Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Article Title: Mapping transmembrane binding partners for E-cadherin ectodomains
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2010209117
Figure Lengend Snippet: Characterizing Ecad BioID constructs. TurboID was fused to (A) EC2 domain of Ecad (EC-BioID) and (B) C-terminal of Ecad (C-BioID). Proteomic analysis of both constructs identified ephrin-B1 (EfnB1), coxsackie and adenovirus receptor (CAR), P-cadherin (Pcad), desmocollin-3 (Dsc3), desmoglein-2 (Dsg2), integrin β1 (Intβ1), integrin α2 (Intα2), epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EPCAM), chloride intracellular channel protein (CLIC1), and voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1) as proteins that were proximal to Ecad. CLIC1 and VDAC1 are primarily found in nuclei and mitochondria, respectively, and are therefore not shown. Proteins are depicted using deposited Protein Data Bank (PDB) structures or predicted from homology modeling using Modeller. The following PDB IDs were used in generating the images: EfnB1, 6P7Y; CAR, 3J6N; TurboID, 4WF2; GFP, 1GFL; Ecad and Pcad, 3Q2V; Dsc3, 5IRY; Dsg2, 5ERD; Intα2, 3K6S; Intβ1, 3IJE; EPCAM, 4MZV; and membrane, POPE. Images were reconstructed using PyMOL. All cytoplasmic domains are schematic representations. GFP localized to intercellular junction in (C) EC-BioID and (D) C-BioID confirming that Ecad was functional. Fluorescent streptavidin (Sta) staining showed that while BioID biotinylated proteins in the presence (+) of exogenous biotin, low levels of biotinylation was observed in the absence (−) of exogenous biotin. Merged images of GFP and Sta show most of the biotinylation occurs near the junction. (Scale bar, 10 µm.)
Article Snippet: Integrin α2β1 heterodimer with c-Jun and c-Fos (R&D catalog no. 5698-A2) was linked to biotinylated protein G by c-Jun antibody (R&D catalog no. MAB2670).
Techniques: Construct, Membrane, Functional Assay, Staining