Kodama Yutaka, Hu Chang-Deng
Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan.
Methods Cell Biol. 2013;113:107-21. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407239-8.00006-9.
Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) is a technique to visualize protein-protein interactions in living cells, and has been widely used in various model organisms. The principle of the BiFC assay is based on the reconstitution of an intact fluorescent protein. The two non-fluorescent fragments are fused to proteins of interest that may interact. If the two proteins interact, the two non-fluorescent fragments are brought together to reconstitute an intact fluorescent protein. The purpose of this protocol is to calculate signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio in the bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay and to provide a semi-quantitative analysis of protein-protein interaction (PPI) in living cells.
双分子荧光互补(BiFC)是一种在活细胞中可视化蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用的技术,已在各种模式生物中广泛应用。BiFC分析的原理基于完整荧光蛋白的重构。两个无荧光的片段与可能相互作用的目标蛋白融合。如果这两种蛋白质相互作用,两个无荧光的片段就会聚集在一起,重构出一个完整的荧光蛋白。本实验方案的目的是计算双分子荧光互补(BiFC)分析中的信噪比(S/N),并对活细胞中的蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用(PPI)进行半定量分析。