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Expression, Purification, Crystallization, and Enzyme Assays of Fumarylacetoacetate Hydrolase Domain-Containing Proteins
Published on: June 20, 2019
Preparative enzymatic synthesis and hydrophobic chromatography of acyl-acyl carrier protein
Abstract:
We have used purified preparations of acyl-acyl carrier protein synthetase to prepare pure, native acyl-acyl carrier proteins (acyl-ACP) ranging in chain lengths from C10:0 to C delta 9 18:1. Factors affecting yield are explored and reaction conditions are presented that yield 0.8 to 0.9 mg of C16:0-ACP/ml of reaction mix. Ohter acyl groups, such as C10:0 and C delta 9 18:1 are poorer substrates and gave correspondingly lower yields. Acyl-Acp synthetase may be recovered from the reaction mixture using blue-Sepharose CL-6B and recycled. ACP and acyl-ACP are separated by hydrophobic chromatography on octyl-Sepharose CL-4B. Mixtures of acyl-ACPs could be resolved according to acyl chain length using octyl-Sepharose CL-4B columns eluted with a 2-propanol gradient. The high resolution obtained using 2-propanol gradients to separate acyl-ACP species suggests that similar techniques would be applicable to the chromatography of protein mixtures on hydrophobic supports.
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