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Abstract

Biochemistry

Evaluation of Protein–Protein Interactions using an On-Membrane Digestion Technique

Published: July 19th, 2019

DOI:

10.3791/59733

1Division of Biological Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biology, Showa University School of Pharmacy, 2Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine

* These authors contributed equally

Abstract

Numerous intracellular proteins physically interact in accordance with their intracellular and extracellular circumstances. Indeed, cellular functions largely depend on intracellular protein–protein interactions. Therefore, research regarding these interactions is indispensable to facilitating the understanding of physiologic processes. Co-precipitation of associated proteins, followed by mass spectrometry (MS) analysis, enables the identification of novel protein interactions. In this study, we have provided details of the novel technique of immunoprecipitation-liquid chromatography (LC)-MS/MS analysis combined with on-membrane digestion for the analysis of protein–protein interactions. This technique is suitable for crude immunoprecipitants and can improve the throughput of proteomic analyses. Tagged recombinant proteins were precipitated using specific antibodies; next, immunoprecipitants blotted onto polyvinylidene difluoride membrane pieces were subjected to reductive alkylation. Following trypsinization, the digested protein residues were analyzed using LC-MS/MS. Using this technique, we were able to identify several candidate associated proteins. Thus, this method is convenient and useful for the characterization of novel protein–protein interactions.

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Keywords Protein protein Interaction

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