The invention discloses a method for purifying foot-and-mouth
disease virus-like particles expressed by
pichia pastoris by adopting an
affinity chromatography mode. The method comprises the following steps: expressing plasmids cloned with foot-and-mouth
disease virus structural protein VP0, VP3 and VP1-GHH genes, plasmids cloned with foot-and-mouth
disease virus structural protein VP0, VP3-CH and VP1 genes or plasmids cloned with foot-and-mouth disease virus
structural protein VP0, VP3 and VP1-CH genes through
pichia pastoris to obtain foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particles, and then purifying by adopting
affinity chromatography. The inventor finds a place where a His6
affinity label can be inserted by exploring the structure of the foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particle, so that the aim of purifying the virus-like particle by utilizing an
affinity chromatography method is fulfilled. The establishment of the method provides a new technical means for research on preparation of foot-and-mouth disease virus-like particles by a
pichia pastoris expression
system and purification and industrial production of the virus-like particles.