chloramphenicol and, when indicated, with 20 μM bortezomib for 8 h,
at 37°C until OD600 = 1.5-2.0. Cells were disrupted with a
Microfluidizer Emulsi Flex C5 (Avestin) in 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 100 mM
NaCl, 5 mM MgCl2, 5% Glycerol, 0.1% NP-40, 1 mM DTT and protease
inhibitor mixture. After clearing by centrifugation at 17,000 rpm in SS-34
fixed-angle rotor (Thermo) for 22 min at 4°C, lysates were incubated
for 1 h at 4°C with GFP-Trap agarose beads. Beads were washed 3 times
with lysis buffer followed by elution of bound proteins with 0.2 M Glycine
pH 2.5 and neutralization with 1 M Tris pH 10.5. Proteins in the eluate were
precipitated with 10% TCA (final concentration), resuspended in sample
buffer, and separated on 4–12% NuPAGE Bis-Tris gel (Invitrogen). Gels
were stained by Colloidal Blue Staining Kit (Invitrogen) and bands were cut
for MS analysis.