(A) Co-immunoprecipitation assay of HEK293 cells transfected with plasmids expressing AcGFP (GFP), AcGFP-tagged MyoVb deletion mutants and indicated Myc-epitope tagged Spir-1 and Spir-2 proteins. Cell lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-Myc antibodies. The cell lysates (input) and immunoprecipitates (co-IP) were analyzed by immunoblotting with antibodies as indicated. The Spir-2-GTBM and the MyoVb globular tail domain (GTD) were identified as being essential for the Spir/MyoV interaction. N = 4 experimental repeats. WB, Western blotting. (B) GST-pulldown studies employing purified bacterially expressed recombinant proteins to analyze a direct interaction of Spir-2-linker and MyoVa/Vb-GTD. The mutation of two highly conserved leucines within the Spir-2-GTBM to alanines (human Spir-2-L408A, L409A; Spir-2-linker-LALA, see also Figure 4A) largely impairs binding of this mutant to GST-MyoVa/Vb-GTD. N = 4 experimental repeats. (C) Fluorescence spectroscopy was used to determine the dissociation constants (Kd) for MyoVa and MyoVb GTD binding to His6-mCherry-Spir-2-linker. Error bars represent SEM (n = 4 experimental repeats).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.17523.003