Chemical genetics and proteome-wide site mapping reveal cysteine MARylation by PARP-7 on immune-relevant protein targets
- Oregon Health and Science University, United States
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- University of California, San Francisco, United States
- University of Toronto, Canada
- University of Oslo, Norway
Abstract
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 7 (PARP-7) has emerged as a critically important member of a large enzyme family that catalyzes ADP-ribosylation in mammalian cells. PARP-7 is a critical regulator of the innate immune response. What remains unclear is the mechanism by which PARP-7 regulates this process, namely because the protein targets of PARP-7 mono-ADP-ribosylation (MARylation) are largely unknown. Here, we combine chemical genetics, proximity labeling, and proteome-wide amino acid ADP-ribosylation site profiling for identifying the direct targets and sites of PARP-7-mediated MARylation in a cellular context. We found that the inactive PARP family member, PARP-13—a critical regulator of the antiviral innate immune response—is a major target of PARP-7. PARP-13 is preferentially MARylated on cysteine residues in its RNA binding zinc finger domain. Proteome-wide ADP-ribosylation analysis reveals cysteine as a major MARylation acceptor of PARP-7. This study provides insight into PARP-7 targeting and MARylation site preference.
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Sara C Buch-Larsen
Funding
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH 2R01NS088629)
- Michael S Cohen
Pew Charitable Trusts (NA)
- Michael S Cohen
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2021, Rodriguez et al.
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Chemical genetics and proteome-wide site mapping reveal cysteine MARylation by PARP-7 on immune-relevant protein targets
eLife 10:e60480.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.60480
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