Identification of new interacting partners for atypical Rho GTPases: a SILAC-based approach

Methods Mol Biol. 2012:827:305-17. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-442-1_20.

Abstract

In contrast to typical Rho GTPases the regulation of atypical Rho GTPases, such as the members of the RhoBTB subfamily, rarely depends on GEFs and/or GAPs. Instead, they are regulated at the level of their expression, by post-translational modifications, by their rate of degradation as well as through binding of diverse cell-specific interactors. Stable Isotope Labeling by Amino acids in Cell culture (SILAC) is a powerful cutting-edge mass-spectrometry-based technology allowing for protein-interaction studies in vitro with removal of false-positive identifications. In this chapter, we describe how the SILAC technology can be applied to the identification of new interacting partners for atypical - constitutively active - Rho GTPases, i.e. RhoBTB3.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry*
  • Amino Acids / metabolism
  • Cell Culture Techniques / methods
  • HEK293 Cells
  • Humans
  • Isotope Labeling / methods*
  • Mass Spectrometry*
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Interaction Mapping / methods*
  • Transfection
  • rho GTP-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • rho GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • rho GTP-Binding Proteins