Wild-type and mutant GST-tagged full-length INPP5K was expressed in BL21 pLysS cells and purified on GSA beads (Thermo Fisher Scientific) in assay buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl [pH 7.5], 150 mM NaCl, 10 mM MgCl
2) plus 1% Triton X-100 and
EDTA-free protease inhibitors (Roche Diagnostics). After washing, aliquots of beads were run on Coomassie gels to determine the abundance of full-length fusion proteins. Beads bearing equal amounts of fusion proteins were incubated in assay buffer containing 135 μM PtdIns(4,5)P
2diC8, and free phosphate was measured using the
Malachite Green assay kit (Echelon Biosciences). Results of three independent experiments were presented as mean ± standard deviation. To minimize variability between purifications, all constructs were freshly prepared and purified in parallel for each experiment, and beads used in the assay were afterward run on Coomassie gels to confirm equal protein loading.
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