Effect of tel1-21 or tel1-ΔC mutation on association with DNA ends. (A) Effect of tel1-21 or tel1-ΔC mutation on Tel1 localization to an HO-induced DSB. Wild-type (KSC1709), tel1-21 (KSC3087) or tel1-ΔC (KSC3549) cells expressing Tel1-HA were transformed with the YCpA-GAL-HO plasmid. Transformed cells were grown in sucrose and treated with nocodazole. After arrest at G2/M, the culture was incubated with galactose for 3 h to induce HO expression. Top, the strains contain an HO cleavage site, marked with HIS2, at the ADH4 locus on chromosome (Chr.) VII. The HO1 primer pair amplifies a region 1 kb away from the HO cleavage site. An arrow represents the telomere. Bottom, cells were subjected to chromatin immunoprecipitation with anti-HA antibodies. Association of Tel1 with an HO-induced DSB was analyzed by real-time PCR. Relative enrichment was determined from three independent experiments. (B) Effect of tel1-ΔC mutation on the intracellular distribution. TEL1-HA (KSC1709) or tel1-ΔC-HA (KSC3549) cells were grown to mid log phase, harvested, and spheroplasted. Spheroplasts were homogenized to prepare whole-cell extracts (W) and then separated into the cytoplasmic (C) and nuclear (N) fractions. Samples from each fraction were separated by SDS–PAGE and immunoblotted with anti-HA, anti-Zwf1 (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; G6PDH) or anti-nuclear pore complex (NPC) antibodies. (C) Effect of tel1-ΔC mutation on Tel1–Tel2 interaction. Whole-cell extracts (WCE) prepared from cells expressing Tel1-HA (KSC1709), Tel2-FLAG Tel1-HA (KSC3633), or Tel2-FLAG tel1-ΔC-HA (KSC3634) were subjected to immunoprecipitation (IP) with anti-FLAG antibodies. Samples were immunoblotted with anti-HA or anti-FLAG antibodies. (D) Effect of tel1-ΔC mutation on Tel1–Xrs2 interaction. FLAG-Tel1 or FLAG-Tel1-ΔC was incubated with GST-Xrs2C–bound glutathione beads. Proteins bound to glutathione beads were subjected to immunoblotting analysis with anti-FLAG antibodies. The binding assay used 0.5 pmol of FLAG-Tel1 proteins and 70 pmol of GST-Xrs2C.