MICAL (MIC01) is an intracellular flavoprotein monoxygenase, conserved from insects to mammals, that functions as a catalyst for oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions. Terman’s group showed that MICAL interacts with F-actin and uses NADPH as a cofactor to oxidize actin at Met44 and Met47. As part of the MOXtrue™ product line, Human MICAL1 protein (MIC01) [accession # Q8TDZ2 (MICA1_HUMAN)] has been produced and purified from a bacterial expression system. The recombinant protein is N-terminally 6x Histidine tagged and is comprised of the Redox and CH domains (aa: 1-612) of the full length protein. Validation studies have shown that MIC01 can oxidize actin which will reduce subtilisin A cleavage by >90% in limited proteolysis assays. MIC01 has also been validated for the production of oxidized actin which can be used in downstream applications such as sedimentation assays and actin polymerization assays.
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MICAL-1 (MIC01) Protein Purity Determination A 10 μg sample of MICAL-1 protein was sepa-rated by electrophoresis in a 4- 20% Tris-Glycine gel and stained with Coomassie Blue. Protein quantitation was performed using the Precision RedTM Protein Assay Reagent (Cat.# ADV02). Mark12 standard molecular weight markers are from Invitrogen. |
Subtilisin Assay on MsrB2 Treated Oxidized Actin MICAL-oxidized actin (MetO Actin) (Cat# MXA95) was diluted to 0.1 mg/ml (2.3 μM) and left untreated, or treated with DTT (10 mM), MB201 (0.3 μM) , or a combination of both (see method). 2 μg of each sample was then left untreated, or treated with subtilisin (1:200 w/w) for 15 min. Samples were then separated by SDS-PAGE and visualized with Coomassie staining. Click here for a detailed method |
Actin Sedimentation +/- MICAL-1 Treatment
Actin (Cat# AKL99) was diluted to 0.2 mg/ml (4.6 μM) or 0.8 mg/ml (18.4 μM) (see method). Samples were then incubated with 2x polymerization buffer or 2x polymerization buffer supplemented with MIC01 + NADPH for 1 h at room temperatire. Samples were spun in an ultracentrifuge at 100,000 g for 1.5 h. Samples were then separated by SDS-PAGE and visualized with Coomassie staining.
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Actin Polymerization +/- MICAL-1 Treatment.
Pyrene labeled-actin (Cat. # AP05) was diluted to 0.1 mg/ml (2.3 μM) (see method). Samples were then incubated with 2x polymerization buffer supplemented with nothing (labeled Control), NADPH alone (labeled +NADPH), MIC01 alone (labeled +MIC01), or the combination of both (labeled +Both). Upon actin polymerization fluorescence was detected with a spectrophotometer (see method below). A.U. = arbitrary units
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Associated Products:
MOXtrue™ 6xHis MsrB2 Protein (Cat. # MB201)
MOXtrue™ MICAL-oxidized Actin (Cat. # MXA95)
MOXtrue™ MICAL-oxidized Pyrene Labeled Actin (Cat. # MPAX1)
Rabbit Skeletal Muscle Actin (Cat. # AKL95)
Pyrene Labeled Rabbit Skeletal Muscle Actin (Cat.# AP05)
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