The biomass of BL21 (DE3) strain containing the pET16b:
fn3 plasmid was resuspended in lysis buffer (50 mM NaH
2PO
4, 5 mM Tris-HCl, 300 mM NaCl, 10 mM imidazole, 1 mM PMSF, 5 mM DTT, pH 8.0) containing lysozyme (1 mg/ml), 0.5% Triton X-100 and 20 mM 2-mercaptoethanol and was sonicated. Insoluble particles were removed by centrifugation (7500 g, 30 min, 4 °C). The resulting lysate was filtered using a 0.22 μm pore size Millex-GP.
Protein isolation and purification were performed using a BioLogic
LP chromatography system equipped with a
fraction collector (Bio-Rad, USA). The clarified lysate was loaded onto a
Bio-Scale™ Mini Profinity™ IMAC Cartridge (5 ml, Bio-Rad, USA), then equilibrated and washed with the lysis buffer, followed by another washing with the buffer (50 mM NaH
2PO
4, 5 mM Tris-HCl, 300 mM NaCl, 50 mM imidazole, 1 mM PMSF, 5 mM DTT, pH 8.0). The bound protein was eluted from the columns with buffer containing 300 mM imidazole. For further purification of the protein, dialysis was performed in PBS buffer containing 10% glycerol and 1 mM PMSF. The concentration of the isolated protein was measured by
Qubit fluorimeter (Invitrogen, USA). The average yield of purified protein was approximately 20 mg per liter of
E. coli culture. The purified protein was stored at −80 °C.
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