WASP protein VCA domain: GST tagged: human

WASP protein VCA domain: GST tagged: human
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Product Uses Include

  • Stimulating Arp2/3 complex activity
  • Isolating Arp2/3 complex from cell or tissue extract

Material
The VCA (Verprolin, cofilin, acidic) domain of human WASP protein has been expressed in a bacterial expression system as a GST-tagged fusion protein. The protein has been purified by glutathione affinity chromatography and is supplied as a lyophilized powder. When reconstituted with distilled water, the complex is in the following buffer: 20 mM Tris pH 7.5, 25 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl2, 0.5 mM EDTA, 0.2% dextran, 2% sucrose. The molecular weight of the GST-VCA domain protein is approximately  43 kDa.
 

Purity
Purity is determined by scanning densitometry of proteins on SDS-PAGE gels. Samples are >95% pure (Figure 1).

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Figure 1: Purity determination of GST-WASP VCA domain. 20 µg of VCG03 was run on an SDS-PAGE gel and visualized by coomassie blue staining. Protein quantitation was performed using the Precision Red Protein Assay Reagent (Cat.# ADV02).

Biological Activity
VCG03 was tested in an actin polymerization assay (Cat. # BK003). In conjunction with Arp2/3 (Cat. # RP01) it was shown to stimulate actin polymerization 20-fold compared to the control without VCG03. This indicates VCA domain specificity for stimulating the actin nucleating activity of Arp2/3.

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Figure 2: Actin polymerization stimulated by Arp2/3 complex and the VCA domain of WASP. Actin polymerization was measured using kit BK003. The addition of Arp2/3 complex or the VCA domain alone to actin has minimal effects on actin polymerization, while the combination of Arp2/3 and the VCA domain strongly stimulates the rate of actin polymerization. 

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Question 1: By itself, what is the effect of VCA-domain WASP protein on actin polymerization?

Answer 1:  By itself, the VCA-domain WASP protein (Cat. # VCG03) partial inhibits actin polymerization.  When combined with Arp2/3 (Cat. # RP01), actin polymerization is greatly enhanced.  See the associated datasheets for details.

 

Question 2: What is the optimal concentration of Arp2/3 and VCA-domain WASP protein to modify actin polymerization?

Answer 2:  We recommend that pyrene actin is present at a final concentration of 0.8 μM, Arp2/3 complex at 10 nM (Cat. # RP01) and the VCA domain of WASP at 400 nM (Cat. # VCG03). The critical factor here is the actin concentration which must be 0.80 +/-0.2 µM in the final reaction. This concentration is just below the critical concentration for assembly and hence will not polymerize on it’s own.

 

 

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