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. 2022 May 23;9:893843. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.893843

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3

dMu, E484K, and N501Y variants of S1 are comparatively highly expressed and secreted in COS-1 cells. (A) Transfected COS-1 cells were lysed 48 h after transfection. Equal protein-containing lysates (upper left blot) and collected media (lower left blot) of each S1 mutant were pulled down using protein A-bound Sepharose (PAS) and analyzed using SDS-PAGE on 8% slab gels. To confirm these expression profiles, we carried out parallel sequential immunoprecipitation of both lysates (upper right blot) and media (lower right blot), which reflected higher intracellular and secretory protein levels in the case of S1-dMu and S1-N501Y mutants. (B) Comparison between relative expression levels of S1 variants in COS-1 cells (left bar graph) and their secretory proteins collected from the media (right bar graph) (n = 4). Data are normalized to the wild type and expressed as arbitrary units.