Strep/FLAG tandem affinity purification (SF-TAP) to study protein interactions

Curr Protoc Protein Sci. 2009 Aug:Chapter 19:19.20.1-19.20.19. doi: 10.1002/0471140864.ps1920s57.

Abstract

In recent years, several methods have been developed to analyze protein-protein interactions under native conditions. One of them, tandem affinity purification (TAP), combines two affinity-purification steps to allow isolation of high-purity protein complexes. This unit presents a methodological workflow based on an SF-TAP tag comprising a doublet Strep-tag II and a FLAG moiety optimized for rapid as well as efficient tandem affinity purification of native proteins and protein complexes in higher eukaryotic cells. Depending on the stringency of purification conditions, SF-TAP allows both the isolation of a single tagged-fusion protein of interest and purification of protein complexes under native conditions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, Affinity / methods*
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Gene Expression
  • Humans
  • Multiprotein Complexes / chemistry
  • Multiprotein Complexes / isolation & purification*
  • Oligopeptides
  • Peptides
  • Protein Binding*
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Transfection

Substances

  • Ala-Trp-Arg-His-Pro-Gln-Phe-Gly-Gly
  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Oligopeptides
  • Peptides
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • FLAG peptide