Yang X, Hu W, Li F, Xia H, Zhang Z
(2005)
Protein Expression and Purification,
41,
341-348 |
Recombinant Protein Expression |
None |
Protein recombinantly expressed as and refolded from inclusion bodies. |
Escherichia coli |
BL21(DE3) |
37.0 |
3h |
pET32b+ |
200ml LB medium was inoculated with 3ml overnight stock and grown at 37degC. When OD600 reached 0.8-1.0, IPTG was added to 0.5mM and cells were grown for a further 3h. The cells were harvested by centrifugation (4000rpm, 10min, 4degC) and then about 1.6g of wet cells were resuspended in 25ml PBS. |
IPTG |
OD 600 =
0.8-1.0 |
Sonication |
None |
Washing inclusion body |
insoluble |
Gel filtration with pH and denaturant gradients |
1: 0.5M NaCl, 1% Triton X-100, 2:20mM EDTA, 50mM Tris pH 8.0 |
8Murea, 1mM EDTA, 0.2M DTT, 20mM Tris pH 7.5 |
0.2M urea, 1mM EDTA, 20mM Tris pH 7.5 |
Washing inclusion body |
no tag |
7.5 |
25.0 |
5mg/ml |
n/a |
None |
n/a |
Cells resuspended in PBS were sonicated and the lysate was centrifuged (16000rpm, 20min). The pellet was resuspended in wash buffer 1 and kept at room temperature for 30min. after centrifugation, the pellet was washed again in wash buffer 1, followed by two washes in wash buffer 2.
The inclusion body pellet was denatured in and dissolved overnight at room temperature in solubilization buffer. The mixture was then centrifuged (16000rpm, 20min) and the supernatant was loaded onto a PD-10 column which was equilibrated with 8M urea, 1mM EDTA, 20mM Tris pH 2.
Following this buffer exchange, the protein was passed down a Sephacryl S-100 column equilibrated in 0.2M urea, 1mM EDTA, 20mM Tris pH 7.5. A descending urea gradient and ascending pH gradient was created in the upper 30% of the column using two different solutions from 0.2M urea, 1mM EDTA, 20mM Tris pH 7.5 (refolding buffer) to 8M urea, 1mM EDTA, 20mM Tris pH 2. 1ml of the protein sample at 5mg/ml was applied to the column and eluted in refolding buffer. |
Ligand Binding,Bradford assay |
None |
None |
n/a |
2.7mg/L culture |
n/a |
Refolding efficiency about 11% |