Affinity chromatography of lipase with hydrophobic ligands coupled to cyanogen bromide-activated agarose.

The behavior of lipase produced by Pseudomans mephitica var. lipopytica toward hydrophobic residues coupled to spacer gels that were prepared by coupling a primary amine to CNBr-activated agarose, was studied. The lipase adsorbed on the ligand of a long unbranched aliphatic chain, a benzene ring, or deoxycholic acid was only slightly or not all eluted at pH 5 or pH 11 by buffers containing 1 M NcC1. The lipase was eluted by liquid containing a surfactant or an organic solvent miscible with water, indicating greater involvement of hydrophobic forces. The adsorption of propane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane, or chrysene appears to be achieved through electrostatic forces, inasmuch as desorption was caused by buffer containing 1 M NaC1 at pH 11. The amount of lipase adsorbed on these hydrophobic ligands was about the same as that adsorbed on the ligands belonging to the first group. Since little lipase wad adsorbed on cyclopropane, cycloctane, pyridine, methane, n-pentane, or branched aliphatic chains, these ligands appear to impose steric hindrance on the adsorption of lipase, or they may be too small to fit into the hydrophobic sites of lipase.     

Stability of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide immobilized to cyanogen bromide activated agarose

The stability of NAD(H) immobilized to a crosslinked agarose support (Sepharose(R)-4B) was examined in buffer solutions at a pH of 7.0 and 8.5. Specifically, this study investigated particle attrition and ligand leakage rates from a cyanogen bromide activated agarose support. Particle attrition did not occur under the experimental conditions. Ligand leakage rates were found to be first order in immobilized ligand concentration with two labile populations of ligand. The two-population model is consistent with the cyanogen bromide coupling chemistry, which results in both an isourea and imidocarbonate ligand linkage. The rate of ligand leakage was found to occur over a time scale of days, with first order rate constants ranging from 0.007 to 0.15 d(-1), depending on solution pH. (c) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Affinity chromatography purification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A on specifically linked NAD agarose.

The specific binding of P. aeruginosa exotoxin A to NAD was exploited for the rapid purification of the toxin. Affinity chromatography on a column of agarose-N6-(aminohexyl)carbamoylmethyl-NAD resulted in an enzymatically, biologically, and immunologically active purified toxin preparation. Other NAD-agarose resins were not efficient substrates for toxin purification.     

New methods of protein purification. Affinity ultrafiltration.

This review describes a recently developed method for protein purification-affinity ultrafiltration. In affinity ultrafiltration, the protein to be purified is complexed with a macroligand composed of a soluble polymer or an insoluble microparticle with covalently bound, target protein-specific affinity ligands. The complex is trapped by an ultrafiltration membrane, whereas unwanted proteins pass through the membrane. The unwanted proteins are removed from the system by the carrier liquid. The system is then supplemented with an agent eluting the target protein by dissociating it from the microligand complex. The purified protein then passes the membrane, while the macroligand is trapped by it. The macroligand can be re-used after regeneration. Affinity ultrafiltration has a number of advantages over other protein purification techniques: 1) commercial availability of ultrafiltration systems with various high-productivity designs; 2) availability of presynthesized macroligands, which can be supplemented with additional, easily manufactured, commercial latex-based macroligands; 3) rapid separation of large solution volumes; 4) repeated use of equipment, enabling consecutive purification of different proteins; 5) simple scale-up and automation procedures.     

Stability of isoproterenol bound to cyanogen bromide-activated agarose.

The chemical stability and release of isoproterenol bound by diazotation to an insoluble agarose matrix has been investigated. It is demonstrated, by a double labeling procedure ([³H]isoproterenol and [¹⁴C]-spacer arm), that the bound ligand is readily released in a soluble form. This occurs primarily through a chemical hydrolysis of the arm-linked ligand from the cyanogen bromide-activated agarose, and can be observed under extensive washing procedures as well as under more “physiological” incubation conditions. The instability of the agarose-arm linkage should lead to a critical analysis of physiological effects obtained with agarose bound hormones in vitro.     

Method for purification of large cyanogen bromide peptides by carboxymethyl cellulose chromatography in 8 m urea: Application to the purification of cyanogen bromide peptides from staphylcoccal enterotoxin A,phosphoglycerate kinase,and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

A method for purification of large cyanogen bromide peptides from proteins by means of carboxymethyl cellulose chromatography in the presence of 8 m urea is described. Chromatography of a number of large cyanogen bromide peptides which could not be separated by gel filtration showed that the resolution of the system was sufficient to enable large cyanogen bromide peptides to be separated from one another. The use of this method to purify cyanogen bromide peptides of a protein as a first step is also discussed.     

Active fragments obtained by cyanogen bromide cleavage of ovomucoid.

Cleavage of the two methionine residues in the glycoprotein trypsin inhibitor ovomucoid, variant O1, with CNBr resulted in two fragments whose mol.wts. were approx. 16 600 (fragment LS) and 11 000 (fragment M). Both fragments formed precipitates with antisera to ovomucoid. Fragment LS retained 56% of the trypsin-inhibitory activity of ovomucoid, but fragment M did not inhibit. After reduction and alkylation, the molecular weight of fragment M was unchanged, but fragment LS could be resolved into two segments of peptide chain with mol.wts. of approx. 12000 (fragment L) and 4700 (fragment S). Each of these peptides contained carbohydrate. Marked heterogeneity was observed in the hexose and hexosamine contents of fragment L. This may account for much of the heterogeneity in neutral carbohydrate occurring in ovomucoid preparations. It was found that fragment M was located at the N-terminal end, fragment S was in the centre and fragment L made up the C-terminal portion of the molecule.     

Affinity chromatographic purification of papain.

The reinvestigation of the affinity chromatographic method of purifying papain has been carried out. It has been reported that papain could be purified by taking advantage of the affinity of the enzyme for the insolubilized peptide inhibitor, agarose-Gly-Gly-Tyr(Bz)-Arg. Using pure tetrapeptide obtained commercially and standard coupling procedures, a significant purification of papain could not be achieved. Both active and nonactivatible enzyme bound to a column prepared in this manner were eluted together by the use of deionized water. An affinity medium with properties similar to those reported by Blumberg et al. was obtained by removal of the benzyl group on tyrosine prior to coupling with agarose. The deprotected tetrapeptide was also synthesized by an independent route and inhibition constants for the binding of the protected and deprotected tetrapeptide to papain were determined in kinetic experiments.     

Structure of N-terminal cyanogen bromide fragment of human plasma albumin.

The complete amino acid sequence of 87 residues of cyanogen bromide fragment CB1 (Asp), the N-terminal fragment of human plasma albumine molecule, has been established. The sequence was determined from the characterization of all tryptic peptides and of chymotryptic arginine-containing peptides in the fragment digested. Overlaps were obtained by tryptic and chymotryptic cleavage of the maleylated S-sulfo derivative of fragment CB1(Asp). Residue 34 is the only cysteine residue in the albumin molecule and it was determined in the form of S-carboxymethyl-cysteine. Edman and dansyl-Edman degradation were used for the sequential analysis.     

Affinity ligands for industrial protein purification

Significant efforts are put into the design of large-scale purification processes of proteins due to great demands regarding cost efficiency and safety. In order to design an effective purification scheme the unit operations need to be reduced to a minimum. In this review we are discussing proteinaceous ligands as well as small synthetic mimics for use in affinity chromatography for large-scale applications. Different advantages as well as drawbacks of the two approaches are outlined.