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Chapter 1<br />

<strong>FAT10</strong>-GFP express<strong>in</strong>g vector by restriction digestion. The two doma<strong>in</strong>s were<br />

cloned <strong>in</strong>to pcDNA3.1 as well. All sequences were verified by sequenc<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Immunoprecipitation. Co-immunoprecipitation <strong>of</strong> NUB1L mutants <strong>and</strong> His6-<br />

<strong>FAT10</strong>, <strong>and</strong> NUB1L <strong>and</strong> <strong>FAT10</strong> mutants was performed as previously described<br />

(Hipp et al., 2004). For <strong>the</strong> immunoprecipitation (IP) <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 26S proteasome, one<br />

well <strong>of</strong> a 6-well plate <strong>of</strong> transfected cells was used per IP. Cells were lysed <strong>in</strong><br />

25 mM Tris pH 7.8, 2 mM MgCl2, 20% glycerol, 1 mM DTT, <strong>and</strong> 2 mM ATP by<br />

sonification. After centrifugation for 15m<strong>in</strong> at 20000 × g, <strong>the</strong> supernatant was<br />

supplemented with BSA to a f<strong>in</strong>al concentration <strong>of</strong> 1 mg/ml, 15 mM creat<strong>in</strong>e phos-<br />

phate <strong>and</strong> 15 U/ml creat<strong>in</strong>e k<strong>in</strong>ase. After pre<strong>in</strong>cubation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lysates for one hour<br />

with Sepharose CL-4B (Amersham), <strong>the</strong> supernatant was immunoprecipitated for<br />

four hours with 5 µl <strong>of</strong> MCP444 ascitis fluid. After wash<strong>in</strong>g three times with lysis<br />

buffer, <strong>the</strong> matrix was washed once with 25 mM Tris pH 7.8, 2 mM MgCl2, 20%<br />

glycerol, 1 mM DTT, 2 mM ATP, 150 mM KCl, <strong>and</strong> 0.05% Triton X-100. Bound<br />

prote<strong>in</strong>s were eluted by boil<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> SDS sample buffer <strong>and</strong> analysed by western<br />

blott<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

Pulse-chase experiments. Tissue culture <strong>and</strong> transfection <strong>of</strong> HEK293T cells,<br />

metabolic labell<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> pulse-chase analysis were performed as described (Hipp<br />

et al., 2004).<br />

GST-pulldown assays. Glutathione Sepharose 4B (Amersham) <strong>and</strong> recombi-<br />

nant GST or GST-<strong>FAT10</strong> Hipp et al., 2004, purified as previously described <strong>in</strong><br />

were <strong>in</strong>cubated over night at 4°C with 20 µg 26S proteasome <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> presence or<br />

absence <strong>of</strong> recomb<strong>in</strong>ant His6-NUB1L Hipp et al., 2004, purified as previously de-<br />

scribed <strong>in</strong>. The <strong>in</strong>cubation buffer conta<strong>in</strong>ed 20% glycerol, 2 mM ATP, 1 mM DTT,<br />

<strong>and</strong> 100 µM LLnL (Roche). The matrix was washed four times with <strong>in</strong>cubation<br />

buffer <strong>and</strong> analysed by western analysis for <strong>the</strong> 20S subunit iota. All o<strong>the</strong>r GST-<br />

pulldown assays <strong>and</strong> coupled <strong>in</strong> vitro transcription/translation reactions were per-<br />

formed as described (Hipp et al., 2004).<br />

Purification <strong>of</strong> 26S proteasomes. Purification <strong>of</strong> 26S proteasomes was per-<br />

formed as detailed elsewhere (Khan et al., 2004).<br />

Analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>tracellular prote<strong>in</strong> <strong>degradation</strong> <strong>and</strong> proteasome activity.<br />

The experiments were performed exactly as previously described (Moradpour<br />

et al., 2001).<br />

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