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Biotin Identification Proteomics in Three-Dimensional Organotypic Human Skin Cultures
Calvin J Cable1, Nihal Kaplan1, Spiro Getsios1
1Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Abstract:
Biotin identification (BioID) proteomics facilitates the unbiased detection of protein interaction neighborhoods in live cells. The BioID technique relies on the covalent biotin alteration of vicinal proteins by a modified bacterial biotin ligase. The biotin ligase is fused to a protein of interest to identify putative protein-protein interactions. Here, we describe the adaptation of this technique for use in three-dimensional epidermal cultures. Due to the covalent biotin modification of proteins, our protocol allows for the complete solubilization of the total cellular protein content in differentiated keratinocytes. Thus, a comprehensive network of potential interactors of a protein of interest can be mapped.
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