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Co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) describes the isolation of a protein and its binding partners from a cell extract using a Nanobody or antibody that is bound to beads. The protein, that directly interacts with the Nanobody, or antibody beads is called “bait”. The binding partner that is indirectly precipitated is called “prey”.

Co-IP describes the immunoprecipitation of a protein of interest and its interacting partners.

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Protein abundance is crucial for immunoprecipitation

During an immunoprecipitation (IP), the protein of interest (POI) is pulled down with a specific antibody or Nanobody conjugated to beads such as agarose or magnetic agarose. Unbound sample content, for example, other proteins, cell debris, and lipids, is removed by washing, while the precipitated protein is enriched on the beads.

More and more publications are coming up using ChromoTek’s Spot-Tag system, the first peptide-tag specific Nanobody system for universal capture & detection applications.

Interaction of Spot-Nanobody (green) with Spot Peptide

Myc-tag is a peptide tag derived from the c-Myc protein. The Myc-tag can be used for many capture and detection applications such as immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence and protein purification.

Nanobody-Fc fusion - An alternative Nanobody format that combines its special epitope binding properties with the detection options for Fc-domains

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When time in the lab is limited, learn how to save precious hours on your immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence and western blotting experiments.

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