Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay of

CTD Code Kinase Phosphorylation RNA polymerase II Transcription mRNA

Journal

Bio-protocol
ISSN: 2331-8325
Titre abrégé: Bio Protoc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101635102

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
20 Jun 2020
Historique:
received: 30 12 2019
revised: 29 04 2020
accepted: 29 04 2020
entrez: 4 3 2021
pubmed: 5 3 2021
medline: 5 3 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Eukaryotic RNA polymerase II transcribes all protein-coding mRNAs and is highly regulated. A key mechanism directing RNA polymerase II and facilitating the co-transcriptional processing of mRNAs is the phosphorylation of its highly repetitive carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) of its largest subunit, RPB1, at specific residues. A variety of techniques exist to identify and quantify the degree of CTD phosphorylation, including phosphorylation-specific antibodies and mass spectrometry. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs) have been utilized since the discovery of CTD phosphorylation and continue to represent a simple, direct, and widely applicable approach for qualitatively monitoring CTD phosphorylation. We present a standardized method for EMSA analysis of recombinant GST-CTD substrates phosphorylated by a variety of CTD kinases. Strategies to analyze samples under both denatured/reduced and semi-native conditions are provided. This method represents a simple, direct, and reproducible means to monitor CTD phosphorylation in recombinant substrates utilizing equipment common to molecular biology labs and readily applicable to downstream analyses including immunoblotting and mass spectrometry.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33659319
doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3648
pii: e3648
pmc: PMC7842589
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e3648

Subventions

Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : R01 GM104896
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : R01 GM125882
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

Copyright © The Authors; exclusive licensee Bio-protocol LLC.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing financial interests.

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Auteurs

Joshua E Mayfield (JE)

Department of Molecular Biosciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.

Seema Irani (S)

Department of Chemical Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.

Yan Zhang (Y)

Department of Molecular Biosciences, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.
Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States.

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