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. 2020 Dec 3;3:730. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-01474-3

Fig. 5. PPSR1 binds to PSY1 and mediates its ubiquitination.

Fig. 5

a, b Y2H assay revealing the region of PSY1 that interacts with PPSR1. a Schematic illustration for full-length PSY1 protein and the truncated forms used in Y2H analysis. Numbers indicate the positions of the first and last amino acid in the sequences. cTP, chloroplast transit peptide. b The PPSR1 fused with the binding domain (BD) of GAL4 (BD-PPSR1) and the truncated PSY1 fused with the activation domain (AD) of GAL4 were co-expressed in yeast. The transformants were selected on SD/-Leu/-Trp (-LW) and SD/-Leu/-Trp/-His/-Ade (-LWHA) with or without X-α-gal. c LCI assay revealing the interactions between PSY1 and PPSR1. The PPSR1 fused with the C-terminus of LUC (cLUC-PPSR1) was co-expressed with the PSY1 fused with the N-terminus of LUC (PSY1-nLUC) in tobacco (Nicotiana benthamiana) leaves. Scale bar, 1 cm. d Semi-in vivo pull-down assay revealing the interactions between PPSR1 and PSY1. The recombinant MBP-PPSR1 and MBP (negative control) were mixed with PSY1-HA expressed in tobacco leaves, and incubated with anti-HA agarose. The eluted proteins were detected by immunoblot using anti-MBP and anti-HA antibodies, respectively. IB, immunoblot. e Co-IP assay revealing the interactions between PSY1 and PPSR1. The Flag-PPSR1 and PSY1-HA fusion proteins were co-expressed in tobacco leaves. f Subcellular colocalization of PSY1 and PPSR1. The PSY1-eGFP and PPSR1-mCherry fusion proteins were transiently co-expressed into tobacco leaves. The tobacco leaves expressing eGFP or mCherry were used as the negative control. Scale bars, 20 µm. g Ubiquitination assay of PSY1. The Agrobacteria carrying 35S::PSY1-HA, 35S::Flag-ubiquitin (Ub), and 35S::PPSR1 constructs were infiltrated into the tobacco leaves. For (e) and (g), the total proteins were extracted from the infected leaves treated with MG132 and incubated with anti-HA agarose to enrich PSY1-HA. The eluted proteins were subjected to immunoblot using anti-Flag and anti-HA antibodies, respectively. The red arrowhead indicates the predicted Flag-PPSR1. The black arrowhead refers to heavy chain of antibody (IgGH). Blue asterisks refer to nonspecific bands. IB, immunoblot; (Ub)n, polyubiquitin chain.