Nerves Nicholas A. Ingoglia
5. Preparation of ATE1 Enzyme from Native Mammalian Tissues Anna Kashina (Adapted from the original article by R. Soffer in consultation with R. Soffer, H. Kaji and A. Kaji)
6. Correlated Measurement of Endogenous ATE1 Activity on Native Acceptor Proteins in Tissues and Cultured Cells to Detect Cellular Aging Hideko Kaji and Akira Kaji
7. Assaying the Post-Translational Arginylation of Proteins in Cultured Cells Mauricio R. Galiano and Marta E. Hallak
8. Assaying ATE1 Activity in Yeast by β-gal Degradation Anna Kashina
9. Bacterial Expression and Purification of Recombinant Arginyltransferase (ATE1) and Arg-tRNA Synthetase (RRS) for Arginylation Assays Junling Wang and Anna Kashina
10. Assaying ATE1 Activity In Vitro Junling Wang and Anna Kashina
11. High Throughput Arginylation Assay in Microplate Format Sougata Saha, Junling Wang, and Anna Kashina
12. Assay of Arginyltransferase Activity by a Fluorescent HPLC Method Koichi Takao
13. Identification of Arginylated Proteins by Mass Spectrometry Anna Kashina and John R. Yates, III
14. Analysis of Arginylated Peptides by Subtractive Edman Degradation Anna Kashina and John R. Yates, III
15. Transferase-Mediated Labeling of Protein N-Termini with Click Chemistry Handles Anne M. Wagner, John B. Warner, Haviva E. Garrett, Christopher R. Walters, and E. James Petersson
16. Applying Arginylation for Bottom-Up Proteomics H. Alexander Ebhardt
17. Development of New Tools for the Studies of Protein Arginylation Anna Kashina
This volume presents a comprehensive overview of all the existing methods on analysing protein arginylation, from the early methods utilizing crude protein preparations and whole-cell assays to the latest advanced methods involving recombinant protein techniques, antibodies, high precision mass spectrometry, and chemical probes. This book also includes essays from the founders of the field, who originally discovered arginylation in the early 1960s and brought it to international recognition. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Cutting-edge and thorough, Protein Arginylation:Methods and Protocols would interest the emerging body of scientists involved in the studies of posttranslational arginylation, and the rapidly growing community of researchers working on a broad range of posttranslational modifications, the analysis of which often meets similar challenges and utilizes similar principles as posttranslational arginylation.