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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Protein Purification

Background:

  • Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is crucial for cellular responses.
  • Efficient purification of activated GR is essential for research.
  • Existing methods for GR purification can be time-consuming.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a fast and effective purification method for activated recombinant glucocorticoid receptor (GR).
  • To demonstrate the applicability of the method for both recombinant and native GR.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized cation-exchange chromatography (Mono S) at pH 8.4.
  • Exploited the binding characteristics of activated GR to chromatography columns.
  • Developed a tag-free purification strategy.

Main Results:

  • Achieved purification of activated recombinant GR within 3 hours.
  • Obtained >97% purity of the eluted GR.
  • Confirmed the functional integrity of purified GR through DNA-binding assays.

Conclusions:

  • The described cation-exchange method provides rapid and high-purity isolation of activated GR.
  • This tag-free method is suitable for purifying both recombinant and native GR.
  • The purified GR retains specific DNA-binding activity.