The mammalian expression vectors for HA-tagged ubiquitin (HA-Ub), wild-type AR (AR-WT), and AR variants V2, V4, V5, and V7 were described previously (Bohrer et al., 2013 (link); Huang et al., 2005 (link); Liu et al., 2008 (link)). The AR variant v567es was kindly provided by Dr. Donald Tindall at Mayo Clinic. HA-SPOP and Myc-SPOP were cloned into pCMV vector. AR mutants S646A, S647A, T648A, and T649A and prostate-cancer-associated mutants of SPOP were generated by site-specific mutagenesis (Stratagene). AR deletion mutants ΔEGSSS, ΔASSTT, 2Δ, and Myc-SPOP-ΔBTB were generated by KOD-Plus Mutagenesis Kit (Toyobo). Antibodies used were anti-AR (N20), anti-ERK2, anti-Myc tag (Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-SPOP (Abcam), and anti-HA (Covance). MG132, cycloheximide, and mibolerone were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. The antiandrogen enzalutamide was kindly provided by Medivation.
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