A novel genetic system based on zinc finger nucleases for the identification of interactions between proteins in vivo.

ABSTRACT: Yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) methods are powerful tools for detecting protein-protein interactions. The traditional Y2H method has been widely applied to screen novel protein interactions since it was established two decades ago. The high false-positive rate of the traditional method drove the development of modified Y2H systems. Here, we describe a novel Y2H system using zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs). ZFNs contain two functional domains, a zinc-finger DNA-binding domain (ZFP) and a non-specific nuclease domain (FokI). In this system, the bait is expressed as a fusion protein with a specific ZFP, and the prey is fused to the FokI. A reporter vector is designed such that the ZFN target site disrupts the Gal4 open reading frame. By transforming the three plasmids into a yeast strain (AH109), the in

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3877365 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature