Article ; Online: A Cost-Effective Immobilization Method for MBP Fusion Proteins on Microtiter Plates Using a Gelatinized Starch–Agarose Mixture and Its Application for Convenient Protein–Protein Interaction Analysis
Methods and Protocols, Vol 6, Iss 44, p
2023 Volume 44
Abstract: The detection and quantification of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is a crucial technique that often involves the use of recombinant proteins with fusion protein tags, such as maltose-binding protein (MBP) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST). In ... ...
| Abstract | The detection and quantification of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is a crucial technique that often involves the use of recombinant proteins with fusion protein tags, such as maltose-binding protein (MBP) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST). In this study, we improved the cohesive and sticky properties of gelatinized starch by supplementing it with agarose, resulting in a harder gel that could coat the bottom of a microtiter plate. The resulting gelatinized starch/agarose mixture allowed for the efficient immobilization of MBP-tagged proteins on the coated plates, enabling the use of indirect ELISA-like PPI assays. By using the enzymatic activity of GST as an indicator, we succeeded in determining the dissociation constants between MBP-tagged and GST-tagged proteins on 96-well microtiter plates and a microplate reader without any expensive specialized equipment. |
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| Keywords | gelatinized starch ; maltose-binding protein ; microplate-based assay ; protein–protein interaction ; dissociation constant determination ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 |
| Subject code | 570 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher | MDPI AG |
| Document type | Article ; Online |
| Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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