Characterization of extracellular deleted variants of EWI-2 protein. A, schematic representation of the extracellular deleted variants of FLAG-tagged EWI-2. B, deleted EWI-2 proteins were expressed in HEK-293T cells. Surface-biotinylated proteins were immunoprecipitated with anti-CD81, anti-CD9, or anti-FLAG mAbs. Proteins were separated by SDS-PAGE under nonreducing conditions, transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane, and detected using HRP-streptavidin. EWI-2, CD81, and CD9 proteins are endogenously expressed in HEK-293T cells. The cleavage of EWI-2 does not occur in HEK-293T cells. Endogenous EWI-2 is indicated by an asterisk.