Pulse-Chase
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0.5 OD=500 ul cells=1 gel lane
  1. Grow yeast cells to 0.5-1.0 OD.
  2. Pellet cells and resuspend in YM media (+a.a. but minus methionine) at 1.0 OD/ml.
  3. Put cells in 15 ml snap top tubes and grow for at least 15 min. with shaking.
  4. Add 35S label at 100 uCi per 0.5 OD.
  5. Pulse for desired amount of time (typically 10 min.).
  6. Chase label by adding 5 ul per 500 ul of cells of cys/met mix (5 mg/ml each).
  7. Harvest desired number of OD's at chase times in 2 ml tube.
  8. Add 100 ul SUME + protease inhibitors.
  9. Add equivalent amount of glass beads.
  10. Vortex 1 min. 3 times by hand and remove lysate to 1.5 ml tube.
  11. Clarify lysate with 5 min. spin and remove to new tube.
  12. Clarify lysate again and remove to new tube.
  13. Add 100 ul of 10X IP buffer -SDS, 800 ul H20, 1/10 ul antibody.
  14. Incubate overnight at 4°C on nutator.
  15. Add 110 ul of 10% Protein A-Sepharose to each sample.
  16. Incubate for at least 1 hr. at 4°.
  17. Spin 1000 rpm for 15 sec., remove lysate and save.
  18. Wash sepharose 3 times with 1 ml of 1 X IP buffer +SDS.
  19. After final spin, aspirate to dryness with blue (25G) needle.
  20. Resuspend in 30-50 ul 2X USB. Heat samples at 65° C for 5 min. and load onto gel.
  21. After running gel, incubate in fix for 30 min.
  22. Rinse gels thoroughly and incubate in Amplify for 15-30 min.
  23. Incubate gel for 5-10 min. in 2% glycerol.
  24. Dry gel and expose to film.

10X IP Buffer -SDS
0.9 M Tris-HCl pH 8.0 1% Triton X100
20 mM EDTA

1X IP Buffer +SDS
0.1% SDS
0.1% Triton X100
2 mM EDTA

Gel Fix
10% acetic acid
25% isopropanol


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