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Protein Extraction And Purification By Differential Solubilization, Barry J. Ryan, Gemma K. Kinsella, Gary T. Henehan
Protein Extraction And Purification By Differential Solubilization, Barry J. Ryan, Gemma K. Kinsella, Gary T. Henehan
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The preparation of purified soluble proteins for biochemical studies is essential and the solubility of a protein of interest in various media is central to this process. Selectively altering the solubility of a protein is a rapid and economical step in protein purification and is based on exploiting the inherent physicochemical properties of a polypeptide. Precipitation of proteins, released from cells upon lysis, is often used to concentrate a protein of interest before further purification steps (e.g., ion exchange chromatography, size exclusion chromatography etc).
Recombinant proteins may be expressed in host cells as insoluble inclusion bodies due to various influences …
Differential Precipitation And Solubilisation Of Proteins, Barry J. Ryan, Gemma K. Kinsella
Differential Precipitation And Solubilisation Of Proteins, Barry J. Ryan, Gemma K. Kinsella
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Differential protein precipitation is a rapid and economical step in protein purification and is based on exploiting the inherent physicochemical properties of the polypeptide. Precipitation of recombinant proteins, lysed from the host cell, is commonly used to concentrate the protein of choice before further polishing steps with more selective purification columns (e.g., His-Tag, Size Exclusion, etc.). Recombinant proteins can also precipitate naturally as inclusion bodies due to various influences during overexpression in the host cell. Although this phenomenon permits easier initial separation from native proteins, these inclusion bodies must carefully be differentially solubilized so as to reform functional, correctly folded …