Figure 6.
The single-strand binding protein complex, hSSB1/2-INTS3 recruits ATRIP to single-stranded DNA. (A) Myc-hSSB1, Myc-INTS3, HA-ATRIP and HA-tagged non-specific control protein (HA-NS) were individually expressed in 293T cells, purified by immunoprecipitation with anti-Myc or anti-HA antibodies and were eluted with Myc or HA peptides. For the single-stranded DNA-binding assay, streptavidin-agarose was incubated with non-biotinylated (lane 2) or biotinylated (lane 3) single-stranded DNA followed by incubation with Myc-hSSB1 and Myc-INTS3. Next, HA-ATRIP or HA-NS purified from 293T cells were incubated with streptavidin-agarose bound biotinylated ssDNA either in the absence (lanes 4 and 6) or presence (lanes 5 and 7) of bound Myc-hSSB1 and Myc-INTS3. After washing, the bound proteins were identified by immunoblotting with anti-HA (top panel) and anti-Myc (bottom panel) antibodies. 10% of NS and ATRIP utilized for binding to streptavidin-agarose has been shown in lanes 1 and 8 respectively and specific proteins have been marked by arrowheads. The control protein (NS) did not bind to hSSB1-INTS3 complex, ruling out non-specific association. The numbers indicate relative binding of HA-ATRIP to ssDNA in the absence or presence of Myc-hSSB1 and Myc-INTS3. *P-value was calculated using two-tailed t-test which displays that the ATRIP binding observed in the absence or presence of hSSB1-INTS3 complex is significantly different (*P-value = 0.043). (B) RPA complex is absent in Myc-hSSB1 and Myc-INTS3 immunoprecipitates. Myc-hSSB1, Myc-INTS3, HA-ATRIP and HA-NS proteins expressed in 293T cells and purified by elution with Myc or HA peptides following immunoprecipitation were immunoblotted with anti-RPA70 (top panel) and anti-RPA32 (second panel) antibodies for detecting endogenous RPA70 and RPA32. As reported earlier, RPA complex physically associates with ATRIP but is absent from hSSB1-INTS3 complex. Note the high sensitivity of detection of endogenous RPA70 and RPA32 in 293T cell lysate. HA-ATRIP (hollow arrowhead), HA-NS (black arrow) Myc-INTS3 (black arrowhead) and Myc-hSSB1 (shaded arrowhead) have been marked.