文摘
Serine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1(IRS-1) can regulate tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1and subsequent insulin signaling. The 182 serine and 60threonine residues in IRS-1 make position-by-positionanalysis of potential phosphorylation sites by mutagenesisdifficult. Tandem mass spectrometry provides a moreefficient way to identify phosphorylated residues in IRS-1. Toward this end, we overexpressed glutathione S-transferase-IRS-1 fusion proteins in E. coli and treated themin vitro with various kinases followed by identification ofphosphorylation sites using high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Nine phosphorylation sites were detected in thetryptic digests of middle and C-terminal regions of IRS-1treated with protein kinase A or extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2. Of these sites, five have not previouslybeen detected by any method and provide novel candidates for identification in cells or in vivo.