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Radioactive Assay of in vitro Glutamylation Activity of the Legionella pneumophila Effector Protein SidJ
The effector protein SidJ has recently been identified to perform polyglutamylation on another effector, SdeA, ablating SdeA's activity. SidJ is a kinase-like protein that requires the small eukaryotic protein calmodulin to perform glutamylation. Glutamylation is a relatively uncommon type of p...
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Published in: | Bio-protocol 2020-10, Vol.10 (19), p.e3770-e3770 |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | The
effector protein SidJ has recently been identified to perform polyglutamylation on another
effector, SdeA, ablating SdeA's activity. SidJ is a kinase-like protein that requires the small eukaryotic protein calmodulin to perform glutamylation. Glutamylation is a relatively uncommon type of post-translational modification, where the amino group of a free glutamate amino acid is covalently linked to the γ-carboxyl group of a glutamate sidechain in a substrate protein. This protocol describes the SidJ glutamylation reaction using radioactive [U-
C] glutamate and its substrate SdeA, the separation of proteins by gel electrophoresis, preparation of gels for radioactive exposure, and relative quantification of glutamylation activity. This procedure is useful for the identification of substrates for glutamylation, characterization of substrate and glutamylase activities due to mutations, and identification of proteins with glutamylation activity. Some studies have assayed glutamylation with the use of [
H] glutamate (Regnard
, 1998) and the use of the GT335 antibody (Wolff
, 1992). However, the use of [U-
C] glutamate requires a shorter radioactive exposure time with no dependence on antibody specificity. |
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ISSN: | 2331-8325 2331-8325 |
DOI: | 10.21769/BioProtoc.3770 |