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ArticleMolecular biology reports2014

Optimization of conditions for expression of recombinant interferon-γ in E.coli.

Meetul Kumar, Mrinalini Singh, Shashi Bala Singh

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Article in Molecular biology reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meetul KumarDefence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organization, New Delhi, 110054, India, meetulkumar@gmail.com.
Mrinalini Singh
Shashi Bala Singh
Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) is an important immunoregulatory cytokine that has a central role against viral and bacterial infections. In this study, the cDNA encoding 141 amino acids of mature IFN-γ from mice splenocytes was cloned in a prokaryotic expression vector pQE 30. Optimization of expression conditions resulted in high IFN-γ protein. Western blot showed that recombinant IFN-γ was specifically recognized by its counterpart anti-mouse IFN-γ antibodies. In vitro dose-dependent studies, with A549 and HeLa cell lines, showed that cloned IFN-γ was safe and had no effect on cell proliferation. The protein prediction and analysis using SOPMA program, revealed that IFN-γ had 80 α-helices, 8 β-turns jointed by 9 extended strands and 44 random coils. A total of four major clusters were observed with murine IFN-γ sharing 39 % homology with human IFN-γ. Pair-wise alignment studies with human revealed 26 % identity and 43.3 % similarity. The recovery of bioactive proteins from inclusion bodies (IBs) is a complex process and various protocols have been developed. We report here a simple, robust and inexpensive purification approach for obtaining recombinant IFN-γ protein expressed as IBs in E.coli.

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Gene ExpressionAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell LineEscherichia coliHumansInterferon-gammaMiceMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyPlasmidsRecombinant ProteinsSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNAInterferon-gammaRecombinant Proteins

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PMID25001590
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