Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Article Title: Actin associates with actively elongating genes and binds directly to the Cdk9 subunit of P-TEFb
doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105698
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cdk9 binds directly to G-actin with a preference towards ATP-actin. A , Western blot of co-immunoprecipitation (IP) experiment for 2Flag-Cdk9 (prey) and 2HA-actin (bait), using empty HA as a control. B , Western blot of co-IP experiment for 2HA-Cdk9 (prey) and indicated Flag/2Flag-tagged actin mutants (baits). Boxed areas cut from the same exposure to remove a construct with weak expression level and a lane with protein ladder. C , Western blot of pulldown assay of LatB-actin using His-Cdk9 as the bait and His-GST as a control bait. His-GST detected with His-HRP antibody, His-Cdk9 with Cdk9 antibody, and LatB-actin with Ac-40 actin antibody. D , NBD-actin monomer-binding assay showing increase in the fluorescence of 0.2 μM NBD-labeled ATP-Mg-G-actin under physiological ionic conditions over a range of concentrations of Cdk9 or known actin-binding protein cofilin. Symbols are data points and lines represent the exponentially fitted binding curves. N = 3, one example presented. Experimentally determined dissociation constants (K D ) calculated according to formula presented in materials and methods. Average K D of three assays is 375 ± 105 nM. E , NBD-actin monomer-binding assay as in ( A ), but using ADP-bound actin. LatB, Latrunculin B.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were from Merck: Actin Ac-40 (A3853, 1:1000), Actin Ac-74 (A2228), HRP-conjugated polyHistidine (His-HRP, A7058, 1:5000), HRP-conjugated anti-goat IgG (A9452, 1:5000), HRP-conjugated anti-Flag M2 (A8592, 1:5000), and HRP-conjugated anti-HA (HA-7) (H6533, 1:5000).
Techniques: Western Blot, Immunoprecipitation, Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Construct, Expressing, Binding Assay, Fluorescence, Labeling