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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Co-Expression and Purification of Recombinant Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor II and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-6 in Pichia pastoris Yeast

Author(s): Huina Zhou, Zhaoli Chen, Hong Chen, Shuxing Li, Bingren Huang and Ruchang Bi

Volume 14, Issue 9, 2007

Page: [876 - 880] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/092986607782110329

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Abstract

For the preparation of the complex of IGF-II and IGFBP-6, a co-expression vector containing two copies of human IGF-II and IGFBP-6 expression cassette was constructed with alcohol oxidase (AOX1) promoter and secretion signal sequence of %-factor, and transformed to Pichia pastoris yeast. Through a purification procedure involving anionexchange chromatography and gel filtration, a complex of IGF-II with IGFBP-6 was obtained. An additional C-terminal sequence of IGFBP-6 (CS-BP6) was found to be bound to this complex. Dynamic light scattering showed that this complex was very stable and homogenous in solution. Western blotting based on non-reducing Tricine-SDS-PAGE indicated that IGF-II expression coupled with IGFBP-6 might significantly avoid the mispairing of disulfide bonds compared with the IGF-II expressed alone.

Keywords: Pichia pastoris, insulin-like growth factor II, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-6, co-expression, complex


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