Figure 1.
Mass spectrum of ZMPSTE24 reveals zinc binding. (A) High-resolution Orbitrap QExactive mass spectrum of ZMPSTE24 released from a detergent (octyl glucose neopentyl glycol, OGNG) micelle. Adduct peaks at higher m/z are due to binding of lipids (POPG and cholesterol hemisuccinate) that co-purify with the protein. Inset: holo and apo-metallo ZMPSTE24 can be resolved (masses of 55579 Da and 55517 Da, respectively), confirming that Zn2+ is bound to the majority of the protein population.