Structure and function in rhodopsin: a tetracycline-inducible system in stable mammalian cell lines for high-level expression of opsin mutants.
Authors: Reeves Philip J; Kim Jong-Myoung; Khorana H Gobind;
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:12370422
'Tetracycline-inducible HEK293S stable cell lines have been prepared that express high levels (up to 10 mg/liter) of WT opsin and its mutants only in response to the addition of tetracycline and sodium butyrate. The cell lines were prepared by stable transfection of HEK293S-TetR cells with expression plasmids that contained the ... More
Dual-tagging system for the affinity purification of mammalian protein complexes.
Authors:Giannone RJ, McDonald WH, Hurst GB, Huang Y, Wu J, Liu Y, Wang Y,
Journal:Biotechniques
PubMed ID:17907572
'Although affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) provides a powerful tool to study protein-protein interactions, this strategy has encountered numerous difficulties when adapted to mammalian cells. Here we describe a Gateway-compatible dual-tag affinity purification system that integrates regulatable expression, tetracysteine motifs, and various combinations ofaffinity tags to facilitate the ... More
Ectopic expression of necdin induces differentiation of mouse neuroblastoma cells.
'Necdin is expressed predominantly in postmitotic neurons, and ectopic expression of this protein strongly suppresses cell growth. Necdin has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Prader-Willi syndrome, a human neurodevelopmental disorder associated with genomic imprinting. Here we demonstrate that ectopic expression of necdin induces a neuronal phenotype in neuroblastoma cells. ... More
Cell Cycle Regulation and p53 Activation by Protein Phosphatase 2Calpha.
Authors:Ofek P, Ben-Meir D, Kariv-Inbal Z, Oren M, Lavi S,
Journal:J Biol Chem
PubMed ID:12514180
Protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) dephosphorylates a broad range of substrates, regulating stress response and growth-related pathways in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. We now demonstrate that PP2Calpha, a major mammalian isoform, inhibits cell growth and activates the p53 pathway. In 293 cell clones, in which PP2Calpha expression is regulated by a ... More
The gamma -secretase-cleaved C-terminal fragment of amyloid precursor protein mediates signaling to the nucleus.
Authors: Gao Y; Pimplikar S W;
Journal:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
PubMed ID:11742091
Sequential processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by beta- and gamma-secretases generates the Abeta peptide, a major constituent of the senile plaques observed in Alzheimer's disease. The cleavage by gamma-secretase also results in the cytoplasmic release of a 59- or 57-residue-long C-terminal fragment (Cgamma). This processing resembles regulated intramembrane ... More