High-throughput purification and quality assurance of Arabidopsis thaliana proteins for eukaryotic structural genomics

  • Won Bae Jeon
  • , David J. Aceti
  • , Craig A. Bingman
  • , Frank C. Vojtik
  • , Andrew C. Olson
  • , Jason M. Ellefson
  • , Janet E. McCombs
  • , Hassan K. Sreenath
  • , Paul G. Blommel
  • , Kory D. Seder
  • , Brendan T. Burns
  • , Holalkere V. Geetha
  • , Amy C. Harms
  • , Grzegorz Sabat
  • , Michael R. Sussman
  • , Brian G. Fox
  • , George N. Phillips

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Abstract

The Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics (CESG) has established procedures for the purification of Arabidopsis proteins in a high-throughput mode. Recombinant proteins were fused with (His)6-MBP tags at their N-terminus and expressed in Escherichia coli. Using an automated ÄKTApurifier system, fusion proteins were initially purified by immobilized metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). After cleavage of (His)6-MBP tags by TEV protease, (His)6-MBP tags were separated from target proteins by a subtractive 2nd IMAC. As a part of quality assurance, all purified proteins were subjected to MALDI-TOF and ESI mass spectrometry to confirm target identity and integrity, and determine incorporation of seleno-methionine (SeMet) and 15N and 13C isotopes. The protocols have been used successfully to provide high quality proteins that are suitable for structural studies by X-ray crystallography and NMR.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-147
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Structural and Functional Genomics
Volume6
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2005

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, Protein Structure Initiative Grant P50 GM-64598.

Keywords

  • Arabidopsis proteins
  • High-throughput
  • His-tag
  • Nickel affinity purification
  • Structural genomics

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