In vitro detection of NEMO-ubiquitin binding using DELFIA and microscale thermophoresis assays

Methods Mol Biol. 2015:1280:311-20. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2422-6_18.

Abstract

Canonical NF-κB signaling in response to various stimuli converges at the level of the IκB kinase (IKK) complex to ultimately activate NF-κB. To achieve this, the IKK complex uses one of its regulatory subunit (IKKγ/NEMO) to sense ubiquitin chains formed by upstream complexes. Various studies have shown that different Ubiquitin chains are involved in the binding of NEMO and thereby the activation of NF-κB. We have utilized two distinct biochemical methods, i.e., Dissociation-Enhanced Lanthanide Fluorescence Immunoassay (DELFIA) and Microscale Thermophoresis (MST), to detect the interaction of NEMO to linear and K63-linked Ubiquitin chains, respectively. Here, we describe the brief basis of the methods and a detailed underlying protocol.

MeSH terms

  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique / methods*
  • Gene Expression
  • I-kappa B Kinase / genetics
  • I-kappa B Kinase / isolation & purification
  • I-kappa B Kinase / metabolism
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Protein Binding
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism
  • Ubiquitin / metabolism*

Substances

  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Ubiquitin
  • I-kappa B Kinase