In article <31D339E4.6333 at cfi.unsw.edu.au>
Rick Nicholson <R.Nicholson at cfi.unsw.edu.au> writes:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know if yeast based two-hybrid cloning systems such as
> Clontech's Matchmaker system have ever been successful in cloning
> receptors by using ligand as the target?
> Please let me know if anyone has tried and been successful, or even if
> anyone has tried unsuccessfully.
>> Thanks, Rick.
Enzyme-substrate interactions have occasionnaly been reported but you
usually have to mutate the ligand/bait in such a way as to prevent the
enzymatic reaction from being completed. For example, you can check the
paper by Wu et al. (JBC, 271:3265, 1996) => Interaction between the
kinases RAF and its substrate MEK are only observed when the serine
phosphorylation sites on MEK are mutated to alanines.
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