RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 A novel multifunctional role for Hsp70 in binding post-translational modifications on client proteins JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 2021.08.25.457671 DO 10.1101/2021.08.25.457671 A1 Nitika A1 Bo Zheng A1 Linhao Ruan A1 Jake T. Kline A1 Jacek Sikora A1 Mara Texeira Torres A1 Yuhao Wang A1 Jade E. Takakuwa A1 Romain Huguet A1 Cinzia Klemm A1 VerĂ³nica A. Segarra A1 Matthew J. Winters A1 Peter M. Pryciak A1 Peter H. Thorpe A1 Kazuo Tatebayashi A1 Rong Li A1 Luca Fornelli A1 Andrew W. Truman YR 2021 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/08/25/2021.08.25.457671.1.abstract AB Hsp70 interactions are critical for cellular viability and the response to stress. Previous attempts to characterize Hsp70 interactions have been limited by their transient nature and inability of current technologies to distinguish direct vs bridged interactions. We report the novel use of cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) to comprehensively characterize the budding yeast Hsp70 protein interactome. Using this approach, we have gained fundamental new insights into Hsp70 function, including definitive evidence of Hsp70 self-association as well as multi-point interaction with its client proteins. In addition to identifying a novel set of direct Hsp70 interactors which can be used to probe chaperone function in cells, we have also identified a suite of PTM-associated Hsp70 interactions. The majority of these PTMs have not been previously reported and appear to be critical in the regulation of client protein function. These data indicate that one of the mechanisms by which PTMs contribute to protein function is by facilitating interaction with chaperones. Taken together, we propose that XL-MS analysis of chaperone complexes may be used as a unique way to identify biologically-important PTMs on client proteins.In vivo confirmation of Hsp70 dimerizationComprehensive direct interactome of Hsp70Multi-domain interactions between Hsp70 and client proteinsIdentification of novel biologically-important client protein PTMsCompeting Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.AP-MSAffinity purification mass spectrometryBiFCBimolecular fluorescence complementationCMVhuman cytomegalovirus promoterCTDC-terminal DomainDSSOdisuccinimidyl sulfoxideGOGene ontologyHSEHeat Shock Response ElementHSPHeat Shock ProteinMSmass spectrometryNBDNucleotide-binding domainPTMPost-translational modificationsSBDSubstrate-binding domainVNVenus amino-terminal endVCVenus carboxy-terminal endXL-MSCross-linking mass spectrometryY2HYeast two-hybrid