The mut1.2 surface patch is important for plasma membrane localization and polymerization of CHMP4B in vitro.
Confocal microscopy of CHMP4B(1-153)-flag localization in HEK293 cells.
(A) CHMP4B(1-153)-flag wild type, (B) CHMP4B(1-153)-flag carrying the mut1, (C) the mut2 and (D) the mut1.2 surface patch mutations. Individual confocal Z-sections are shown. Nuclei have been stained with 4′6-diamidino-2-phenylindole. The scale bar represents 10 μm.
(E) Sucrose gradient analyses of recombinant wild-type MBP-CHMP4BΔC-ALIX (top panel) and MBP-CHMP4BΔC-ALIX carrying the mut1.2 surface patch mutations (bottom panel). Molecular mass markers are indicated.