Skip to main content
. 2011 Feb 10;7(2):e1001278. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001278

Figure 7. NS2 and p7 interact in a co-immunoprecipitation assay.

Figure 7

(A) Schematic representation of the constructs used in this study. NS2-GFP corresponds to the transmembrane domain of NS2 in fusion with GFP, whereas NS2-GTM corresponds to the transmembrane domain of VSV-G protein in fusion with the cytosolic domain of NS2. All the proteins contain a HA tag at their N-terminus. (B) HA-NS2 co-immunoprecipitates with p7-Flag. 293T cells were transfected with plasmids expressing p7-Flag, HA-NS2 from different genotypes, HA-NS2 mutants or control plasmids. At 24h post-transfection cells were lysed and immunoprecipitations with an anti-Flag antibody were performed. The immunoprecipitates were separated by SDS-PAGE and analyzed by Western blotting with an anti-HA antibody to identify the presence of co-immunoprecipitated HA-NS2. The presence of HA-NS2 in transfected cells was confirmed by Western blotting. The actin content was also analyzed to verify that equal amounts of cell lysates have been used.