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Pre-folding purification procedures for inclusion body-derived non-tagged cationic recombinant proteins with multiple disulfide bonds for efficient refolding.

Shuichiro Kimura, Wataru Yamamoto, Ai Miyamoto, Koreyoshi Imamura, Junichiro Futami

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Shuichiro KimuraDivision of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
Wataru YamamotoGraduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
Ai MiyamotoGraduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
Koreyoshi ImamuraDivision of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
Junichiro FutamiGraduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0020-2855

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 22H01881
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The production of disulfide-containing recombinant proteins often requires refolding of inclusion bodies before purification. A pre-refolding purification step is crucial for effective refolding because impurities in the inclusion bodies interfere with refolding and subsequent purification. This study presents a new pre-refolding procedure using a reversible S-cationization technique for protein solubilization and purification by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. This pre-folding purification step improves refolding yield by effectively removing the refolding inhibitors from contaminates from bacterial inclusion bodies, and reducing proteolytically degraded products. Because this procedure does not require a peptide tag for affinity purification, it is a superior technique to subsequently perform a simplified downstream process wherein the affinity tag needs to be removed. This study reports improved refolding and purification procedure to obtain the highly cationic (pI = 9.25) mouse vascular endothelial cell growth factor (188 amino acids form) that is used as a model protein in our study; this protein shows a homodimeric conformation and possesses multiple disulfides.

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DisulfidesInclusion BodiesProtein RefoldingRecombinant ProteinsAnimalsCationsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidEscherichia coliMiceProtein FoldingVascular Endothelial Growth Factor ACationsDisulfidesRecombinant ProteinsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Achemical modificationprotein refoldingreversed‐phase HPLCVEGF

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PMID39865388
PMCPMC12171399

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