| Kodym R, Henöckl C, Fürweger C.
(2005)
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Com,
333,
411-417 |
| Expression and identification |
| C-terminal hexahistidine tag |
| Protein recombinantly expressed as and refolded from inclusion bodies. |
| Escherichia coli |
| BL21(DE3) |
| 37.0 |
| 3 h |
| pET32c |
| Expression and purification of rTlk1. The coding sequence of Tlk1 was amplified by PCR from human placental cDNA using the primers: AGCTTGATGAGTGTCCAAAG and ATATCATGCCAATCTTGGAG. The 2231 bp PCR product was cloned into the vector pCR2.1 (Invitrogen) by TA cloning. The identity of the cloned PCR product with the sequence published in GenBank under Accession No. AF162666 was verified by partial sequencing. For bacterial protein expression the insert was subcloned into the pET32c vector (Novagen) using EcoRI. The expression vector was transformed into BL21(DE3) cells and protein expression was induced by incubating the bacteria with 1 mM isopropyl-β-thiogalactopyranoside for 3 h at 37 °C. |
| IPTG |
| OD n/a =
n/a |
| None |
| Lysozyme |
| Ni-NTA agrose chromatography |
| insoluble |
| Dialysis |
| n/a |
| 6 M guanidine hydrochloride (GnHCl), 5 mM imidazole, 500 mM NaCl, and 20 mM Tris (pH 8.0) |
| 20 mM Tris (pH 8.0) buffer containing 5 mM β-mercaptoethanol |
| Ni-NTA agrose chromatography |
| no |
| 8.0 |
| 4.0 |
| n/a |
| overnight |
| Beta-mercaptoethanol |
| 5 mM |
| During this time recombinant Tlk1 fusion protein (rTlk1) accumulated in insoluble form in inclusion bodies, which were harvested after lysing the cells with 100 μg/ml lysozyme and 0.1% Triton X-100. The inclusion bodies were solubilized in a buffer containing 6 M guanidine hydrochloride (GnHCl), 5 mM imidazole, 500 mM NaCl, and 20 mM Tris (pH 8.0). The proteins were loaded on a Ni2+ column (Invitrogen) and the column was washed with solubilization buffer which had the imidazole concentration raised to 60 mM (6 M GnHCl, 60 mM imidazole, 500 mM NaCl, and 20 mM Tris (pH 8.0)). Finally rTlk1 was eluted in denatured form from the column using the solubilization buffer made with 1 M imidazole. rTlk1 was refolded by dialyzing 3 ml eluate overnight against 4 L of 20 mM Tris (pH 8.0) buffer containing 5 mM β-mercaptoethanol at 4 °C. |
| Mass spectrometry,Activity assay |
| None |
| None |
| n/a |
| n/a |
| n/a |
| n/a |