On-column refolding of recombinant human interferon-gamma with an immobilized chaperone fragment |
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Authors: | Gao Yong-Gui Guan Yi-Xin Yao Shan-Jing Cho Man-Gi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China. |
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Abstract: | The chaperone mini-GroEL is a soluble recombinant fragment containing the 191-345 amino acid sequence of GroEL with a 6xHis tag. The refolding protocol assisted with mini-GroEL was studied for the activity recovery of rhIFN-gamma inclusion bodies. In a suspended system, mini-GroEL showed significant enhancement of the activity recovery of rhIFN-gamma, applyed with a 1-5:1 stoichiometry of mini-GroEL to rhIFN-gamma at 25 degrees C. Moreover, 1 M urea in the renaturation buffer had a synergistic effect on suppressing the aggregation and improving the activity recovery. Finally, a novel chromatographic column, containing 1 cm height of Sephadex G 200 at the top of column and packed with immobilized mini-GroEL to promote refolding, was devised. The total activity recovered per milligram of denatured rhIFN-gamma was up to 3.93 x 10(6) IU with the immobilized mini-GroEL column, which was reused four times without evident loss of renaturation ability. A convenient technique with the integrated process of chaperon preparation and rhIFN-gamma folding in vitro was developed. |
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