IKK complexes interact with CSN- and SCF-complexes. (A) Interaction of IKK2 with CSN subunits in the yeast two-hybrid system. The original yeast 2-hybrid screen identified Csn5 and Csn7 from a human liver library as interaction partners of the IKK2-bait. Testing all CSN subunits revealed interaction of IKK2 with Csn3, Csn4, Csn5 and Csn7. Shown is the growth of yeast colonies on quadruple-selection medium (minus Leu, Trp, Ade, His). (B–D) Co-immunoprecipitation of flag-tagged IKK2 with myc-tagged JAB1/Csn5 (B), Csn4 (C) and Csn3 (D) after transient transfections of expression constructs in 293 cells as indicated in the headers. Anti-myc (upper panels) and anti-flag (lower panels) Western Blots of anti-flag immunoprecipitates (IP) and extracts are shown.