Separation of protein charge variants by ultrafiltration |
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Authors: | Ebersold Mareia Frost Zydney Andrew L |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. |
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Abstract: | The removal of product variants that form during downstream processing remains a challenge in the purification of recombinant therapeutic proteins. We examined the feasibility of separating variants with slightly different net charge using high-performance membrane ultrafiltration. A myoglobin variant was formed by reaction of the lysine epsilon-amino group with succinic anhydride. Sieving data were obtained over a range of solution conditions using commercial polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes. Maximum selectivity of about 7-fold was obtained at very low conductivity due to the strong electrostatic repulsion of the more negatively charged variant. Protein separations were performed by diafiltration. A two-stage process generated solutions of the normal myoglobin (in the permeate) and the charge variant (in the retentate), both at greater than 9-fold purification and 90% yield. These results provide the first demonstration that membrane systems can be used to separate proteins that differ by only a single charged amino acid residue. |
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