FIGURE 1.
Interaction between Top2 and Mus101. A, anti-FLAG-agarose beads were incubated with nuclear extract (NE) from Drosophila S2 cells overexpressing FLAG-Mus101. Endogenous Top2 and FLAG-Mus101 were detected in the immunoprecipitation product by rabbit anti-Top2 antibodies and rabbit anti-FLAG antibodies. MW, molecular weight. B and C, direct binding between Top2 and Mus101 was examined with purified proteins by pulldown assays. Mus101-His6 was pulled down by HA-Top2 immobilized on anti-HA-agarose beads. In a reciprocal experiment using nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid (Ni-NTA) resin, HA-Top2 was pulled down by immobilized Mus101-His6. Empty anti-HA-agarose beads and nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid resin were used as controls. HA-Top2 and Mus101-His6 were detected with immunoblot by mouse anti-HA antibodies and rabbit anti-Mus101 antibodies, respectively.