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High Throughput Quantitative Expression Screening and Purification Applied to Recombinant Disulfide-rich Venom Proteins Produced in E. coli
Published on: July 30, 2014
[Fusion expression and purification of recombinant ricin A-chain]
Shun-tao Wang1, Mei-ru Hu, Jian-wei Guo
1Institute of Basic Medicinal Sciences, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
Aim:
To prepare recombinant ricin A-chain(RTA) protein with high biological activity.
Methods:
RTA gene containing KDEL sequence at the carboxyl terminal was cloned in pET32a vector, which was fused with thioredoxin. Furthermore, the constructed recombinant plasmid was transformed into the competent cell BL21, and induced with low concentration of IPTG (0.4 mmol/L) under low temperature (20 degrees Celsius). After binding to Co2+ chelating column, the expressed supernatants were eluted by applying imidazole solutions with the concentration from 20 to 100 mmol/L. The purified protein was identified with SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis and was used to cleave supercoiled dsDNA.
Results:
About 60 mg fusion proteins were obtained from 1,000 mL cultures , with purity above 90% and M(r) 45,000. The cleavage of supercoiled dsDNA demonstrated that RTA-Trx fusion proteins could significantly cleave supercoiled dsDNA as native RTA.
Conclusion:
The pET32a vector expression system can be used to produce a mass of soluble RTA-Trx fusion proteins with high biological activity.
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