Substrates from in vitro proteolysis assays or transformed/transfected cells (lysed in RIPA buffer) were subjected to anti-Flag immunoaffinity purification with the M2 resin (Sigma, St Louis, MO), and analyzed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry using sinapinic acid as the matrix as described previously (Baker et al., 2007 (link)).
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