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- Nourizad, N., et al.
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Methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris as a host for production of ATP-diphosphohydrolase (apyrase) from potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum)
- 2003
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In: Protein Expression and Purification. - 1046-5928 .- 1096-0279. ; 27:2, s. 229-237
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- ATP-diphosphohydrolase (apyrase) catalyzes the hydrolysis of phosphoanhydride bonds of nucleoside tri- and di-phosphates in the presence of divalent cations. This enzyme has broad substrate specificity for nucleotides, which makes it an ideal enzyme for different biotechnical applications, such as DNA sequencing and platelet-aggregation inhibition. The only commercially available apyrase is isolated from potato tubers. To avoid batch-to-batch variations in activity and quality, we decided to produce a recombinant enzyme. The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris was chosen as an eukaryotic expression host. The coding sequence of potato apyrase, without the signal peptide, was cloned into the YpDC541 vector to create a fusion with the alpha-mating secretion signal of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The gene was placed under the control of the methanol-inducible alcohol oxidase promoter. The YpDC541-apyrase construct was integrated into P. pastoris strain SMD1168. Methanol induction resulted in secretion of apyrase to a level of 1 mg/L. The biologically active recombinant apyrase was purified by hydrophobic interaction and ion exchange chromatography. According to SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis, the purified enzyme showed to be hyperglycosylated. By enzymatic removal of N-glycans, a single band corresponding to a molecular mass of 48 kDa was detected. The recombinant apyrase was found to function well when it was used in combination with the Pyrosequencing technology.
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- Poliakov, Anton, et al.
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Expression and purification of recombinant full-length NS3 protease-helicase from a new variant of Hepatitis C virus
- 2002
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In: Protein Expression and Purification. - 1046-5928 .- 1096-0279. ; 25:3, s. 363-371
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Viral mRNA extracted from the serum of a patient infected with HCV strain I a was used for cloning, expression, and purification of full-length Hepatitis C NS3 protein. Sequencing of the protease gene identified the virus to be a new variant closely related to strain H77, differing in 15 out of 631 amino acids in the NS3 protein, none of which were predicted to be directly involved in catalysis, binding of substrate, or cofactor. A pBAD expression system was used to express the enzyme with an N-terminal tag in Escherichia coli. Purification from the soluble cellular fraction was achieved by Ni2(+)-IMAC and PolyU Sepharose affinity chromatography. The dependence of the proteolytic activity of the full-length NS3 protein on ionic strength, glycerol concentration, and a peptide corresponding to the activating region of NS4A was analyzed and used to design an activity assay that is suitable for inhibition studies. The kinetic constants (k(cat) and K-M) for catalysis and the inhibitory potencies (IC50 and K-i) of five product-based hexapeptide inhibitors were comparable to those reported for the truncated NS3 protein. Detailed kinetic and inhibition studies using this variant of full-length NS3 can increase the understanding of the enzymatic characteristics of NS3, reveal the importance of the substituted amino acids and the significance of the genetic variability for design of effective inhibitors of the virus, and is thus of relevance for drug discovery.
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- Sjodahl, J., et al.
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Characterization of proteinases from Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)
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In: Protein Expression and Purification. - 1046-5928 .- 1096-0279. ; 26:1, s. 153-161
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Fractions of three trypsin-like proteinases, TL I, TL II, and TL III, a chymotrypsin-like proteinase, CL, two carboxypeptidase A enzymes, CPA I and CPA II and two carboxypeptidase B enzymes. CPB I and CPB II, from Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) have been characterized with respect to purity by the means of capillary electrophoresis, CE, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS). The masses of the trypsin-like and chymotrypsin-like proteinases were determined to be 25,020, 25,070, 25,060. and 26,260 Da for TL I, TL II, TL III, and CL, respectively. The masses of the CPA enzymes are likely 23,170 and 23,260 Da. whereas the CPB enzyme masses likely are 33,730 and 33,900 Da, The degradation efficiency and cleavage pattern of the trypsin-like proteinases were studied with native myoglobin as a model substrate using CE, MALDI-TOF-MS, and nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry (nESI-MS). The degradation efficiency of the trypsin-like proteinases was found to be approximately 12 and 60 times higher compared to bovine trypsin at 37 degreesC and 1-3 degreesC, respectively. All three fractions of trypsin-like proteinases showed a carboxypeptidase activity in combination with their trypsin activity.
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- Agback, Tatiana, et al.
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Co-refolding of a functional complex of Dengue NS3 protease and NS2B co-factor domain and backbone resonance assignment by solution NMR
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In: Protein Expression and Purification. - : Elsevier BV. - 1046-5928 .- 1096-0279. ; 140, s. 16-27
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- A novel approach for separate expression of dengue virus NS3 protease and its NS2B cofactor domain is described in this paper. The two proteins are expressed in E.coli and purified separately and subsequently efficiently co-refolded to form a stable complex. This straightforward and robust method allows for separate isotope labeling of the two proteins, facilitating analysis by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Unlinked NS2B-NS3pro behaves better in NMR spectroscopy than linked NS2B-NS3pro, which has resulted in the backbone resonance assignment of the unlinked NS2B-NS3 complex bound to a peptidic boronic acid inhibitor. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Ahl, Ing-Marie, 1974-, et al.
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Coexpression of yeast copper chaperone (yCCS) and CuZn-superoxide dismutases in Escherichia coli yields protein with high copper contents
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In: Protein Expression and Purification. - : Elsevier BV. - 1046-5928 .- 1096-0279. ; 37:2, s. 311-319
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- To fully understand the function of the Cu- and Zn-containing superoxide dismutases in normal and disordered cells, it is essential to study protein variants with full metal contents. We describe the use of an Escherichia coli-based expression system for the overproduction of human intracellular wild type CuZn-superoxide dismutase (SOD), the CuZnSOD variant F50E/G51E (monomeric), two amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-related mutant CuZnSOD variants (D90A and G93A), and PseudoEC-SOD, all with high Cu contents. This system is based on coexpression of the SOD variants with the yeast copper chaperone yCCS during growth in a medium supplemented with Cu2+ and Zn2+. The recombinant SOD enzymes were all found in the cytosol and represented 30-50% of the total bacterial protein. The enzymes were purified to homogeneity and active enzymes were obtained in high yield. The resulting proteins were characterized through immunochemical reactivity and specific activity analyses, in conjunction with mass-, photo-, and atomic absorption-spectroscopy. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- Barrera, Daniel Iván, et al.
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Proteolytic hydrolysis and purification of the LRP/alfa-2-macroglobulin receptor domain from alpha-macroglobulins.
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In: Protein Expression and Purification. - : Elsevier BV. - 1046-5928 .- 1096-0279. ; 53:1, s. 112-8
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A new, easier and efficient purification method, using Sephacryl and DEAE-Sephacel, of the C-terminal fragment of two alpha-macroglobulins, alpha(2)-M and PZP, is presented. Two larger peptides were identified for each protein as the C-terminal fragment, with molecular weights of approximately 30 kDa and the N-terminal sequences were determined to be SSTQDTV for alpha(2)-M and VALHLS for PZP. The smaller peptides with molecular weights of 18 kDa correspond to a shorter C-terminal sequence of these proteins, and they were determined to be EEFPFA for alpha(2)-M and ALKVQTV for PZP, with no interfering sequences detected. The results confirmed the discriminatory capacity of the purification procedure and the purity of the fragments. This new methodology facilitates biological studies of alpha-macroglobulins, and will enable elucidation of the role the C-terminal region may exert to eliminate alpha-macroglobulin-proteinases complexes from the circulation by the LRP/receptor.
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