Title:
Novel mass spectrometry-based methods to identify and quantify extracellular glycoproteins

dc.contributor.advisor Wu, Ronghu
dc.contributor.author Smeekens, Johanna
dc.contributor.committeeMember Fernandez, Facundo
dc.contributor.committeeMember Finn, M. G.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Kemp, Melissa
dc.contributor.committeeMember Williams, Loren
dc.contributor.department Chemistry and Biochemistry
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-07T17:47:26Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-07T17:47:26Z
dc.date.created 2017-05
dc.date.issued 2017-04-06
dc.date.submitted May 2017
dc.date.updated 2017-06-07T17:47:26Z
dc.description.abstract Extracellular glycoproteins are extremely important to a variety of biological processes, including immune response, cell interactions and disease development. Despite their critical importance, glycoproteins are challenging to analyze due to their low abundance and heterogeneity of glycans. The work in this dissertation focuses on the development of mass spectrometry-based methods to globally analyze cell surface and secreted glycoproteins. First, a novel method was developed for site-specific identification of the cell surface N-glycoproteome in HEK 293T cells. This method was applied to investigate cell surface glycoprotein changes in MCF 10A cells undergoing the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Next, secreted proteins and glycoproteins were comprehensively analyzed from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is an excellent model system for eukaryotic cells. Finally, an enhanced digestion method for improved membrane protein identification by MS was developed for applications with membrane glycoprotein analysis. Altogether, this work affords new opportunities and methods for large-scale analysis of extracellular glycoproteins, which can be extensively applied to further decode the extracellular glycoproteome.
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58297
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Glycosylation
dc.subject Proteomics
dc.subject Mass spectrometry
dc.subject Cell surface
dc.subject Secretome
dc.title Novel mass spectrometry-based methods to identify and quantify extracellular glycoproteins
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Wu, Ronghu
local.contributor.corporatename School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
local.contributor.corporatename College of Sciences
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thesis.degree.level Doctoral
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