| Assay Method Information | |
| | FAAH Assay |
| Description: | All reagents were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich unless specified. Human and Rat Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) genes used in assay have been described by Patricelli et al. (Biochemistry. 1998, 37(43), 15177-87). The transmembrane domain-deleted Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) genes were cloned into pET15b (Novagen, #69661) (human FAAH)/pET 28a (Novagen, #69864-3) (rat FAAH gene) plasmids and expressed in E coli BL21 DE3. Chaperone protein groEL-groES in pGRO7 plasmid (Takara Bio Inc, Japan) was co-expressed with Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase (FAAH) to improve solubility of the protein expressed in E coli. The protein was expressed and enriched as described in Mileni et al. (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2008, 105(35),12820-4). Briefly, the bacterial cultures in Luria Broth (2 L) were induced with arabinose (2 mM) and Isopropyl (β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside, IPTG (1 mM), for 20 h at room temperature. The cultures were centrifuged at 1200×g for 10 min and the cell pellet was resuspended in 100 mL buffer containing of 20 mM NaPi (pH 7.4), 100 mM NaCl, Benzonase (500u), Aprotinin (1 μg/mL) and Leupeptin (1 μg/mL). Cells were lyzed by sonication (Amp 20%, Pulse 15 s×15, on ice) and the cell debris removed by centrifugation at 5000×g for 20 min. The supernatant was enriched via ultracentrifugation at 100,000×g for 1 h and the cell pellet was resuspended in 16 mL buffer containing 20 mM NaPi (pH 7.8), 500 mM NaCl, 1% Triton X-100. The resuspended cell extract was subjected to ultra-centrifugation at 100,000×g for 1 h and the enriched supernatant was used in the in vitro assay. All protein extraction steps were carried out on ice or at 4° C. |
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