Example 4
The spent culture media (P. pastoris constructs) were buffer-exchanged in 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 buffer containing 300 mM NaCl and concentrated ten-fold using Vivaspin 30 kDa MWCO filters (Sartorius). To assess the extent of glycosylation, the concentrated spent culture media were subject to Endo Hf (New England Biolabs) digestions under native conditions in the presence of 1× GlycoBuffer 3 (50 mM sodium acetate, pH 6.0).
FCE proteins (wild-type and N-glycan variants) were purified from the concentrated spent cultures using NEBExpress Ni Spin Columns (New England Biolabs). The columns were washed twice with 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 buffer containing 300 mM NaCl and 5 mM imidazole then once with 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 buffer containing 300 mM NaCl and 10 mM imidazole. The purified protein was eluted with 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 buffer containing 300 mM NaCl and 500 mM imidazole.
To prepare cell lysates (K. lactis constructs), cells were resuspended in 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 buffer containing 300 mM NaCl and sonicated (Qsonica). The soluble cell lysate was pre-cleared by centrifugation at 16000×g for 15 minutes at 4° C. The cell lysates and spent culture media were analyzed by SDS-PAGE on 4-20% polyacrylamide gel, followed by western blotting with a His-tag antibody (Thermo Fisher Scientific).