P
1–100 was randomly labeled with Alexa488 and
Alexa594 essentially as described previously.
8 (link),75 (link) Briefly,
20 mM DTT was added to the protein sample and incubated overnight
at 4 °C. The protein was then dialyzed into degassed 50 mM Na-phosphate
pH 7 and 150 mM NaCl buffer until all DTT was washed out. Alexa488
and Alexa594 were added simultaneously at an excess of approximately
5× compared to protein. Labeling was allowed to proceed 30 min
at room temperature, followed by 4 °C overnight. The labeled
protein was then separated from excess dye by size exclusion chromatography
on an
Enrich SEC70 (Biorad) column using 50 mM Na-phosphate buffer
(pH 6), 150 mM NaCl, and 2 mM DTT.
Labeling of
15N P
1–100 single cysteine mutants for PREs was achieved
using
S-(1-oxyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-2,5-dihydro-1
H-pyrrol-3-yl)methylmethanesulfonothioate (MTSL)
and followed essentially the same procedure as for fluorescence labeling.
The final buffer used for size exclusion chromatography, however,
did not contain DTT.
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