Complementation Assays for Co-chaperone Function
The development of mutant microorganisms lacking J domain proteins (JDPs; formerly called Hsp40s) has enabled the development of complementation assays for testing the co-chaperone function of JDPs. In these assays, an exogenously expressed novel JDP is tested for its ability to functionally substit...
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Published in | Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) Vol. 2693; p. 105 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
2023
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Summary: | The development of mutant microorganisms lacking J domain proteins (JDPs; formerly called Hsp40s) has enabled the development of complementation assays for testing the co-chaperone function of JDPs. In these assays, an exogenously expressed novel JDP is tested for its ability to functionally substitute for a non-expressed or nonfunctional endogenous JDP(s) by reversing a stress phenotype. For example, the in vivo functionality of prokaryotic JDPs can be tested on the basis of their ability to reverse the thermosensitivity of a dnaJ cbpA mutant strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli (OD259). Similarly, the in vivo functionality of eukaryotic JDPs can be assessed in a thermosensitive ydj1 mutant strain of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (JJ160). Here we outline the use of these thermosensitive microorganisms in complementation assays to functionally characterize a JDP from the bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens (AgtDnaJ), and a JDP from the trypanosomal parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi (TcJ2). |
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ISSN: | 1940-6029 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-0716-3342-7_9 |