Development of a membrane-anchored ligand and receptor yeast two-hybrid system for ligand-receptor interaction identification.

ABSTRACT: Identifying interactions between ligands and transmembrane receptors is crucial for understanding the endocrine system. However, the present approaches for this purpose are still not capable of high-throughput screening. In this report, a membrane-anchored ligand and receptor yeast two-hybrid (MALAR-Y2H) system was established. In the method, an extracellular ligand is linked with an intracellular split-ubiquitin reporter system via a chimeric transmembrane structure. Meanwhile, the prey proteins of transmembrane receptors are fused to the other half of the split-ubiquitin reporter system. The extracellular interaction of ligands and receptors can lead to the functional recovery of the ubiquitin reporter system in yeast, and eventually lead to the expression of report genes. Consequently,

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5071910 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature