Identification of the protein interaction network of STAG2 protein isoforms with inclusion and exclusion of exon32

This study involves the identification of specific interactors for STAG2ex32+ and STAG2ex32delta. Plasmids expressing YFP-STAG2 isoforms were transfected into HCT116OsTIR cells using untransfected cells as mock control. 40h post transfection, whole cell lysates were extracted and STAG2 isoforms were immunoprecipiated using GFP-TRAP. An unspecific GFP-TRAP pulldown was also conducted using lysates from untransfected cells to assess for unspecific protein binding to the beads (Mock). Significant proteins were determined by label-free quantification and statistical analysis using MaxQuant and MSstats.