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This study presents improved methodologies for peptide identification using tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to enhance genome annotation. Through unbiased spectrum acquisition, direct amino-acid sequence observation, and targeted enzymatic digestion, we successfully identified significant peptide variants, including unannotated splice isoforms in human leukemia cell lines. Additionally, we address challenges like sequence database bias against novel peptides, emphasizing the potential of advanced search engines and peptide mapping technologies to reveal coding SNPs and alternative splicing events crucial for understanding genetic variations.
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Improving the Sensitivityof Peptide Identification for Genome Annotation Nathan Edwards Department of Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology Georgetown University Medical Center
Why Tandem Mass Spectrometry? • MS/MS spectra provide evidence for the amino-acid sequence of functional proteins. • Key concepts: • Spectrum acquisition is unbiased • Direct observation of amino-acid sequence • Sensitive to small sequence variations
Sample + _ Detector Ionizer Mass Analyzer Mass Spectrometer ElectronMultiplier(EM) Time-Of-Flight (TOF) Quadrapole Ion-Trap MALDI Electro-SprayIonization (ESI)
Enzymatic Digest and Fractionation Sample Preparation for MS/MS
Tandem Mass Spectrometry(MS/MS) Precursor selection
Tandem Mass Spectrometry(MS/MS) Precursor selection + collision induced dissociation (CID) MS/MS
Unannotated Splice Isoform • Human Jurkat leukemia cell-line • Lipid-raft extraction protocol, targeting T cells • von Haller, et al. MCP 2003. • LIME1 gene: • LCK interacting transmembrane adaptor 1 • LCK gene: • Leukocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase • Proto-oncogene • Chromosomal aberration involving LCK in leukemias. • Multiple significant peptide identifications
Splice Isoform Anomaly • Human erythroleukemia K562 cell-line • Depth of coverage study • Resing et al. Anal. Chem. 2004. • Peptide Atlas A8_IP • SALT1A2 gene: • Sulfotransferase family, cytosolic, 1A • 2 ESTs, 1 mRNA • mRNA from lung, small cell-cancinoma sample • Single (significant) peptide identification • Five agreeing search engines • PepArML FDR < 1%. • All source engines have non-significant E-values
Translation start-site correction • Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 • Extreme halophilic Archaeon, insoluble membrane and soluble cytoplasmic proteins • Goo, et al. MCP 2003. • GdhA1 gene: • Glutamate dehydrogenase A1 • Multiple significant peptide identifications • Observed start is consistent with Glimmer 3.0 prediction(s)
Halobacterium sp. NRC-1ORF: GdhA1 • K-score E-value vs PepArML @ 10% FDR • Many peptides inconsistent with annotated translation start site of NP_279651
Phyloproteomics • Tandem mass-spectra of proteins (top-down) • High-accuracy instrument (Orbitrap, UMD Core) • Proteins from unsequenced bacteria matching identical proteins in related organisms • Demonstration using Y.rohdei.
Phyloproteomics Protein Sequence 16S-rRNA Sequence phylogeny.fr – "One-Click"
Phyloproteomics • Recent extension to highly homologous proteins in related organisms • Merely require N- and/or C-terminus in common • Broadens applicability considerably • Phyloproteomic trees for E.herbicola and Enterocloacae, neither sequenced. • New paradigm for phylogenetic analysis?
Lost peptide identifications • Missing from the sequence database • Search engine strengths, weaknesses, quirks • Poor score or statistical significance • Thorough search takes too long
Searching under the street-light… • Tandem mass spectrometry doesn’t discriminate against novel peptides......but protein sequence databases do! • Searching traditional protein sequence databases biases the results in favor ofwell-understoodand/orcomputationally predicted proteins and protein isoforms!
Peptide Sequence Databases • All amino-acid 30-mers, no redundancy • From ESTs, Proteins, mRNAs • 30-40 fold size, search time reduction • Formatted as a FASTA sequence database • One entry per gene/cluster.
We can observe evidence for… • Known coding SNPs • Unannotated coding mutations • Alternate splicing isoforms • Alternate/Incorrect translation start-sites • Microexons • Alternate/Incorrect translation frames …though it must be treated thoughtfully.
PeptideMapper Web Service I’m Feeling Lucky
PeptideMapper Web Service I’m Feeling Lucky
PeptideMapper Web Service I’m Feeling Lucky
PeptideMapper Web Service • Suffix-tree index on peptide sequence database • Fast peptide to gene/cluster mapping • “Compression” makes this feasible • Peptide alignment with cluster evidence • Amino-acid or nucleotide; exact & near-exact • Genomic-loci mapping via • UCSC “known-gene” transcripts, and • Predetermined, embedded genomic coordinates
SEQUEST Mascot 28% 14% 14% 38% 1% 3% 2% X! Tandem Comparison of search engine results • No single score is comprehensive • Search engines disagree • Many spectra lack confident peptide assignment Searle et al. JPR 7(1), 2008
Combining search engine results – harder than it looks! • Consensus boosts confidence, but... • How to assess statistical significance? • Gain specificity, but lose sensitivity! • Incorrect identifications are correlated too! • How to handle weak identifications? • Consensus vs disagreement vs abstention • Threshold at some significance? • We apply unsupervised machine-learning.... • Lots of related work unified in a single framework.
Running many search engines Search engine configuration can be difficult: • Correct spectral format • Search parameter files and command-line • Pre-processed sequence databases. • Tracking spectrum identifiers • Extracting peptide identifications, especially modifications and protein identifiers
Simple unified search interface for: Mascot, X!Tandem, K-Score, OMSSA, MyriMatch Automatic decoy searches Automatic spectrumfile "chunking" Automatic scheduling Serial, Multi-Processor, Cluster, Grid Peptide Identification Meta-Search
PepArML Meta-Search Engine X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch, Mascot (1 core). NSF TeraGrid 1000+ CPUs Heterogeneous compute resources X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch. Secure communication Edwards Lab Scheduler & 48+ CPUs Scales easily to 250+ simultaneoussearches Single, simplesearch request UMIACS 250+ CPUs
PepArML Meta-Search Engine X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch, Mascot (1 core). NSF TeraGrid 1000+ CPUs Heterogeneous compute resources X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch. Secure communication Edwards Lab Scheduler & 80+ CPUs Scales easily to 250+ simultaneoussearches Single, simplesearch request
PepArML Meta-Search Engine Heterogeneous compute resources NSF TeraGrid 1000+ CPUs Edwards Lab Scheduler & 48+ CPUs Secure communication Simple searchrequest UMIACS 250+ CPUs
PepArML Meta-Search Engine Heterogeneous compute resources NSF TeraGrid 1000+ CPUs Edwards Lab Scheduler & 48+ CPUs Secure communication Simple searchrequest UMIACS 250+ CPUs
Peptide Identification Grid-Enabled Meta-Search • Access to high-performance computing resources for the proteomics community • NSF TeraGrid Community Portal • University/Institute HPC clusters • Individual lab compute resources • Contribute cycles to the community and get access to others’ cycles in return. • Centralized scheduler • Compute capacity can still be exclusive, or prioritized. • Compute client plays well with HPC grid schedulers.
PepArML Meta-Search Engine X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch, Mascot (1 core). Edwards Lab Scheduler & 80+ CPUs NSF TeraGrid 1000+ CPUs X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch. X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA. UMIACS 250+ CPUs
PepArML Meta-Search Engine X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch, Mascot (1 core). Edwards Lab Scheduler & 80+ CPUs NSF TeraGrid 1000+ CPUs X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch. X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA. UMIACS 250+ CPUs
PepArML Meta-Search Engine X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch, Mascot (1 core). Edwards Lab Scheduler & 80+ CPUs NSF TeraGrid 1000+ CPUs X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch. X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA. UMIACS 250+ CPUs UMD Proteomics Core Scheduler & 2 CPUs
PepArML Meta-Search Engine X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch, Mascot (1 core). Edwards Lab Scheduler & 80+ CPUs NSF TeraGrid 1000+ CPUs X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA, MyriMatch. X!Tandem, KScore, OMSSA. UMIACS 250+ CPUs UMD Proteomics Core Scheduler & 2 CPUs
Conclusions Improve the scope and sensitivity of peptide identification for genome annotation, using • Exhaustive peptide sequence databases • Machine-learning for combining • Meta-search tools to maximize consensus • Grid-computing for thorough search http://edwardslab.bmcb.georgetown.edu
Acknowledgements • Dr. Catherine Fenselau & students • University of Maryland Biochemistry • Dr. Yan Wang • University of Maryland Proteomics Core • Dr. Art Delcher • University of Maryland CBCB • Dr. Chau-Wen Tseng & Dr. Xue Wu • University of Maryland Computer Science • Funding: NIH/NCI