ZIKV NS5 RdRp polymerase was cloned at pETTRX by the LIC method and expressed and purified according to the protocol described in [92 (link)]. Briefly, NS5 RdRp polymerase was expressed in ZYM 5052 auto-induction medium and purified in four steps: (i) a HisTrap HP 5.0 mL with a Ni Sepharose resin (GE Healthcare, Sao Carlos, Brazil); (ii) a buffer exchanged by dialysis and a concomitant TEV protease cleavage from 6His-TRX-tag; (iii) an inverse HisTrap HP 5.0 mL to separate protein from 6His-TRX-tag and (iv) a size-exclusion chromatography at a XK 16/60 Superdex 75 column (GE Healthcare, Sao Carlos, Brazil).
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