2023
An optogenetic-phosphoproteomic study reveals dynamic Akt1 signaling profiles in endothelial cells
Zhou W, Li W, Wang S, Salovska B, Hu Z, Tao B, Di Y, Punyamurtula U, Turk B, Sessa W, Liu Y. An optogenetic-phosphoproteomic study reveals dynamic Akt1 signaling profiles in endothelial cells. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 3803. PMID: 37365174, PMCID: PMC10293293, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39514-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEndothelial CellsHumansOptogeneticsPhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktSignal TransductionConceptsPhosphorylation sitesSerine/threonine kinase AktMass spectrometry-based phosphoproteomicsThreonine kinase AktAkt-dependent phosphorylationAberrant Akt activationEndothelial cellsKinase substrateKinase AktCell signalingPhosphorylation profilePhenotypic outcomesDownstream signalingAkt activationAkt1 phosphorylationHuman diseasesSystem-level analysisAKT1Vascular endothelial cellsRich resourcePhosphorylationSignalingGrowth factorAktCells
2020
Global and Site-Specific Effect of Phosphorylation on Protein Turnover
Wu C, Ba Q, Lu D, Li W, Salovska B, Hou P, Mueller T, Rosenberger G, Gao E, Di Y, Zhou H, Fornasiero EF, Liu Y. Global and Site-Specific Effect of Phosphorylation on Protein Turnover. Developmental Cell 2020, 56: 111-124.e6. PMID: 33238149, PMCID: PMC7855865, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.10.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein turnoverProtein lifetimeCyclin-dependent kinase substrateStable isotope-labeled amino acidsSite-specific phosphorylationPulse-labeling approachIsotope-labeled amino acidsMass spectrometry-based methodCell fitnessKinase substratePhosphorylation sitesPhosphorylated sitesProteomic methodsCell signalingSpectrometry-based methodsLive cellsAmino acidsPhosphositesRich resourceDisease biologyLabeling approachPhosphorylationModification typesGlutamic acidTurnover