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Process for producing a membrane protein

A membrane protein, centrifugation technology, which can be used in the preparation methods of peptides, chemical instruments and methods, animal/human proteins, etc., and can solve problems such as troubles

Pending Publication Date: 2021-01-05
AQUAPORIN AS
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Thus, relatively cumbersome and labor-intensive production methods are tolerated

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[0047] An E. coli BL21 strain containing a vector producing aquaporin linked to a C-terminal His-tag was prepared. The His-tag contains ten consecutive histidine molecules that are attached to the primary sequence of the aquaporin membrane protein.

[0048] E. coli strains were cultivated in standard medium to obtain 150 L of total fermentation broth, and E. coli cells were harvested by filtering the fermentation broth with a microfiltration membrane with a pore size of 0.05 μm. The filtrate containing E. coli cells was reduced to about 50 L and then centrifuged at 5300 g for 20 minutes. Therefore, E. coli cells were concentrated by microfiltration, and the remaining medium was subsequently removed as a supernatant by centrifugation.

[0049] The pellet obtained by centrifugation was collected, and 0.9% NaCl was added at a volume of 1:1 to wash the cells and dissolve contaminating salts. Subsequently, the wash solution was removed in a centrifuge run at 5300 g for 20 minutes...

Embodiment 2

[0054] E. coli strain BL21 was prepared containing a vector producing aquaporin linked to a C-terminal His-tag. The His-tag contains ten consecutive histidine molecules that are attached to the primary sequence of the aquaporin membrane protein.

[0055] Escherichia coli strains were cultivated in standard medium to obtain 250 L of total fermentation broth, and the fermentation broth was filtered through a PES flat membrane with a pore size of 0.05 μm to harvest Escherichia coli cells. The filtrate containing E. coli cells was reduced to approximately 50 L and then centrifuged at 5300 g for 20 minutes in a Sorvall 16L centrifuge. Therefore, E. coli cells were concentrated by microfiltration, and the remaining medium was subsequently removed as a supernatant by centrifugation. The pellet can be stored frozen at -20°C or used directly in the next step.

[0056] The pellet containing E. coli cells was resuspended in about 50 L of buffer (aqueous solution of the protease inhibit...

Embodiment 3

[0061] E. coli strain BL21 was prepared containing a vector producing aquaporin linked to a C-terminal His-tag. The His-tag contains ten consecutive histidine molecules that are attached to the primary sequence of the aquaporin membrane protein.

[0062] E. coli strains were grown in standard medium to obtain 250 L of total fermentation broth, and the OD600 value of the fermentation batch at harvest was 13, induced for 42.5 hours. The material was homogenized twice at 100 MPa in a Stansted nm-GEN7575 homogenizer. Remove 10 mL from the lysed material and add to a 15 mL Falcon tube.

[0063] Then it was centrifuged at 5300 g for 1 hour, and the precipitated particles were separated from the supernatant. The pellet was then resuspended in 10 mL of 0.9% NaCl. The BCA assay was used to determine the concentration (mg / mL total protein) of the resuspended pellet and the separated supernatant after the first spin.

[0064] Finally the resuspended pellet and isolated supernatant we...

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Abstract

Disclosed is a process for the production of a membrane protein comprising the steps of: expressing a membrane protein in a host organism present in an aqueous medium, liberating the membrane proteinfrom the host organism, adding a detergent solution to solubilize the membrane protein, recovering a liquid fraction of the solubilized membrane protein, subjecting the liquid fraction to chromatography to bind or retain the membrane protein on a stationary phase, and eluting the stationary phase with an elution buffer to produce the membrane protein. The process can produce relatively large amounts of membrane proteins in an efficient way without compromising the quality of the end product.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to methods for producing membrane proteins. The method of the invention is suitable for industrial applications where large quantities of membrane proteins are to be produced. Therefore, the method is intended to be suitable for at least pilot plant production processing unit operations. Notably, the purpose of the present invention is to avoid ultracentrifugation devices. Background technique [0002] About one-third of the genes in the human genome encode membrane proteins. Membrane proteins play a role in many important cellular activities, including energy conversion, cell signaling, cell-cell interactions, cell adhesion, cell migration, protein trafficking, viral fusion, synaptic activity, and transport of ions and metabolites. Membrane proteins are embedded in the lipid bilayer of cell membranes and consist of hydrophobic and hydrophilic parts. [0003] Recently, membrane proteins have been successfully incorpora...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): C07K1/36
CPCC07K1/36C07K1/145C07K14/705C07K1/165C07K1/34
Inventor T·S·迈尔斯B·H·T·雷盖拉T·M·L·埃里奥盖德L·S·克拉贝
Owner AQUAPORIN AS
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