Example 3
Recombinant Equ c 1 wt and the mutants were purified with a three-step chromatography procedure. The first step was an anion-exchange chromatography by a HiTrap DEAE Sepharose FF (GE Healthcare 17-5154-01) column, the second step a cationic-exchange chromatography by a HiTrap CM Sepharose FF (GE Healthcare 17-5056-01) column and the third step a size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) by a Tricorn™ Superdex™ 16/600 column (GE Healthcare). Fractions from the SEC column elution peak were analysed by a 18% Coomassie Brilliant-Blue stained SDS-PAGE showing that they were pure and homogeneous (data not shown). Elution peak fractions were pooled and concentration of the purified rEqu c 1 allergen determined by measuring A280.