Fig. 2. (A) Purification and characterization of recombinant hPARP-3 overexpressed
in the Sf9/baculovirus system. Crude extract from infected Sf9 cells (lane a);
Purified recombinant hPARP-3 (lanes b-e); DNA-binding activity of hPARP-3
detected by south-western blotting (lane c); autopoly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of
purified hPARP-3 incubated with [
-32P] NAD+ (lane
d); inhibition of hPARP-3 autopoly(ADP-ribosyl)ation by 2 mM 3-Aminobenzamide
(lane e). (B) Western blot detection of hPARP-3 in crude extracts from mouse
lung (lane f), HeLa cells (lane g) or infected Sf9 cells (lane h) and purified
recombinant hPARP-3 (lanes i,j) using two different anti hPARP-3 antibodies
(see Materials and Methods).