Fig. 1. CACUL1 is identified as a SIRT1-binding protein.
a Yeast two-hybrid assay. L40 cells were transformed with LexA DNA binding domain (DBD)-fused SIRT1 (in pBTM116 vector) and Gal4 activating domain (AD)-fused CACUL1. The interaction was measured by β-galactosidase (β-gal) assays. The data were processed in accordance with statistical analysis methods as means±standard deviation (SD) of triplicate experiments. b Immunoprecipitation (IP) analysis. HEK293 cells were co-transfected with Myc-SIRT1 and FLAG-CACUL1 or FLAG vector. IP using an anti-FLAG antibody was followed by western blotting (WB) with an anti-Myc antibody. c Glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down assay. GST or GST-CACUL1 was incubated with in vitro translated FLAG-SIRT1. The interaction was monitored by WB using an anti-FLAG antibody. d, e Mapping of domains responsible for the interaction. HEK293 cells were transfected with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-CACUL1 and FLAG-tagged SIRT1 deletions, or Myc-SIRT1 and GFP-fused CACUL1 fragments. SIRT1 mapping was determined by IP using an anti-FLAG antibody and WB using an anti-GFP antibody (d). CACUL1 mapping was done by IP using an anti-Myc antibody and WB using an anti-GFP antibody (e)