Journal: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Article Title: The Structural Role of RPN10 in the 26S Proteasome and an RPN2-Binding Residue on RPN13 Are Functionally Important in Arabidopsis
doi: 10.3390/ijms252111650
Figure Lengend Snippet: The C-terminal 246–254 region in the Arabidopsis RPN13 DEUBAD domain is critical for UCH2 interactions. ( A ) Schematic diagram shows BD-fused UCH2 (bait) and AD-fused RPN13 variants (preys), including wild-type and site-specific, C-terminal deletion, and alanine scanning mutants for Y2H assays (see the main text for details). The 330-amino-acid UCH2 coding region is boxed in green with its unique 12-amino-acid C-terminal extension designated by a red box. Coordinates for full-length proteins, mutation sites, and alanine scanning region are indicated. ( B ) Four conserved residues, E208, L209, K275, and D279, in Arabidopsis RPN13 are not involved in UCH2 binding. Similar to AD-fused wild-type RPN13, two AD-fused dual-alanine substituted (EL-AA and KD-AA) and one AD-fused quadruple-alanine substituted (ELKD-A4) RPN13 variants could still activate the HIS3 reporter when coexpressed with BD-fused UCH2. ( C , D ) When coexpressed with BD-fused UCH2, only the AD-fused C-terminal deleted RPN13 variants CΔ1 and CΔ2, but not CΔ3–6, could activate the HIS3 reporter. ( E ) When coexpressed with BD-fused UCH2, similar to AD-fused wild-type RPN13, each of the five subregion-mutated RPN13 variants (A1–A5) could activate the HIS3 reporter. ( F ) When coexpressed with BD-fused UCH2, similar to AD-fused wild-type RPN13, each of the three serial C-terminally combined subregion-mutated AD-fused RPN13 variants (A4–5, A3–5, and A2–5) could activate the HIS3 reporter. ( G ) When coexpressed with BD-fused UCH2, unlike AD-fused wild-type RPN13, all four N-terminally combined subregion-mutated AD-fused RPN13 variants (A1–2, A1–3, A1–4, and A1–5) could not activate the HIS3 reporter. ( B – G ) The positive (+) and negative (−) controls used are the same as those described in .
Article Snippet: To examine the association of RPN13 with proteasome complexes, the latter were separated using 4% native PAGE and further separated via second-dimensional SDS-PAGE following immunoblotting using rabbit polyclonal antisera against recombinant Arabidopsis RPN13 (custom-made by Genesis Biotech, Taipei, Taiwan) or moss 20S proteasomes (a kind gift from Dr. Pirre-Alain Girod).
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Binding Assay