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		<title>Paul.xu: Created page with &quot;== Expression of recombinant proteins&lt;br&gt; ==  &#039;&#039;&#039;Materials:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;- LB medium&lt;br&gt;- 40% glucose&lt;br&gt;- Amp 100 mg/ml&lt;br&gt;- IPTG 100 mg/ml in PBS&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Methods&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br&gt;1. Inoccula...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;== Expression of recombinant proteins&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ==  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Materials:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;- LB medium&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;- 40% glucose&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;- Amp 100 mg/ml&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;- IPTG 100 mg/ml in PBS&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;  &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Methods&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;1. Inoccula...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Expression of recombinant proteins&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Materials:&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;- LB medium&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;- 40% glucose&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;- Amp 100 mg/ml&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;- IPTG 100 mg/ml in PBS&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Methods&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;1. Inocculate 100 ml LB medium + 1 ml glucose + Amp with 1 fresh colony&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;2. Grow overnight&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;3. Inocculate 1 l LB medium + 10 ml glucose + Amp , with 1 ml preculture&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;4. Grow till OD600 ~ 0.7, take a 1 ml sample&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;5.&amp;amp;nbsp; Prepare fresh IPTG, add 1 ml&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;6. Incubate 3 hours&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;7. Take 1 ml sample for expression control&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;8. Cool culture 15-20â² on ice&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;9. Centrifuge 30â² at 2000 g, 4 oC&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;10. Pellet can be stored at -80 oC&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Expression QC&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ pellet the 1 ml samples and wash 2x in 1.5 ml cold PBS&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ add100 ÎŒl dH2O and vortex&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ add 20 ÎŒl 5x SDS-loading and boil 5â²&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ run 12 ÎŒl on a SDS-PAGE gel&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ stain with Coomassie&lt;br /&gt;
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== Purification of inclusion bodies&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Stock solutions&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ lysozym 50 mg/ml in dH2O (store at -20 C)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ DNase 1 mg/ml in 50% glycerol, 75 mM NaCl (store at -20 oC&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ MgCl2 0.5 M in dH20&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ Tris-Cl 2.5 M pH 8.0&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ NaEDTA 0.5 M in 50 mM Tris-Cl, pH 8.0&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ NaAzide 30% in PBS&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ Na deoxycholate 10% in dH2O&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ Triton X-100 10%&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ 5 M NaCl&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;â¢ DTT 1 M&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Buffers&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Solution buffer&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (13 ml), pH 8.0&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;50 mM Tris-Cl 260 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;25% sucrose 3.25 g&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;1 mM NaEDTA 26 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;0.1% NaAzide 43.3 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;10 mM DTT 130 ÎŒl stock&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Lysis buffer&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (12.5 ml)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;50 mM Tris-Cl 250 ÎŒl stock, pH 8.0&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; 1% Triton X-100 1.25 ml stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; 1% Na deoxycholate 1.25 ml stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; 100 mM NaCl 250 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; 0.1% NaAzide 42 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; 10 mM DTT 125 ÎŒl stock&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Washing buffer with Triton&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (10 ml)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;50 mM Tris-Cl 200 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;pH 8.0 0.5% Triton X-100 0.5 ml stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;100 mM NaCl 200 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;1 mM NaEDTA 20 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;0.1% NaAzide 33.3 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;1 mM DTT 10 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Washing buffer without Triton&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (10 ml)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;50 mM Tris-Cl 200 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;pH 8.0 100 mM NaCl 200 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;1 mM NaEDTA 20 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;0.1% NaAzide 33.3 ÎŒl stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;1 mM DTT 10 ÎŒl stock&lt;br /&gt;
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11. Resuspend pellet in 13 ml solution buffer on ice and transfer it to a 30 ml centrifugion bottle&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;12. Sonicate 50% level 4-5, 30 pulses, on ice&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;13. Add 100 ÎŒl lysozym, 250 ÎŒl DNase I, 50 ÎŒl MgCl2, vortex&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;14. Add 12.5 ml lysis buffer and vortex short&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;15. Incubate 30-60â² at RT&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;16. Add 350 ÎŒl NaEDTA&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;17. Freeze in N2 until it stops bubbeling and thaw for 30â² at 37 oC&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;18. Add 200 ÎŒl MgCl2&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;19. Wait until viscosity decreases 30-60â²&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;20. Add 350 ml NaEDTA&lt;br /&gt;
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From now on everything should be done on ice&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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21.&amp;amp;nbsp; Pellet at 11,000 g, 20â², 4 oC&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;22.&amp;amp;nbsp; Discard supernatant and take a sample&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;23. Resuspent pellet in 10 ml washing buffer with Triton&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;24.&amp;amp;nbsp; Sonicate 50% level 4-5, 30 pulses, on ice&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;25. Pellet at 11,000 g, 20â², 4 oC&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;26. Discard supernatant and take a sample&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;27. Resuspent pellet in 10 ml washing buffer without Triton&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;28. Sonicate 50 % level 4-5, 30 pulses, on ice&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;29. Pellet at 11,000 g, 20â², 4 oC&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;30. Discard supernatant and take a sample&lt;br /&gt;
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== Dissolving of recombinant protein&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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31. Dissolve pellet in 9 ml 8 M Guanidinium pH 8.0 + 4 mM DT&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;32. Shake at RT until pellet dissolves&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;33. Aliquot in 1 ml fractions and store at -80 oC&lt;br /&gt;
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== Refolding&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;200 ml refolding buffer&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;100 mM Tris-Cl: 8 ml stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;400 mM L-Arginine: 16.9 g&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;2 mM NaEDTA: 0.8 ml stock&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;0.5 mM ox.glutathione: 61.2 mg&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;5 mM red. glutathione: 308 mg&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;protease inhibitors: 50 ÎŒl cocktail&lt;br /&gt;
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34. Add 1 ml dissolved protein drop by drop using a 1 ml syringe and a # 27 meedle to the refolding buffer while vigorously stirring.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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35. Stir slow, 8 hours at 4 oC&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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36. Again add 1 ml &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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37. Stir slow, 8 hours at 4 oC.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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38. Again add 1 ml&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;39. Stir slow, 8 hours at 4 oC&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;40. Filter through a 2 um filter and concentrate till ~ 12 ml in a 200 ml concentrator&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;41. Wash concentrator with 1 ml flow through and add this to the protein sample&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;42. Measure OD280, it should be at least 3x higher than flow through&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Size exclusion(FPLC)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Elution buffer&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;150 mM NaCl&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;20 mM Tris-Cl pH 8.0 (2um filtered)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;43. Filter the protein sample through a 0.2 um filter&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;44. Bring 13 ml protein on the size exclusion column (hiload 26/60 Superdex 200 prep grade) using a superloop&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;45. Elute with the elution buffer 1ml/min, start collection 4 ml fractions from 70 ml-300 ml (unfolded protein comes of in the void volume)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;46. Determine amount of protein in different fractions and run fractions on gel to check the purity of the protein&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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