Endogenous carbamylation of renal medullary proteins.

Protein carbamylation is a post-translational modification that can occur in the presence of urea. In solution, urea is in equilibrium with ammonium cyanate, and carbamylation occurs when cyanate ions react with the amino groups of lysines, arginines, protein N-termini, as well as sulfhydryl groups...

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Main Authors: J'Neka S Claxton, Pablo C Sandoval, Gary Liu, Chung-Lin Chou, Jason D Hoffert, Mark A Knepper
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
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author J'Neka S Claxton
Pablo C Sandoval
Gary Liu
Chung-Lin Chou
Jason D Hoffert
Mark A Knepper
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Jason D Hoffert
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description Protein carbamylation is a post-translational modification that can occur in the presence of urea. In solution, urea is in equilibrium with ammonium cyanate, and carbamylation occurs when cyanate ions react with the amino groups of lysines, arginines, protein N-termini, as well as sulfhydryl groups of cysteines. The concentration of urea is elevated in the renal inner medulla compared with other tissues. Due to the high urea concentration, we hypothesized that carbamylation can occur endogenously within the rat inner medulla. Using immunoblotting of rat kidney cortical and medullary homogenates with a carbamyl-lysine specific antibody, we showed that carbamylation is present in a large number of inner medullary proteins. Using protein mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) of rat renal inner medulla, we identified 456 unique carbamylated sites in 403 proteins, including many that play important physiological roles in the renal medulla [Data can be accessed at https://helixweb.nih.gov/ESBL/Database/Carbamylation/Carbamylation_peptide_sorted.html]. We conclude that protein carbamylation occurs endogenously in the kidney, modifying many physiologically important proteins.
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spelling doaj-art-463eae4f0acd49aa924410c5bface5cd2025-08-20T03:10:50ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01812e8265510.1371/journal.pone.0082655Endogenous carbamylation of renal medullary proteins.J'Neka S ClaxtonPablo C SandovalGary LiuChung-Lin ChouJason D HoffertMark A KnepperProtein carbamylation is a post-translational modification that can occur in the presence of urea. In solution, urea is in equilibrium with ammonium cyanate, and carbamylation occurs when cyanate ions react with the amino groups of lysines, arginines, protein N-termini, as well as sulfhydryl groups of cysteines. The concentration of urea is elevated in the renal inner medulla compared with other tissues. Due to the high urea concentration, we hypothesized that carbamylation can occur endogenously within the rat inner medulla. Using immunoblotting of rat kidney cortical and medullary homogenates with a carbamyl-lysine specific antibody, we showed that carbamylation is present in a large number of inner medullary proteins. Using protein mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) of rat renal inner medulla, we identified 456 unique carbamylated sites in 403 proteins, including many that play important physiological roles in the renal medulla [Data can be accessed at https://helixweb.nih.gov/ESBL/Database/Carbamylation/Carbamylation_peptide_sorted.html]. We conclude that protein carbamylation occurs endogenously in the kidney, modifying many physiologically important proteins.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0082655&type=printable
spellingShingle J'Neka S Claxton
Pablo C Sandoval
Gary Liu
Chung-Lin Chou
Jason D Hoffert
Mark A Knepper
Endogenous carbamylation of renal medullary proteins.
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title Endogenous carbamylation of renal medullary proteins.
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title_fullStr Endogenous carbamylation of renal medullary proteins.
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title_short Endogenous carbamylation of renal medullary proteins.
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