Caspases,Paracaspases, and Metacaspases Methods and Protocols

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  1. Vacuum source.

  2. Scotch Tape.

  3. YPD medium: 1 % (w/v) yeast extract, 2 % (w/v) Bacto
    Peptone, 2 % (v/v) dextrose, pH 3.5.

  4. FM lipophilic styryl dye (e.g., Molecular Probes).

  5. Phosphate buffered saline (PBS), pH 7.4.

  6. Aluminum foil.

  7. 37 % (v/v) Formaldehyde.

  8. Coverslips: 24 × 50 mm (Fisher Scientifi c).

  9. Poly- L -Lysine coated glass slides (Sigma).

  10. Dynabeads (Dynal Biotech).

  11. Magnetic stand (Dynal Biotech).

  12. Buffer C: 20 mM HEPES, 0.1 % (v/v) Tween 20, 2 mM
    MgCl 2 , 300 mM NaCl, pH 7.4. Store at 4 °C.

  13. Protease Inhibitors (Calbiochem Cocktail Set IV or similar).

  14. Buffer D:50 mM Tris–HCl, 2 % (w/v) SDS, 0.1 % (w/v) bro-
    mophenol blue, 10 % (v/v) glycerol, 150 mM NaCl, pH 6.8.

  15. 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer: 19 mM monosodium phos-
    phate, 81 mM disodium phosphate, pH 7.4.

  16. Ammonium sulfate buffer: 3 M ammonium sulfate, 19 mM
    monosodium phosphate, 81 mM disodium phosphate, pH 7.4.

  17. Phosphate buffered saline (PBS), pH 7.4.

  18. 0.1 M Citric acid, pH 3.1.

  19. Dimethylformamide (DMF).

  20. Triton-X 100.

  21. Antibody: nonspecifi c Rabbit IgG (Chemicon, see Note 2 ).

  22. 70 % (v/v) Ethanol.

  23. 50 mM Sodium citrate.

  24. 0.2 mg/mL RNase A.

  25. Phosphate buffered saline (PBS), pH 7.4.

  26. SYTOX Green (Molecular Probes).


3 Methods



  1. Inoculate a 3 mL aliquot of medium with a single yeast colony.
    This will be the starter culture.

  2. Grow for 12–16 h at 30 °C, 225 rpm until OD 660 is at least
    between 0.8 and 1.0.


2.5 Vacuole Staining


2.6 Immuno-
precipitation


2.7 DNA Staining


3.1 Normal and Heat
Stress Growth
Conditions


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