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including regioselective protection and deprotection, phos-
phite coupling (and oxidation), followed by hydrogenolytic
global deprotection chemistry. The use of an orthoformate
group in the key intermediate 4 provides an opportunity to
differentiate the six positions on the inositol ring and can
also be used in a similar fashion for the synthesis of other
members of the inositol phosphate family.
The amino-IP5 compound was successfully conjugated
to magnetic Dynabeads to form a probe for pull-down ex-
periments. Its ability to bind to proteins of interest was val-
idated with a known binding protein. The specific binding
of purified GRP and AKT with IP5 was confirmed using a bio-
sensor technique which also validated the capacity of the
IP5 probe. These initial results provide an excellent plat-
form for further biological study.
Acknowledgment
Figure 2 (A) Gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) display of the products
from the pull-down of GST-GRP-PH domain to validate IP5 beads using
MES buffer. Lanes: (1) marker, (2) crude GST-GRP-PH domain, (3) pull-
down with blank beads, (4) pull-down with IP5 beads. (B) Biosensor
analysis of an IP5-derivatised biosensor chip with GRP-PH domain at
varying concentrations (2.5 μM, 1.25 μM, 625 nM, 312 nM and 156
nm); 1:1 Langmuir analysis gives an approximate KD of 520 nM. (C) Bio-
sensor analysis of an IP5-derivatised biosensor chip with AKT-2-PH do-
main at varying concentrations (2.5 μM, 1.25 μM, 625 nM, 312 nM and
156 nm); 1:1 Langmuir analysis gives an approximate KD of 80 nM
This work was supported by the Australian Research Council, Discov-
ery Project DP1094497 and the University of Melbourne (MIRS and
MIFRS scholarships to M.G.). We thank Dr. N. Aberle (University of
Melbourne) for his interest in this work. An NHMRC Program grant
487922 provided access to the facilities in the Walter and Eliza Hall
Institute.
Supporting Information
Supporting information for this article is available online at
To further validate the amino-IP5 compound, and to de-
velop a method for analysing the specificity and affinity of
IP5 for any proteins in proteomics experiments, the IP5
compound was attached to a chip for biosensor studies. The
amino-IP5 compound was coupled with an N-hydroxysuc-
cinimide (NHS) activated biotin reporter group and purified
by anion exchange column chromatography using a linear
gradient of ammonium bicarbonate (0–2 M). The purified
biotinylated IP5 was then immobilised directly onto a neu-
travidin-derivatised sensor surface.27 Injection of varying
concentrations of GRP (2.5 μM, 1.25 μM, 625 nM, 312 nM
and 156 nM) across the immobilised IP5 chip, with a neu-
travidin channel as a control, provided the binding curves
shown in Figure 2,B.
This kinetic analysis determined that the dissociation
constant (KD) of GRP for the IP5 compound was approxi-
mately 520 nM. In addition the same studies for another
known IP5 binding protein, AKT, were performed and gave
a dissociation constant of around 80 nM (Figure 2,C), being
comparable to literature values.28
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