A) TMT-labeling strategy for the preparation of the TKO standard. The three
deletion stains of high abundant proteins were digested with LysC/trypsin and
the protein samples in triplicate were subsequently labeled with TMT. B) Yeast
protein abundance curve based on Chong, et al [20] showing the highly abundant,
three TKO proteins: Met6, Pfk2, and Ura2. C) PCR validation of the deletion
strains for the genes encoding the knocked out proteins of interest using
standard KanC and D primer sets (Integrated DNA Technologies) from the
Saccharomyces deletion project. The amplified bands are
derived from the sequence spanning from an internal region of the KanMX
cassette, which replaces the genes of interest into its 3′ untranslated
regions. D) SPS-MS3 method which includes i) peptide isolation
(*=selected peptide), ii) sequence identification
(**=selected SPS fragments), and iii) peptide
quantification via SPS ions. E) Bar chart representation of the TMT relative
abundance values for each of the three TKO proteins. TMT, tandem mass tag; RA,
relative abundance; KO, knockout.