PubMed · 15378920
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V V Petrash, E I Borovkov, V V Dovgusha, V A Ivanova, Yu N Egorov, L V Il'ina. Autooptic effect.. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Adobi.0000033522.90775.95
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An immobilization procedure for protein on surface plasmon resonance sensor (SPR) chips is described. The target protein, cyclophilin D, is thereby genetically linked to a mutant of the human DNA repair protein O(6)-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase (hAGT). The procedure includes the immobilization of an alkylguanine derivative on the surface by amine coupling and contact of the surface with a solution of the fusion protein (TCypD-hAGT). TCypD-hAGT could be immobilized using buffer solutions of purified protein or cell extracts. High densities of covalently linked proteins were achieved by either procedure. Binding experiments performed with the ligand cyclosporin A indicate relative binding activities close to 100%. The K(D) value (12 nM) and the kinetic rate constants k(on) (3 x 10(5)M(-1)s(-1)) and k(off) (4 x 10(-3)s(-1)) are given and compared to values determined for cyclophilin D linked to the surface by amide coupling chemistry. The K(D) value is in excellent agreement with the K(D) value determined in solution by fluorescence titration.
In off-line 2D-HPLC a continuous salt gradient is applied in the first separation dimension. This increases the number of identified proteins from complex samples significantly due to higher chromatographic resolution compared to stepwise elution. Achievement of optimal resolution requires the optimization of the two separation dimensions. The influence of LC elution gradients in the first and second dimensions, of analysis time, of stationary-phase material, and of column dimensions was systematically investigated in order to obtain information on the overall peak capacity of the separation system. Provided data indicate that for complex samples such as an E. coli cell extract, a shallow LC SCX gradient with a high number of collected fractions significantly increases the overall peak capacity while for lower complexity samples short gradients with few fractions were sufficient to obtain a maximum of identified peptides. In addition, column dimensions and materials exhibited a strong effect on the overall efficiency of the 2D HPLC separation. The outcome of these experiments could hence serve as a guideline for investigators to adapt their method for the separation of their specific proteome sample to achieve a maximum of peptide sequence information by 2D LC MS/MS analysis.
DNA strand breaks containing 3'-phosphoglycolate (3'-PG) ends are the major lesions induced by ionizing radiation. The repair of this lesion is not completely understood and several activities are thought to be involved in processing of 3'-PG ends. In this study we examined activities in human whole cell extracts (WCE) responsible for removal of 3'-PG. Using a radiolabelled oligonucleotide containing a single nucleotide gap with internal 5'-phosphate and 3'-PG ends, we demonstrate that the major 3'-PG activity in human WCE is Mg2+ dependent and that this activity co-purifies with AP endonuclease 1 (APE1) over phosphocellulose and gel filtration chromatography. Furthermore, immunodepletion of APE1 from active gel filtration fractions using APE1 specific antibodies reveals that the major activity against 3'-PG in human WCE is APE1.