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Figure 5.
FIG. 5. TrioN binds strongly to phospholipids only in the presence of RhoG. His[6]-tagged bacterially purified TrioN was applied to strips spotted with various phospholipids (Echelon) and revealed with an anti-His or an anti-GST antibody as detailed under "Experimental Procedures." All strips were revealed under the same conditions. Each experiments was repeated at least three times of which one representative is shown. A, His[6]-TrioN at 0.5 µg/ml. B, His[6]-TrioN at 50 µg/ml. C, His[6]-TrioN/RhoG complex at 0.5 µg/ml. D, RhoG deletion mutant lacking the C-terminal basic residues, RhoG 182, in complex with His[6]-TrioN at 0.5 µg/ml. E, GST-RhoG at 0.5 µg/ml. F, His[6]-TrioN/Rac complex at 0.5 µg/ml. G, Rac deletion mutant lacking the C-terminal basic residues, Rac 184, in complex with His[6]-TrioN at 0.5 µg/ml. H, His[6]-Rac at 0.5 µg/ml. I, bacterially expressed PLC- 1-PH domain at 0.5 µg/ml. This strip serves as a positive control and shows that our experimental procedure is reliable. J, nomenclature of the different phospholipids spotted on the nitrocellulose strip. Comparison of C and I shows that the binding affinity of TrioN/RhoG to PtdIns(3,4)P[2], PA, or PtdIns is similar to PLC- 1 binding to PtdIns(4,5)P[2] ( 1 µM) (62).

The above figure is reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2004, 279, 37895-37907) copyright 2004.