Journal: Scientific reports
Article Title: Structure-activity studies of Streptococcus pyogenes enzyme SpyCEP reveal high affinity for CXCL8 in the SpyCEP C-terminal.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-46036-9
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 2. Cleavage activity of SpyCEP and C-terminal SpyCEP245–1613 constructs using CXCL8 ELISA. SpyCEP constructs were co-incubated with 5 pmol CXCL8. Graphs show residual CXCL8 after a 60-min room temperature incubation, using full-length SpyCEP at a 1:1000 ratio to CXCL8; the C-terminal SpyCEP construct at a 1:5–1:250 molar ratio to CXCL8; and the C-terminalS617A mutant at a 1:5 molar ratio to CXCL8. Reactions were halted at specified timepoints by the addition of Pefabloc to a final concentration of 2 mg/ml. N = 6 experimental replicates for each construct, data points show means, error bars represent SD. ns p > 0.05, * p ≤ 0.05, **** p ≤ 0.0001, at 60 min as determined by ordinary one-way ANOVA.
Article Snippet: Membranes were subsequently blocked for 1 h at room temperature in blocking buffer (PBS with 5% skimmed milk powder (Sigma-Aldrich) and 0.1% Tween), then blotted overnight at 4 °C with 2 primary antibodies, 1 μg/ml mouse anti-human CXCL8 (R&D Systems) and 1:1000 rabbit anti-ENWVQ.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Construct, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Incubation, Mutagenesis, Concentration Assay