Identification of SUMO-interacting proteins by yeast two-hybrid analysis

Methods Mol Biol. 2009:497:107-20. doi: 10.1007/978-1-59745-566-4_7.

Abstract

This chapter will discuss various adaptations of the yeast two-hybrid method for analyzing protein interactions that can be used to identify small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) interacting proteins and to determine the nature of the SUMO-protein interactions that occur. SUMO binds to a protein in two different ways: covalently and noncovalently. In a covalent interaction an isopeptide bond forms between the glycine residue at the C terminus of the mature SUMO and a lysine side-chain on the substrate protein. Alternatively, SUMO can interact noncovalently with another protein, usually via insertion of a beta strand from a substrate SUMO-interacting motif (SIM) into a hydrophobic groove next to the SUMO beta2 strand. By mutating either the C-terminal diglycine motif or amino acids within the beta2 strand of SUMO, these respective interactions can be abolished. The expression of the two-hybrid SUMO constructs with either of these mutations can help distinguish the type of interaction that occurs between a SUMO and a given protein. Sumoylation can be verified by independent methods, such as a SUMO mobility shift assay. Finally, the chapter will compare the two-hybrid approach with mass spectrometric analysis as a means of identifying SUMO-interacting proteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Genomic Library
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods
  • Models, Biological
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Protein Binding
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism
  • Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins / metabolism*
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques*

Substances

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins