Raft-induced alterations to the activity of CTA1 in the absence or presence of ARF6.
A. Two-fold dilutions of CTA1 were incubated at 37°C with ARF6/GTP (squares), lipid raft LUVs (circles), or both lipid raft LUVs and ARF6/GTP (diamonds). Open symbols represent toxin samples that were pre-incubated with ARF6/GTP at 25°C before warming to 37°C; filled symbols represent toxin samples that were heated to 37°C for 30 min before the addition of LUVs or LUVs and ARF6/GTP. Toxin activity against a DEA-BAG substrate was detected from the increase in fluorescent units. Data are presented as the means ± SEMs of 8 samples from two independent experiments.
B. Two-fold dilutions of CTA1 were incubated at 37°C with ARF6/GTP (squares), non-raft LUVs (circles), or both non-raft LUVs and ARF6/GTP (diamonds). Open symbols represent toxin samples that were pre-incubated with ARF6/GTP at 25°C before warming to 37°C; filled symbols represent toxin samples that were heated to 37°C for 30 min before the addition of LUVs or LUVs and ARF6/GTP. Toxin activity against a DEA-BAG substrate was detected from the increase in fluorescent units. Four samples were used for each condition; data are presented as the means ± SEMs.