title: PIN-G reporter for imaging and defining trafficking signals in membrane proteins.
abstract: The identification of motifs that control the intracellular trafficking of proteins is a fundamental objective of cell biology. Once identified, such regions should, in principle, be both necessary and sufficient to direct any randomly distributed protein, acting as a reporter, to the subcellular compartment in question. However, most reporter proteins have limited versatility owing to their endogenous expression and limited modes of detection--especially in live cells. To surmount such limitations, we engineered a plasmid--pIN-G--encoding an entirely artificial, type I transmembrane reporter protein (PIN-G), containing HA, cMyc and GFP epitope, and fluorescence tags. Although originally designed for trafficking studies, pIN technology is a powerful tool applicable to almost every area of biology. Here we describe the methodologies used routinely in analyzing pIN constructs and some of their derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Life Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McKeown
authors.forename: Vicky C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Owen T
authors.initials: OT
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005453:Fluorescence; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins