Using the Yeast Interaction Trap and Other Two-Hybrid-Based Approaches to Study Protein-Protein Interactions

Methods ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garabet G. Toby ◽  
Erica A. Golemis
1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 5820-5829 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Estojak ◽  
R Brent ◽  
E A Golemis

Since their introduction, the interaction trap and other two-hybrid systems have been used to study protein-protein interactions. Despite their general use, little is known about the extent to which the degree of protein interaction determined by two-hybrid approaches parallels the degree of interaction determined by biochemical techniques. In this study, we used a set of lexAop-LEU2 and lexAop-lacZ reporters to calibrate the interaction trap. For the calibration, we used two sets of proteins, the Myc-Max-Mxi1 helix-loop-helix proteins, and wild-type and dimerization-defective versions of the lambda cI repressor. Our results indicate that the strength of interaction as predicted by the two-hybrid approach generally correlates with that determined in vitro, permitting discrimination of high-, intermediate-, and low-affinity interactions, but there was no single reporter for which the amount of gene expression linearly reflected affinity measured in vitro. However, some reporters showed thresholds and only responded to stronger interactions. Finally, some interactions were subject to directionality, and their apparent strength depended on the reporter used. Taken together, our results provide a cautionary framework for interpreting affinities from two-hybrid experiments.


2009 ◽  
Vol 284 (24) ◽  
pp. 16369-16376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuebo Hu ◽  
Sungkwon Kang ◽  
Xiaoyue Chen ◽  
Charles B. Shoemaker ◽  
Moonsoo M. Jin

A quantitative in vivo method for detecting protein-protein interactions will enhance our understanding of protein interaction networks and facilitate affinity maturation as well as designing new interaction pairs. We have developed a novel platform, dubbed “yeast surface two-hybrid (YS2H),” to enable a quantitative measurement of pairwise protein interactions via the secretory pathway by expressing one protein (bait) anchored to the cell wall and the other (prey) in soluble form. In YS2H, the prey is released either outside of the cells or remains on the cell surface by virtue of its binding to the bait. The strength of their interaction is measured by antibody binding to the epitope tag appended to the prey or direct readout of split green fluorescence protein (GFP) complementation. When two α-helices forming coiled coils were expressed as a pair of prey and bait, the amount of the prey in complex with the bait progressively decreased as the affinity changes from 100 pm to 10 μm. With GFP complementation assay, we were able to discriminate a 6-log difference in binding affinities in the range of 100 pm to 100 μm. The affinity estimated from the level of antibody binding to fusion tags was in good agreement with that measured in solution using a surface plasmon resonance technique. In contrast, the level of GFP complementation linearly increased with the on-rate of coiled coil interactions, likely because of the irreversible nature of GFP reconstitution. Furthermore, we demonstrate the use of YS2H in exploring the nature of antigen recognition by antibodies and activation allostery in integrins and in isolating heavy chain-only antibodies against botulinum neurotoxin.


Author(s):  
Pierre-Olivier Vidalain ◽  
Yves Jacob ◽  
Marne C. Hagemeijer ◽  
Louis M. Jones ◽  
Grégory Neveu ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 4311-4318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leiliang Zhang ◽  
Nancy Y. Villa ◽  
Masmudur M. Rahman ◽  
Sherin Smallwood ◽  
Donna Shattuck ◽  
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