MB
Matrika Bhattarai
  • Ph. D. Candidate, Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, USA
研究方向
  • Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Systems Biology
In Vitro GT-array (i-GT-ray), a Platform for Screening of Glycosyltransferase Activities and Protein–Protein Interactions
体外 GT 阵列 (i-GT-ray):筛选糖基转移酶活性和蛋白质相互作用的平台
作者:Matrika Bhattarai, Tasleem Javaid, Akshayaa Venkataraghavan and Ahmed Faik日期:09/20/2024,浏览量:3440,Q&A: 0

Progress in bioinformatics has facilitated the identification of a large number of putative glycosyltransferases (GTs) associated with many physiological processes. However, many of these GTs remain with unknown biochemical function due to numerous technical limitations. One of these limitations is the lack of innovative tools for large-scale screening of enzyme activity in vitro and testing protein–protein interactions (PPIs) between GT partners. Currently, testing the enzyme activity of a protein requires its production in a heterologous expression system and purification before enzyme assays, a process that is time-consuming and not amenable to high-throughput screening. To overcome this, we developed a platform called in vitro GT-array (i-GT-ray). In this platform, 96-well microplates are coated with plasmid DNA encoding for tagged GTs and a capture antibody. Tagged GTs are produced from plasmid DNA via a cell-free in vitro transcription/translation (IVTT) system and captured through the anti-tag capture antibody directly on microplates. After washing to remove IVTT components, the captured enzymes can be considered purified, and their activity can be tested directly on microplates. The whole process can be performed in less than two days, compared to several weeks for currently available screening methods. The i-GT-ray platform has also been adapted to investigate PPIs between GTs. Here, we provide a practical user guide for the preparation of GT-arrays coated with plasmid DNA and a capture antibody that can be used for monitoring enzyme activity and PPIs of GTs in a high-throughput manner.