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Dual-color click beetle luciferase heteroprotein fragment complementation assays.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the functional complexity of protein interactions requires mapping biomolecular complexes within the cellular environment over biologically relevant time scales. Herein, we describe a set of reversible multicolored heteroprotein complementation fragments based on various firefly and click beetle luciferases that utilize the same substrate, D-luciferin. Luciferase heteroprotein fragment complementation systems enabled dual-color quantification of two discrete pairs of interacting proteins simultaneously or two distinct proteins interacting with a third shared protein in live cells. Using real-time analysis of click beetle green and click beetle red luciferase heteroprotein fragment complementation applied to ?-TrCP, an E3-ligase common to the regulation of both ?-catenin and I?B?, GSK3? was identified as a candidate kinase regulating I?B? processing. These dual-color protein interaction switches may enable directed dynamic analysis of a variety of protein interactions in living cells.

SUBMITTER: Villalobos V

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2943495 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dual-color click beetle luciferase heteroprotein fragment complementation assays.

Villalobos Victor V Naik Snehal S Bruinsma Monique M Dothager Robin S RS Pan Mei-Hsiu MH Samrakandi Mustapha M Moss Britney B Elhammali Adnan A Piwnica-Worms David D

Chemistry & biology 20100901 9

Understanding the functional complexity of protein interactions requires mapping biomolecular complexes within the cellular environment over biologically relevant time scales. Herein, we describe a set of reversible multicolored heteroprotein complementation fragments based on various firefly and click beetle luciferases that utilize the same substrate, D-luciferin. Luciferase heteroprotein fragment complementation systems enabled dual-color quantification of two discrete pairs of interacting pr ...[more]

PMID: 20851351

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