bands were transferred to a 0.2 μm polyvinylidene difluoride
membrane (Bio-Rad) by electroblotting at a constant current of 1.3
A for 7 min on Trans-Blot Turbo (Bio-Rad). After transfer, biotin-labeled
proteins were detected using Cy3–streptavidin conjugate. Blots
were blocked against nonspecific reactions by soaking in Bullet Blocking
One for Western Blotting (Nacalai Tesque, Inc.) (50 mL/gel) at room
temperature for 30 min. The blots were incubated with Cy3–streptavidin
(Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories, Inc.) (1.0 mg/mL, 10 μL/gel)
in TBS-T buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl, 150 mM NaCl, 0.05% Tween 20, pH 7.6)
(50 mL) at room temperature for 1 h on a shaker. The blots were then
washed with TBS-T (50 mL) at room temperature for 5 min. This washing
procedure was repeated three times. Fluorescent gel images were acquired
on a Typhoon 9400 scanner (Amersham Biosciences/GE Healthcare) using
a 532 nm laser and an emission filter of 570 nm BP20.