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Detecting the Ligand-binding Domain Dimerization Activity of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Using the Mammalian Two-Hybrid Assay
Published on: December 19, 2018
[Identification of proteins interacting with androgen receptor- associated coregulator 267-alpha (ARA267-alpha) with
Xin Wang1, Tie-jun Mai, Yi-nong Niu
1Department of General Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China. wangxin_guo@hotmail.com
Objective:
To search for proteins interacting with ARA267-alpha with the yeast two-hybrid system in order to further investigate the function of ARA267-alpha.
Methods:
We screened a pretransformed human brain cDNA library with the pGBKT7-PHD-SET recombinant plasmid as a bait which express four PHD(plant homeodomain) and one SET[Su(var)3-9, Enhancer-of-zeste, Trithorax] conserved domains in ARA267-alpha. The plasmids in positive yeast clones were selectively identified by restriction analysis and DNA sequencing. The interactions were retested by yeast two-hybrid assay.
Results:
There were about six hundreds positive yeast clones on SD/-Ade/-His/-Leu/-Trp/2.5 mmol/L 3-AT/ X-alpha-Gal high-stringency selection plates. The pACT2-cDNA plasmids in sixty-five yeast clones were isolated and thirty-five cDNA inserts were sequenced. Sixteen different genes, including DR6(death receptor-6), PIAS3 (protein inhibitor of activated STAT3)and RanBPM(Ran-binding protein in the microtubule-organizing center), were identified after BLAST in GenBank. The yeast two-hybrid retest showed that all but RanBPM were true interactors of ARA267-alpha-PHD-SET.
Conclusion:
The ARA267-alpha-PHD-SET can interact with several distinct proteins. This suggests that ARA267-alpha is a protein having multiple functions. RanBPM might be a transcriptional factor.
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