Asl preferentially binds to the PP5-dephosphorylated form of Plk4. Immobilized MBP-Plk4-TE was non-treated (lane 5) or treated with λ-phosphatase (λPPase, lane 3), GST-PP5 (lane 4) or GST-PP5H326N (lane 6), respectively, and tested for binding to 35S-Asl synthesized in IVTT reaction. MBP-Plk4-TE co-expressed with either His6-PP5 (wild type) or His6-PP5H326N (inactive) in bacteria were immobilized to amylose resin and incubated with 35S-Asl (lane 7–8). The in vitro binding assay reveals that dephosphorylated MBP-Plk4-TE binds more Asl, while the self-phosphorylated kinase binds less Asl. MBP was used as the negative control (lane 2). “p-” refers to phosphorylated Plk4. Coomassie-stained gel shows the loading and shifting of MBP-Plk4-TE derivatives. Short (1 h) and long (10 h) exposures of the autoradiographs are presented.