Willett Rose A, Pokrovskaya Irina D, Lupashin Vladimir V
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2013;1022:61-72. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-465-4_6.
Staining of molecules such as proteins and glycoconjugates allows for an analysis of their localization within the cell and provides insight into their functional status. Glycosyltransferases, a class of enzymes which are responsible for glycosylating host proteins, are mostly localized to the Golgi apparatus, and their localization is maintained in part by a protein vesicular tethering complex, the conserved oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex. Here we detail a combination of fluorescent lectin and immuno-staining in cells depleted of COG complex subunits to examine the status of Golgi glycosyltransferases. The combination of these techniques allows for a detailed characterization of the changes in function and localization of Golgi glycosyltransferases with respect to transient COG subunit depletion.
对蛋白质和糖缀合物等分子进行染色,有助于分析它们在细胞内的定位,并深入了解其功能状态。糖基转移酶是一类负责对宿主蛋白进行糖基化的酶,大多定位于高尔基体,其定位部分由一种蛋白质囊泡拴系复合体——保守寡聚高尔基体(COG)复合体维持。在此,我们详细介绍了在缺乏COG复合体亚基的细胞中,荧光凝集素和免疫染色相结合的方法,以检测高尔基体糖基转移酶的状态。这些技术的结合能够详细表征高尔基体糖基转移酶在短暂缺乏COG亚基时功能和定位的变化。