Full length CPXVcalpox derived recombinant A27 (rA27) was produced as described previously [38 (link)]. Extracellular domains of VACVNYCBOH derived D8Δ (aa 2–260), H3Δ (aa 21–270) and L1Δ (aa 1–175) were custom-made by Genexpress (Berlin, Germany). Briefly, the following primers and restriction enzymes (restriction sites underlined) were used for cloning: L1ΔF (NdeI) CGTCGGCATATGGGTGCCGCGGCAAG, L1ΔR (NsiI) CCTGTACATGCATTTGTTTAGGTGCTATTT, D8ΔF (NdeI) CGTCGGCATATGCCGCAACAACTATCTCCT, D8ΔR (NsiI) CCGACGATGCATCTCTCTCAAATCGGACAACCATC, H3ΔF (NdeI) CGTCGGCATATGACATTTCCTAATGTTCAT and H3ΔR (BamHI) CGTCGGGGATCCTTATCCTGGATAACGTTTAG. Expression was induced with 2 mM isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside for 3 h at 37°C, His-tagged proteins were isolated under native (D8Δ) or denaturing (all other proteins) conditions and purified using Protino® Ni-IDA columns (Macherey-Nagel, Dueren, Germany) according to standard procedures. E. coli lysate was produced as previously described [39 (link)].
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