(A) Western analysis of coimmunoprecipitation. HEK293 arrestin-2/3 knockout cells were transfected with HA-arrestin-31−393 (1 μg), FLAG-MELK1−340 (1 μg), or both plasmids encoding arrestin-3 and MELK at indicated DNA ratios for 48 h prior to immunoprecipitation with FLAG primary antibody. Western analysis was performed using anti-arrestin (1:10,000; F431) and anti-FLAG (1: 1,000; F3165 Sigma) antibodies. (B) Arrestin-31−393 co-immunoprecipitation with MELK1−340 was quantified using densitometric analysis of arrestin-3 blots. Non-specific arrestin-3 binding (no bait control) is also shown. Statistical analysis was performed using One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s post hoc test with correction for multiple comparisons (*, p<0.05).