Name: a yeast 2-hybrid screen in batch to compare protein interactions
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We thank the staff within the Institute of Human Genetics for NGS library preparation and sequencing. We thank Einat Snir for her expertise in preparing genomic library fragments for the Y2H plasmid library made here. This work was supported by National Institutes of Health: NIH R21 EB021870-01A1 and by NSF Research Project Grant: 1517110.

1. Preparation of Media and Plates
NOTE: All plates need to be made minimally 2 days before beginning the protocol. The media can be made at any point. However, the buffered yeast extract peptone dextrose adenine (bYPDA) needs to be made the day of which it will be used. Some media is made using a supplement mix containing a level of adenine that is larger than what is typically used. Most minimal media supplements specify 10 mg/L adenine. Supplements labeled &#39;+40Ade&#39; specify a total of ...

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Here we provide a guide for how to perform Y2H assays in batch using optimized methods. There are a few critical steps in the procedure to help ensure that the population of yeast that would be placed under selection is representative of the starting library and that enough of the starting yeast population is used to undergo selection to limit variability. Importantly, these benchmarks are relatively easy to achieve alongside adapting the methods and materials for a traditional Y2H assay, thus making this approach access...

A complete understanding of cell biological processes relies on finding the protein interaction networks that underlie their molecular mechanisms. One approach to identify protein interactions is the yeast 2-hybrid (Y2H) assay, which works by assembling a functioning chimeric transcription factor once two protein domains of interest bind to one another1. A typical Y2H screen is performed by creating a population of yeast that houses both a library of plasmids encoding interacting proteins fused to a transcriptional activator (e.g., &#39;prey&#39; fusion protein) and a given &#39;bait&#39; plasmid comprised of the protein of interest fused to a DNA binding domain (e.g., the Gal4 DNA-binding domain that binds to the Gal4-upstream activating sequence). One of the main advantages of the Y2H approach is that it is relatively easy and inexpensive to conduct in a typical laboratory equipped for routine molecular biological work2. However, when traditionally performed, a user samples individual colonies that arise upon selection for a positive Y2H interaction. This severely limits the number of library &#39;prey&#39; clones that can be surveyed. This problem is compounded when the abundance of a particular interacting prey is very high relative to the others, diminishing the chance of detecting interaction from low abundance prey plasmids.
One solution for using the Y2H principle in comprehensive coverage of the proteome is the use of a matrix-formatted approach wherein an array containing known individual prey plasmids can be digitally interrogated. However, such an approach requires an infrastructure that is not readily accessible or cost-effective to individual investigators who are interested in defining the interactome of a small number of proteins or domains3. In addition, very complex prey libraries that may encode multiple fragments of interacting proteins would expand the size of such matrix arrays to impractical sizes. An alternative is to perform assays with complex libraries in batches and assess the presence of interacting clones using massive parallel high-throughput sequencing4. This can be applied to assay the presence of prey plasmids that arise in multiple colonies using a typical Y2H formatted approach in which yeast cells housing an interacting pair of fusion proteins are allowed to grow on a plate5,6. This general idea can be accentuated to increase query of both multiple bait and prey components at the same time7,8.
Still, many investigations require an easier yet more focused effort on just a few protein &#39;baits&#39; and can benefit more by an exhaustive and semi-quantitative query of a single complex prey library. We have developed and validated an approach to perform wide-scale protein interaction studies using a Y2H principle in batch format4. This uses the rate of expansion of a particular prey plasmid as a proxy for the relative strength of Y2H interaction9. Deep sequencing of all plasmids within a population subjected to normal growth or selective growth conditions produces a complete map of clones that yield strong and weak Y2H interactions. The repertoire of interactors can be obtained and directly compared across multiple bait plasmids. The resulting workflow termed DEEPN (Dynamic Enrichment for Evaluation of Protein Networks) can thus be used to identify differential interactomes from the same prey libraries to identify proteins, allowing comparison between one protein vs. another.
Here, we demonstrate DEEPN and introduce improvements in the laboratory methods that facilitate its use, which are outlined in Figure 1. Significant improvements include:
Generation of prey yeast populations. One of the key requirements of DEEPN is generating populations of yeast with different bait plasmids that have the same distribution of the plasmid prey libraries. Equivalent baseline populations of the prey plasmid library are essential for making accurate comparisons between the interactomes of different baits. This is best achieved when a library plasmid is already housed in a haploid yeast population and moving a given bait plasmid into that population is achieved by mating to produce a diploid. Here, we provide a clear guide in how to make such populations using commercial libraries housed in haploid yeast. Although we found methods that generate a high number of diploids, the overall mating efficiency of these commercial library-containing yeast strains was low. Therefore, we constructed a new strain that can house prey libraries that yields far more diploids per mating reaction.
New set of bait plasmids. Many current plasmids that express &#39;bait&#39; fusion proteins comprised of the protein of interest and a DNA-binding domain are 2&#181;-based, allowing them to amplify their copy number. This copy number can be quite variable in the population and lead to variability in the Y2H transcriptional response. This in turn could skew the ability to gauge the strength of a given protein interaction based on the growth response of cells under selection. This can be partly address by using a low copy plasmid, some of which have been previously described such as the commercially available pDEST3210. We constructed a new bait plasmid (pTEF-GBD) that produces Gal4-DNA-binding domain fusion proteins within a TRP1 centromere-based low copy plasmid carrying the Kanr resistance gene that also allows cloning of bait fragments both upstream and downstream of the Gal4 DNA-binding domain.
New High-Density Y2H fragment library. We constructed a new plasmid to house Y2H prey libraries and used it to build a highly complex Y2H library made of randomly sheared fragments of genomic DNA from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sequence analysis showed that this library had over 1 million different elements, far more complex than previously described yeast genomic Y2H plasmid libraries11. With this new library, we were able to show that the DEEPN workflow is robust enough to accommodate complex libraries with many different plasmids in a manner that is reliable and reproducible.

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			<td>Illumina HiSeq 4000</td>
			<td>Illumina</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>deep sequencing platform</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Monoclonal anti-HA antibodies</td>
			<td>Biolegend</td>
			<td>901514</td>
			<td>Primary Antibody to detect expression of HA in pGal4AD constructs</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Polyclonal anti-myc antibodies</td>
			<td>QED Biosciences Inc</td>
			<td>18826</td>
			<td>Primary Antibody to detect expression of MYC in pTEF-GBD constructs</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>NarI</td>
			<td>New England BioLabs</td>
			<td>R0191S</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>EcoRI-HF</td>
			<td>New England BioLabs</td>
			<td>R3101S</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>BamHI-HF</td>
			<td>New England BioLabs</td>
			<td>R3236S</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>XhoI</td>
			<td>New England BioLabs</td>
			<td>R0146S</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Polyethylene Glycol 3350, powder</td>
			<td>J.T. Baker</td>
			<td>U2211-08</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Salmon Sperm DNA</td>
			<td>Trevigen, Inc sold by Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>50-948-286</td>
			<td>carrier DNA for yeast transformation section 3.2.1.</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Kanamycin Monosulfate</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>K22000</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>LE Agarose</td>
			<td>GeneMate</td>
			<td>E-3120-500</td>
			<td>used for making DNA agarose gels</td>
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			<td>Sodium Chloride</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>S23025</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Tryptone</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>T60060</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>D-Sorbitol</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>S23080</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Lithium Acetate Dihydrate</td>
			<td>MP Biomedicals</td>
			<td>155256</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Calcium Chloride</td>
			<td>ThermoFisher</td>
			<td>C79</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>EDTA Sodium Salt</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>E57020</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Yeast Extract Powder</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>Y20020</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Yeast Nitrogen Base (ammonium sulfate) w/o amino acids</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>Y20040</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>CSM-Trp-Leu+40ADE</td>
			<td>Formedium</td>
			<td>DCS0789</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>CSM-Trp-Leu-His+40ADE</td>
			<td>Formedium</td>
			<td>DCS1169</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>CSM-Leu-Met</td>
			<td>Formedium</td>
			<td>DCS0549</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>CSM-Trp-Met</td>
			<td>Bio 101, Inc</td>
			<td>4520-922</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>L-Methionine</td>
			<td>Formedium</td>
			<td>DOC0168</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Adenine</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>A11500</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>D-(+)-Glucose</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>G32045</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Bacto Agar</td>
			<td>BD</td>
			<td>214010</td>
			<td>used for making media plates in section 1</td>
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			<td>Peptone</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>P20240</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>3-amino-1,2,4 Triazole</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>A8056</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>2-Mercaptoehanol (BME)</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>M6250</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Zymolyase 100T</td>
			<td>USBiological</td>
			<td>Z1004</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Potassium phosphate dibasic</td>
			<td>Sigma</td>
			<td>P8281</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Phenol:Chloroform:IAA</td>
			<td>Ambion</td>
			<td>AM9732</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Ammonium Acetate</td>
			<td>Sigma-Aldrich</td>
			<td>238074</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Ethanol</td>
			<td>Decon Laboratories, INC</td>
			<td>2716</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>RNAse A</td>
			<td>ThermoFisher</td>
			<td>EN0531</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Urea</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>U20200</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SDS</td>
			<td>Research Products International</td>
			<td>L22010</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>glycerol</td>
			<td>Sigma Aldrich</td>
			<td>G5516</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>Tris-HCl</td>
			<td>Gibco</td>
			<td>15506-017</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>bromophenol blue</td>
			<td>Amresco</td>
			<td>449</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Gibson Assembly Cloning Kit</td>
			<td>New England Biolabs</td>
			<td>E5510S</td>
			<td>Rapid assembly method for cloning of plasmids in section 2</td>
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			<td>NEBNext High-Fidelity 2x PCR Master Mix</td>
			<td>New England Biolabs</td>
			<td>M0541S</td>
			<td>Used for amplification of products for Gibson Assembly in Section 2.3 as well assample preparation for DEEPN deep sequencing in section 6.2.1</td>
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			<td>Ethidium Bromide</td>
			<td>Amresco</td>
			<td>0492-5G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>QIAquick PCR purification kit</td>
			<td>Qiagen</td>
			<td>28104</td>
			<td>Used for purification of pcr products in section 6.2.3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Qiaquick DNA Gel Extraction Kit</td>
			<td>Qiagen</td>
			<td>28704</td>
			<td>Used for purification of digested pTEF-GBD in section 2.1</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>KAPA Hyper Prep kit</td>
			<td>KAPA Biosystems</td>
			<td>KK8500</td>
			<td>preparation kit for deep sequencing</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Codon optimization</td>
			<td>http://www.jcat.de</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Codon optimization</td>
			<td>https://www.idtdna.com/CodonOpt</td>
			<td></td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
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			<td>gBlocks</td>
			<td>Integrated DNA Technologies</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>DNA fragments used for cloning in Section 2.2</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Strings</td>
			<td>Thermofisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>DNA fragments used for cloning in Section 2.2</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>GenCatch Plasmid DNA mini-prep Kit</td>
			<td>EPOCH Life Sciences</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Used to prepare quantities of DNA in Section 2.3</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Covaris E220</td>
			<td>Covaris</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>high performance ultra-sonicator in section 7</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>oligo nucelotide 5&#8217;- CGGTCTT 
			CAATTTCTCAAGTTTCAG -3&#8217;</td>
			<td>Integrated DNA Technologies or Thermofisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>used for pcr amplification and sequencing 5&#39; insert pTEF-GBD during plasmid construction</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>oligo nucelotide 5&#8217;-GAGTAACG 
			ACATTCCCAGTTGTTC-3&#8217;</td>
			<td>Integrated DNA Technologies or Thermofisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>used for pcr amplification and sequencing 5&#39; insert pTEF-GBD during plasmid construction</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>oligo nucelotide 5&#8217;-CACCGTAT 
			TTCTGCCACCTCTTCC-3&#8217;</td>
			<td>Integrated DNA Technologies or Thermofisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>used for pcr amplification and sequencing 3&#39; insert pTEF-GBD during plasmid construction</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>oligo nucelotide 5&#8217;-GCAACCGC 
			ACTATTTGGAGCGCTG-3&#8217;</td>
			<td>Integrated DNA Technologies or Thermofisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>used for pcr amplification and sequencing 3&#39; insert pTEF-GBD during plasmid construction</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>oligonucleotide 5&#8217;-GTTCCGATG 
			CCTCTGCGAGTG-3&#8217;</td>
			<td>Integrated DNA Technologies or Thermofisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>5&#39; Pimer used for insert amplification of pGAL4AD</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>oligonucelotide 5&#8217;-GCACATGCT 
			AGCGTCAAATACC-3&#8217;</td>
			<td>Integrated DNA Technologies or Thermofisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>3&#39; Pimer used for insert amplification of pGAL4AD</td>
		</tr>
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			<td>oligonucelotide 5&#8217;-ACCCAAGCA 
			GTGGTATCAACG-3&#8217;</td>
			<td>Integrated DNA Technologies or Thermofisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>5&#39; Pimer used for insert amplification of pGADT7</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>oligonucelotide 5&#8217;- TATTTAGA 
			AGTGTCAACAACGTA -3&#8217;</td>
			<td>Integrated DNA Technologies or Thermofisher</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>3&#39; Pimer used for insert amplification of pGADT7</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>PJ69-4A MatA yeast strain</td>
			<td>http://depts.washington.edu/yeastrc/ James P, Halladay J, Craig EA: Genomic Libraries and a host strain designed for highly efficient two-hybrid selection in yeast. GENETICS 1996 144:1425-1436</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>MATA leu2-3,112 ura3-52 trp1-901 his3-200 gal4D, gal80D, GAL-ADE2 lys2::GAL1-HIS3 met2::GAL7</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pTEF-GBD</td>
			<td>Dr. Robert Piper Lab</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Gal4-DNA binding doimain expression plasmid</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>PLY5725 MATalpha yeast strain</td>
			<td>Dr. Robert Piper Lab</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>MATalpha his3&#8710;1 leu2&#8710;0 lys2&#8710;0 ura3&#8710;0 gal4&#8710; trp1&#8710; Gal80&#8710;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pGal4AD (pPL6343)</td>
			<td>Dr. Robert Piper Lab</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Gal4-activation domain expression plasmid</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>100 mm petri dishes</td>
			<td>Kord-Vallmark sold by VWR</td>
			<td>2900</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>125 mL PYREX Erlenmeyer flask</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>S63270</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>250 mL PYREX Erlenmeyer flask</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>S63271</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>1,000 mL PYREX Erlenmeyer flask</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>S63274</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>2,000 mL PYREX Erlenmeyer flask</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>S63275</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>20 X 150 mm Disposable Culture Tube</td>
			<td>Thermofisher</td>
			<td>14-961-33</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pipet-aid</td>
			<td>Drummond</td>
			<td>4-000-100</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>5 mL Serological Pipette</td>
			<td>Denville</td>
			<td>P7127</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>10 mL Serological Pipette</td>
			<td>Denville</td>
			<td>P7128</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>25 mL Serological Pipette</td>
			<td>Denville</td>
			<td>P7129</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>1,000 mL PYREX Griffin Beaker</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>02-540P</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>1,000 mL PYREX Reuasable Media Storage Bottle</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>06-414-1D</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>1,000 mL graduated cylinder</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>08-572-6G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SpectraMax 190</td>
			<td>Molecular Devices</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>used to measure the Optical Density of cells</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>NanoDrop 2000</td>
			<td>Thermo Scientific</td>
			<td>ND-2000</td>
			<td>Spectrophotometer used to quantify amount of DNA</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Electronic UV transilluminator</td>
			<td>Ultra Lum</td>
			<td>MEB 20</td>
			<td>used to visualize DNA in an Ethidium Bromide agarose gel</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>P1000 Gilson PIPETMAN</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>F123602G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>P200 Gilson PIPETMAN</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>F123601G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>P20 Gilson PIPETMAN</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>F123600G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>P10 Gilson PIPETMAN</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>F144802G</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>1250 &#181;L Low Retention Pipette Tips</td>
			<td>GeneMate</td>
			<td>P-1236-1250</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>200 &#181;LLow Retention Pipette Tips</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>10017-044</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>10 &#181;L XL Low Retention Pipette Tips</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>10017-042</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>50 mL conical tube</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>490001-627</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>15 mL conical tube</td>
			<td>VWR</td>
			<td>490001-621</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>cell scraper</td>
			<td>Denville Scientific</td>
			<td>TC9310</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>1.5 mL Microcentrifuge tubes</td>
			<td>USA Scientific</td>
			<td>1615-5500</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>HCl</td>
			<td>Fluka Analytical</td>
			<td>318949-1L</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>NaOH</td>
			<td>J.T. Baker</td>
			<td>5674-02</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Wooden applicators</td>
			<td>Solon Care</td>
			<td>55900</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Eppendorf microcentrifuge 5424</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>05-400-005</td>
			<td>microcentrifuge</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sorvall ST16R</td>
			<td>Thermo Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>75004381</td>
			<td>benchtop centrifuge</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Amersham ECL Rabbit IgG, HRP-linked whole Ab (from donkey)</td>
			<td>GE Healthcare</td>
			<td>NA934-1ML</td>
			<td>Secondary Antibody</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Amersham ECL Mouse IgG, HRP-linked whole Ab (from sheep)</td>
			<td>GE Healthcare</td>
			<td>NA931-1ML</td>
			<td>Secondary Antibody</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>SuperSignal West Pico Chemiluminescent Substrate</td>
			<td>Thermo Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td>34080</td>
			<td>ECL detection solution</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Isotemp Incubator</td>
			<td>Thermo Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Incubator</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Mutitron 2</td>
			<td>INFORS HT</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Shaking incubator</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Isotemp Digital-Control Water Bath Model 205</td>
			<td>Fisher Scientific</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>water bath</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Y2H mouse cDNA library in Y187 (pan tissue)</td>
			<td>Clontech</td>
			<td>630482</td>
			<td>commercially available cDNA Library</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Y2H mouse cDNA library in Y187 (mouse brain)</td>
			<td>Clontech</td>
			<td>630488</td>
			<td>commercially available cDNA Library</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pGADT7 AD Vector</td>
			<td>Clontech</td>
			<td>630442</td>
			<td>commercially available AD Vector housing many cDNA libraries</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>pGBKT7 DNA-BD Vector</td>
			<td>Clontech</td>
			<td>630443</td>
			<td>commercially available DNA-BD Vector</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Biolase DNA Polymerase</td>
			<td>Bioline</td>
			<td>BIO-21042</td>
			<td>DNA polymerase used for section 2.4</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>GeneMate GCL-60 Thermal Cycler</td>
			<td>BioExpress</td>
			<td>P-6050-60</td>
			<td>pcr machine</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>TempAssure 0.5 mL PCR tubes</td>
			<td>USA Scientific</td>
			<td>1405-8100</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

a yeast 2-hybrid screen in batch to compare protein interactions

Screening for protein-protein interactions using the yeast 2-hybrid assay has long been an effective tool, but its use has largely been limited to the discovery of high-affinity interactors that are highly enriched in the library of interacting candidates. In a traditional format, the yeast 2-hybrid assay can yield too many colonies to analyze when conducted at low stringency where low affinity interactors might be found. Moreover, without a comprehensive and complete interrogation of the same library against different bait plasmids, a comparative analysis cannot be achieved. Although some of these problems can be addressed using arrayed prey libraries, the cost and infrastructure required to operate such screens can be prohibitive. As an alternative, we have adapted the yeast 2-hybrid assay to simultaneously uncover dozens of transient and static protein interactions within a single screen utilizing a strategy termed DEEPN (Dynamic Enrichment for Evaluation of Protein Networks), which incorporates high-throughput DNA sequencing and computation to follow the evolution of a population of plasmids that encode interacting partners. Here, we describe customized reagents and protocols that allow a DEEPN screen to be executed easily and cost-effectively.

The Y2H assay has been widely used for finding protein:protein interactions and several adaptations and systems have been developed. For the most part, the same considerations that help ensure success with these previous approaches are important for DEEPN. Some of the important benchmarks include: ensuring expression of DNA-binding domain fusion proteins, ensuring a low background of spurious His+ growth in the diploids containing the bait of interest with an empty prey plasmid, a high ma...

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