Reptin and Pontin interact with AID in vivo. A, A schematic representation of the immune-isolation protocol for AID-interacting proteins. B, AID and co-purifying proteins were isolated from Flag-AID-transfected BOSC23 cell extracts by immunoprecipitation with anti-Flag antibodies and then analysed by Western blotting with the indicated antibodies. C, c-myc-tagged Reptin (Reptinc-myc) and Pontin (Pontinc-myc) were immunoprecipitated with anti-c-myc antibody from lysates of BOSC23 cells expressing Reptinc-myc, Pontinc-myc, and AID and then analyzed by Western blotting with the indicated antibodies. Anti-Clathrin and “beads-only” (‘/’) immunoprecipitations were used as negative controls. Reptinc-myc and Pontinc-myc were always co-transfected because these proteins stabilize each other41 (Fig E4). D, Endogenous Reptin interacts with AID in switching splenocytes. Anti-Flag immunoprecipitates from lysates of IL-4- and LPS-stimulated AID−/− (−/−) and AIDFlag/Flag (F/F) splenocytes were analyzed with an antibody against endogenous Reptin.