scholarly journals Gel Shift Assay of Nuclear Extracts from Histoplasma capsulatum Demonstrates the Presence of Several DNA Binding Proteins

2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 2238-2241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atanas Ignatov ◽  
Elizabeth J. Keath
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Fungal Pathogens ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Histoplasma Capsulatum ◽  
Protein S ◽  
Dna Binding Proteins ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Nuclear Extracts ◽  
Gel Shift Assay ◽  
Gel Shift

ABSTRACT A gel shift assay was optimized to detect several general DNA binding proteins from Histoplasma capsulatum strain G217B. The electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) technique also detected protein(s) recognizing a pyrimidine-rich motif found in several Histoplasma promoters. Establishment of EMSA conditions provides an important framework to evaluate regulation of homeostatic or phase-specific genes that may influence virulence in Histoplasma and other dimorphic fungal pathogens.

Identification of single-stranded-DNA-binding proteins that interact with muscle gene elements

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1944-1953
Author(s):  
I M Santoro ◽  
T M Yi ◽  
K Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Regulatory Element ◽  
Dna Binding Proteins ◽  
Binding Activity ◽  
Sequence Motif ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Specific Sequence ◽  
Single Stranded Dna ◽  
Muscle Gene

A sequence-specific DNA-binding protein from skeletal-muscle extracts that binds to probes of three muscle gene DNA elements is identified. This protein, referred to as muscle factor 3, forms the predominant nucleoprotein complex with the MCAT gene sequence motif in an electrophoretic mobility shift assay. This protein also binds to the skeletal actin muscle regulatory element, which contains the conserved CArG motif, and to a creatine kinase enhancer probe, which contains the E-box motif, a MyoD-binding site. Muscle factor 3 has a potent sequence-specific, single-stranded-DNA-binding activity. The specificity of this interaction was demonstrated by sequence-specific competition and by mutations that diminished or eliminated detectable complex formation. MyoD, a myogenic determination factor that is distinct from muscle factor 3, also bound to single-stranded-DNA probes in a sequence-specific manner, but other transcription factors did not. Multiple copies of the MCAT motif activated the expression of a heterologous promoter, and a mutation that eliminated expression was correlated with diminished factor binding. Muscle factor 3 and MyoD may be members of a class of DNA-binding proteins that modulate gene expression by their abilities to recognize DNA with unusual secondary structure in addition to specific sequence.

scholarly journals Identification of single-stranded-DNA-binding proteins that interact with muscle gene elements.

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1944-1953 ◽  
Author(s):  
I M Santoro ◽  
T M Yi ◽  
K Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Regulatory Element ◽  
Dna Binding Proteins ◽  
Binding Activity ◽  
Sequence Motif ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Specific Sequence ◽  
Single Stranded Dna ◽  
Muscle Gene

A sequence-specific DNA-binding protein from skeletal-muscle extracts that binds to probes of three muscle gene DNA elements is identified. This protein, referred to as muscle factor 3, forms the predominant nucleoprotein complex with the MCAT gene sequence motif in an electrophoretic mobility shift assay. This protein also binds to the skeletal actin muscle regulatory element, which contains the conserved CArG motif, and to a creatine kinase enhancer probe, which contains the E-box motif, a MyoD-binding site. Muscle factor 3 has a potent sequence-specific, single-stranded-DNA-binding activity. The specificity of this interaction was demonstrated by sequence-specific competition and by mutations that diminished or eliminated detectable complex formation. MyoD, a myogenic determination factor that is distinct from muscle factor 3, also bound to single-stranded-DNA probes in a sequence-specific manner, but other transcription factors did not. Multiple copies of the MCAT motif activated the expression of a heterologous promoter, and a mutation that eliminated expression was correlated with diminished factor binding. Muscle factor 3 and MyoD may be members of a class of DNA-binding proteins that modulate gene expression by their abilities to recognize DNA with unusual secondary structure in addition to specific sequence.

A Gel Mobility Shift Assay for Probing the Effect of Drug–DNA Adducts on DNA-Binding Proteins

2003 ◽  
pp. 95-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne M. Cutts ◽  
Andrew Masta ◽  
Con Panousis ◽  
Peter G. Parsons ◽  
Richard A. Sturm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Dna Adducts ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Dna Binding Proteins ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Gel Mobility Shift Assay ◽  
Mobility Shift Assay ◽  
Gel Mobility Shift

scholarly journals Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay Coupled with Immunoblotting for the Identification of DNA-Binding Proteins

BioTechniques ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 887-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.T. Osborn ◽  
K. Herrin ◽  
F.G. Buzen ◽  
B.K. Hurlburt ◽  
T.C. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay ◽  
Electrophoretic Mobility ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Dna Binding Proteins ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Mobility Shift Assay

scholarly journals Novel method for identifying sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins.

1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 2307-2315 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Levens ◽  
P M Howley
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Fusion Protein ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Protein S ◽  
Dna Binding Proteins ◽  
Lac Repressor ◽  
Lac Operator ◽  
Beta Galactosidase

We developed a general method for the enrichment and identification of sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins. A well-characterized protein-DNA interaction is used to isolate from crude cellular extracts or fractions thereof proteins which bind to specific DNA sequences; the method is based solely on this binding property of the proteins. The DNA sequence of interest, cloned adjacent to the lac operator DNA segment is incubated with a lac repressor-beta-galactosidase fusion protein which retains full operator and inducer binding properties. The DNA fragment bound to the lac repressor-beta-galactosidase fusion protein is precipitated by the addition of affinity-purified anti-beta-galactosidase immobilized on beads. This forms an affinity matrix for any proteins which might interact specifically with the DNA sequence cloned adjacent to the lac operator. When incubated with cellular extracts in the presence of excess competitor DNA, any protein(s) which specifically binds to the cloned DNA sequence of interest can be cleanly precipitated. When isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside is added, the lac repressor releases the bound DNA, and thus the protein-DNA complex consisting of the specific restriction fragment and any specific binding protein(s) is released, permitting the identification of the protein by standard biochemical techniques. We demonstrate the utility of this method with the lambda repressor, another well-characterized DNA-binding protein, as a model. In addition, with crude preparations of the yeast mitochondrial RNA polymerase, we identified a 70,000-molecular-weight peptide which binds specifically to the promoter region of the yeast mitochondrial 14S rRNA gene.

scholarly journals A sensitive and rapid gel retention assay for nuclear factor I and other DNA-binding proteins in crude nuclear extracts

1986 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1303-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Schneider ◽  
I. Gander ◽  
U. Müller ◽  
R. Mertz ◽  
E.L. Winnacker
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Dna Binding Proteins ◽  
Nuclear Factor ◽  
Factor I ◽  
Nuclear Extracts ◽  
Nuclear Factor I

scholarly journals Switch recombination breakpoints are strictly correlated with DNA recognition motifs for immunoglobulin S gamma 3 DNA-binding proteins.

1992 ◽  
Vol 176 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Wuerffel ◽  
C E Jamieson ◽  
L Morgan ◽  
G V Merkulov ◽  
R Sen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Interference Competition ◽  
Dna Binding Proteins ◽  
Partial Purification ◽  
Binding Studies ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Competition Binding ◽  
Switch Regions ◽  
Recombination Breakpoints

The deletion looping out model of switch (S) recombination predicts that the intervening DNA between switch regions will be excised as a circle. Circular excision products of immunoglobulin switch recombination have been recently isolated from lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated spleen cells. The recombination breakpoints in these large circles were found to fall within switch regions. Since switch recombination is clearly focused on switch regions, we hypothesized that some DNA-binding protein factor might be involved in specifically recognizing and facilitating the alignment of switch regions before recombination. Two DNA-binding proteins that specifically interact with two discrete regions of the S gamma 3 tandem repeat have been identified in crude and partially purified nuclear extracts derived from LPS- and dextran sulfate (DxS)-activated splenic B cells. The first factor has been found indistinguishable from NF-kappa B by mobility shift assays, methylation interference, competition binding studies, and supershift analysis using an antiserum specific for the p50 component. The second appears to be composed of two closely traveling mobilities that do not separate upon partial purification. This second complex is unique and specific for S gamma 3 by methylation interference assays and competition-binding analysis. The sites at which recombination occurs in the S gamma 3 switch region have been analyzed and found to strictly correlate with the binding sites of the S gamma 3 switch binding proteins.

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