Journal: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Article Title: 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency: Clinical, biochemical, enzymatic and molecular studies in 88 individuals
doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-31
Figure Lengend Snippet: Western blot analysis of expressed MCCC1 wildtype and mutant proteins. Constructs with MCCC1 wildtype and 3 mutant cDNAs in pTracer vector were transfected into MCCC1 deficient reference cell lines by electroporation and harvested 48 hours later for Western blot analysis. 50 μg of protein were used per lane. The MCCC1 subunit was visualized by a) immunostaining using β-actin (4 μg) as control, or by b) colorimetric reaction after coupling with avidin-alkaline phosphatase. Transfection with an empty vector (vector only) was used as a negative control. For further details see “Methods”.
Article Snippet: The following mutations were introduced by site-directed mutagenesis into the existing wildtype MCCC1 and MCCC2 pCR Blunt II TOPO vector (Invitrogen, Basel, Switzerland): MCCC1 p.E288G, p.G379D, p.I434M and MCCC2 p.S39F, p.G118del, p.Y146N, p.H282R, p.V434L, p.A456V, p.G475R, p.S523G.
Techniques: Western Blot, Mutagenesis, Construct, Plasmid Preparation, Transfection, Electroporation, Immunostaining, Avidin-Biotin Assay, Negative Control