Site-specific labeling of neurotrophins and their receptors via short and versatile peptide tags (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Site-specific labeling of neurotrophins and their receptors via short and versatile peptide tags (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2014-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1371/journal.pone.0113708 (literal)
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  • Marchetti L.; De Nadai T.; Bonsignore F.; Calvello M.; Signore G.; Viegi A.; Beltram F.; Luin S.; Cattaneo A. (2014)
    Site-specific labeling of neurotrophins and their receptors via short and versatile peptide tags
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  • Marchetti L.; De Nadai T.; Bonsignore F.; Calvello M.; Signore G.; Viegi A.; Beltram F.; Luin S.; Cattaneo A. (literal)
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  • NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto Nanoscienze - CNR, Pisa, Italy; BioSNS Laboratory, Scuola Normale Superiore and Istituto di Neuroscienze - CNR, Pisa, Italy. (literal)
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  • Site-specific labeling of neurotrophins and their receptors via short and versatile peptide tags (literal)
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  • We present a toolbox for the study of molecular interactions occurring between NGF and its receptors. By means of a suitable insertional mutagenesis method we show the insertion of an 8 amino acid tag (A4) into the sequence of NGF and of 12 amino acid tags (A1 and S6) into the sequence of TrkA and P75NTR NGFreceptors. These tags are shortened versions of the acyl and peptidyl carrier proteins; they are here covalently conjugated to the biotin-substituted arm of a coenzyme A (coA) substrate by phosphopantetheinyl transferase enzymes (PPTases). We demonstrate site-specific biotinylation of the purified recombinant tagged neurotrophin, in both the immature proNGF and mature NGF forms. The resulting tagged NGF is fully functional: it can signal and promote PC12 cells differentiation similarly to recombinant wild-type NGF. Furthermore, we show that the insertion of A1 and S6 tags into human TrkA and P75NTR sequences leads to the site-specific biotinylation of these receptors at the cell surface of living cells. Crucially, the two tags are labeled selectively by two different PPTases: this is exploited to reach orthogonal fluorolabeling of the two receptors co-expressed at low density in living cells. We describe the protocols to obtain the enzymatic, sitespecific biotinylation of neurotrophins and their receptors as an alternative to their chemical, nonspecific biotinylation. The present strategy has three main advantages: i) it yields precise control of stoichiometry and site of biotin conjugation; ii) the tags used can be functionalized with virtually any small probe that can be carried by coA substrates, besides (and in addition to) biotin; iii) above all it makes possible to image and track interacting molecules at the singlemolecule level in living systems. Copyright: (literal)
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