Chapter title |
Pull-down Assay to Characterize Ca 2+ /Calmodulin Binding to Plant Receptor Kinases
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Chapter number | 15 |
Book title |
Plant Receptor Kinases
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7063-6_15 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7062-9, 978-1-4939-7063-6
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Authors |
Christine Kaufmann, Margret Sauter, Kaufmann, Christine, Sauter, Margret |
Abstract |
Plant receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are regulated by posttranscriptional modification and by interaction with regulatory proteins. A common modification of RLKs is (auto)phosphorylation, and a common regulatory protein is the calcium sensor calmodulin (CaM). We have developed protocols to detect the interaction of an RLK with CaM. The interaction with CaM was shown by bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) (see Chapter 14) and pull-down assay (this chapter). Both methods offer unique advantages. BiFC is useful in showing interaction of soluble as well as of membrane-bound proteins in planta. Pull-down assays are restricted to soluble proteins and provide in vitro data. The pull-down assay provides the advantage that proteins can be modified prior to binding and that experimental conditions such as the concentration of Ca(2+) or other divalent cations can be controlled. This chapter provides a pull-down protocol to study RLK-CaM interaction with optional steps to investigate the impact of RLK phosphorylation or of Ca(2+). |
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