Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
7-14-2015
Department
Biological Sciences
Abstract
Premise of Study:
A method for rapid in vivo functional analysis of engineered proteins was developed using Physcomitrella patens.
Methods and Results:
A complementation assay was designed for testing structure/function relationships in cellulose synthase (CESA) proteins. The components of the assay include (1) construction of test vectors that drive expression of epitope-tagged PpCESA5 carrying engineered mutations, (2) transformation of a ppcesa5 knockout line that fails to produce gametophores with test and control vectors, (3) scoring the stable transformants for gametophore production, (4) statistical analysis comparing complementation rates for test vectors to positive and negative control vectors, and (5) analysis of transgenic protein expression by Western blotting. The assay distinguished mutations that generate fully functional, nonfunctional, and partially functional proteins.
Conclusions:
Compared with existing methods for in vivo testing of protein function, this complementation assay provides a rapid method for investigating protein structure/function relationships in plants.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Scavuzzo-Duggan TR; Chaves AM; Roberts AW. (2015). "A complementation assay for in vivo protein structure/function analysis in Physcomitrella patens (Funariaceae)." Applications in Plant Sciences, 3(7).
Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1500023
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