Example 4
IRDIG35563 Purification.
Harvested Pf cells containing IRDIG35563 were sonicated in lysis buffer consisting of 50 mM Tris (pH 8.0), 1 M NaCl, 10% glycerol and 2 mM EDTA with 50 μL of Protease Inhibitor Cocktail (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo.) per 25 mL buffer. The extract was centrifuged at 20,000×g for 40 minutes. The soluble protein in the supernatant was precipitated with 50% ammonium sulfate and centrifuged at 20,000×g for 30 minutes. The pellet was resuspended in 50 mM Tris (pH 8.0) and centrifuged at 20,000×g for 20 minutes to pellet any soluble material. The supernatant containing IRDIG35563 was purified by anion exchange chromatography using a HiTrap™ Q HP 5 mL column with an AKTA Purifier chromatography system (GE Healthcare, UK). The column was equilibrated in 50 mM Tris (pH 8.0), and proteins were eluted with a stepwise gradient to 1 M NaCl. Protein-containing fractions were combined and concentrated using Amicon® Ultra-15 Centrifugal Filter Devices with a 30K MWCO (EMD Millipore, Burlington, Mass.). The IRDIG35563 protein sample was dialyzed overnight against 50 mM Tris (pH 8.), and total protein concentrations were measured with the NanoDrop 2000C Spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, Mass.), using the A280 method.