Summary
Immunoprecipitation (IP) uses the specificity of antibodies to isolate target proteins (antigens) out of complex sample mixtures. Three different approaches for performing IP will be discussed; traditional (classical) method, oriented affinity method and direct affinity method. The traditional method of incubating the IP antibody with the sample and sequentially binding to Protein A or G agarose beads (resin) facilitates the most efficient target antigen recovery. However, this approach results in the target protein becoming contaminated with the IP antibody that can interfere with downstream analyses. The orientated affinity method uses Protein A or G beads to serve as an anchor to which the IP antibody is crosslinked thereby preventing the antibody from co-eluting with the target protein. Similarly, the direct affinity method also immobilizes the IP antibody except in this case it is directly attached to a chemically activated support. Both methods prevent co-elution of the IP antibody enablings reuse of the immunomatrix. All three approaches have unique advantages and can also be used for co-immunoprecipitation to study protein:protein interactions and investigate the functional proteome.
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The authors would like to thank Dr. Ling Ren and Daryl Emery for valuable experimental contributions during method development.
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Kaboord, B., Perr, M. (2008). Isolation of Proteins and Protein Complexes by Immunoprecipitation. In: Posch, A. (eds) 2D PAGE: Sample Preparation and Fractionation. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 424. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-064-9_27
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