To purify the His‐MST2 and His‐JAK2, the lysed bacterial samples were transferred to a Ni‐NTA column (GE Healthcare Life Sciences). The column was flushed with 20 mM imidazole, and the protein was eluted with 250 mM imidazole.
To purify Flag‐STAT3, the lysed bacterial samples were transferred to a column containing Anti‐Flag M2 agarose affinity gel. The column was flushed with PBS and the protein was eluted with 100 μg/mL Flag peptide.
To purify GST‐STAT3, the lysed bacterial samples were transferred to a GSTrap HP column (GE Healthcare Life Sciences). The column was flushed with PBS, and the protein was eluted with 10 mM reduced glutathione.
To remove contaminated proteins, the eluted samples were separated through a HiPrep 16/60 Sephacryl S‐200 HR gel filtration column (GE Healthcare Life Sciences).