Refined preparation and use of anti-diglycine remnant (k-ε-gg) antibody enables routine quantification of 10,000s of ubiquitination sites in single proteomics experiments

Abstract

Detection of endogenous ubiquitination sites by mass spectrometry has dramatically improved with the commercialization of anti-di-glycine remnant (K-ε-GG) antibodies. Here, we describe a number of improvements to the K-ε-GG enrichment workflow, including optimized antibody and peptide input requirements, antibody cross-linking, and improved off-line fractionation prior to enrichment. This refined and practical workflow enables routine identification and quantification of ̃20,000 distinct endogenous ubiquitination sites in a single SILAC experiment using moderate amounts of protein input. © 2013 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.