Journal
ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 377, Issue 1, Pages 83-88Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.02.016
Keywords
C2 domain; turbidity; lipid membrane; synaptotagmin
Funding
- Medical Research Council [MC_U105178791] Funding Source: Medline
- Medical Research Council [MC_U105178791] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U105178791] Funding Source: UKRI
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The C2 domain is a common protein module which mediates calcium-dependent phospholipid binding. Several assays have previously been developed to measure membrane association. However, these assays either have technical drawbacks or are laborious to carry out. We now present a simple solution-based turbidity method for rapidly assaying membrane association of single lipid-binding domains in real time. We used the first C2 domain of synaptotagmin1 (C2A) as a model lipid-binding moiety. Our use of the common dimeric glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion tag allowed two C2A domains to be brought into close proximity. Consequently, calcium-triggered phospholipid binding by this artificially dimerized C2A resulted in liposomal aggregation, easily assayed by following absorbance of the solution at 350 nm. The assay is simple and sensitive and can be scaled up conveniently for use in a multiwell plate format, allowing high-throughput screening. In our screens, we identified nickel as a novel activator of synaptotagmin1 C2A domain membrane association. Finally, we show that the turbidity method can be applied to the study of other GST-tagged lipid-binding proteins such as epsin, protein kinase C-beta, and synaptobrevin. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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