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Knowledge of cellular location is key to understanding the biological function of proteins. One commonly used large-scale method to assign cellular locations is subcellular fractionation, followed by quantitative mass spectrometry to identify proteins and estimate their relative distribution among centrifugation fractions. In most of such subcellular proteomics studies, each protein is assigned to a single cellular location by comparing its distribution to those of a set of single-compartment reference proteins. However, in many cases, proteins reside in multiple compartments. To accurately determine the localization of such proteins, we previously introduced constrained proportional assignment (CPA), a method that assigns each protein a fractional residence over all reference compartments (Jadot 2017, 16(2), 194-212. 10.1074/mcp.M116.064527). In this Article, we describe the principles underlying CPA, as well as data transformations to improve accuracy of assignment of proteins and protein isoforms, and a suite of R-based programs to implement CPA and related procedures for analysis of subcellular proteomics data. We include a demonstration data set that used isobaric-labeling mass spectrometry to analyze rat liver fractions. In addition, we describe how these programs can be readily modified by users to accommodate a wide variety of experimental designs and methods for protein quantitation.
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Rev Cardiovasc Med
August 2025
Department M3/Internal Medicine VI, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureş, 540142 Târgu Mureş, Romania.
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Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol
September 2025
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
The defining property of eukaryotic cells is the storage of heritable genetic material in a nuclear compartment. For eukaryotic cells to carry out the myriad biochemical processes necessary for their function, macromolecules must be efficiently exchanged between the nucleus and cytoplasm. The nuclear pore complex (NPC) - which is a massive assembly of ~35 different proteins present in multiple copies totalling ~1,000 protein subunits and architecturally conserved across eukaryotes - establishes a size-selective channel for regulated bidirectional transport of folded macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies across the nuclear envelope.
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July 2025
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada.
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INSERM UMR 1291, CNRS UMR 5051, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Toulouse, France.
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