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Expression and solubilization of a recombinant human neurokinin-1 receptor in insect cells
K E Mazina1, C D Strader, T M Fong
1Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, NJ 07065.
Journal of Receptor Research
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
The human neurokinin-1 receptor has been expressed in insect cells using a recombinant baculovirus. The expression level is about 10 times higher than that obtained in mammalian cells. The recombinant receptor was solubilized with CHAPS, and a PEG precipitation procedure was shown to be effective in regaining high affinity substance P binding. This system should allow large scale purification of the human neurokinin-1 receptor.