Purification of Recombinant Arabidopsis thaliana Dehydrins by Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography

Authors: Svensson J.¹; Palva E.T.²; Welin B.¹

Source: Protein Expression and Purification, Volume 20, Number 2, November 2000 , pp. 169-178(10)

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Abstract:

In this study we describe a novel method for purification of Arabidopsis thaliana dehydrins overproduced in Escherichia coli. The cDNAs corresponding to the four dehydrin genes RAB18, LTI29, LTI30, and COR47 were inserted into a bacterial expression vector under an isopropyl beta -d-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) inducible bacterial promoter. After IPTG induction all four proteins accumulated in high amounts. The recombinant proteins were efficiently purified to over 95% purity with a three-step purification scheme: heat fractionation, immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC), and ion exchange chromatography. In this study we introduce the novel use of IMAC as an efficient purification method for native dehydrins. Characterization of the purified proteins was done by Edman degradation, mass spectrometry, reverse-phase chromatography, and analytical gel filtration under native and denaturing conditions. Yields of purified proteins were between 2.8 and 12.5 mg per liter of bacterial culture, sufficient for further biochemical studies. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Uppsala Genetic Center, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, S-750 07, Sweden 2: Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Publication date: 2000-11-01