Chapter title |
Methods to Investigate EGFR Ubiquitination
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Chapter number | 5 |
Book title |
ErbB Receptor Signaling
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7219-7_5 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7218-0, 978-1-4939-7219-7
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Authors |
Alexia Conte, Sara Sigismund |
Abstract |
Ubiquitination of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an important intracellular signal that occurs upon EGF stimulation and controls EGFR trafficking at multiple steps, finally destining the receptor to lysosomal degradation. In this chapter, we give an overview of the biochemical methods to investigate EGFR ubiquitination.Firstly, we describe the in vitro ubiquitination assay, a method where, in the presence of the minimal ubiquitination machinery, the biological milieu for EGFR ubiquitination is reproduced in a test tube. In the second protocol, we explain how to immunoprecipitate the EGFR from total lysate and reveal its ubiquitinated form by western blot analysis. Then, with an ELISA-derived assay, we illustrate a robust and reliable method to assess EGFR ubiquitination from low amount of sample; lastly, we illustrate an immunofluorescence protocol to visualize ubiquitinated species (including the EGFR itself) within the EGFR-positive endocytic compartments upon EGF stimulation. |
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