Various proteins interact with specific genome regions, playing crucial roles in gene regulation. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is the most commonly used method to study protein-DNA interactions in vivo. By combining ChIP with high-throughput sequencing, ChIP-seq allows for studying the genome-wide localization of proteins. Although several ChIP protocols are available for plant tissues, they are primarily designed for histone modifications and abundant proteins with high DNA-binding affinity, which are considered as the “standard targets.” Here we describe a ChIP protocol for plant tissues not only optimized for the standard targets but also adapted for proteins with low abundances or weak DNA-binding ability. Successful execution of the protocol enables reliable generation of DNA templates for quantitative PCR or libraries for next-generation sequencing, which makes it an effective tool for analyzing genomic interactions of a wide range of proteins.

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Chromatin Immunoprecipitation for Standard, Rare, or Weakly Binding Proteins

  • Yixuan Fu,
  • Sara Simonini

摘要

Various proteins interact with specific genome regions, playing crucial roles in gene regulation. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is the most commonly used method to study protein-DNA interactions in vivo. By combining ChIP with high-throughput sequencing, ChIP-seq allows for studying the genome-wide localization of proteins. Although several ChIP protocols are available for plant tissues, they are primarily designed for histone modifications and abundant proteins with high DNA-binding affinity, which are considered as the “standard targets.” Here we describe a ChIP protocol for plant tissues not only optimized for the standard targets but also adapted for proteins with low abundances or weak DNA-binding ability. Successful execution of the protocol enables reliable generation of DNA templates for quantitative PCR or libraries for next-generation sequencing, which makes it an effective tool for analyzing genomic interactions of a wide range of proteins.