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KMID : 1094720080130030377
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Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
2008 Volume.13 No. 3 p.377 ~ p.382
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Production and purification of a cecropin family antibacterial peptide, hinnavin II, in Escherichia coli
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Kang Chang-Soo
Park Chang-Wook
Bang In-Seok
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Abstract
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The antibacterial peptide hinnavin II, isolated from the cabbage butterfly Artogeia rapae, is synthesized with an amidated lysine 37 residue at C-terminus. Glycine-extended native hinnavin II (hinnavin II-38-Gly, hin II) gene with 114 bp coding region was cloned in the expression vector pET-32a (+) to construct a fusion expression plasmid and transformed into Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) pLysS. The recombinant fusion protein Trx-hin II was expressed in soluble form, purified successfully by Ni2+-chelating chromatography, and cleaved by enterokinase to release recombinant hin II (rhin II). Purification of the rhin II was achieved by reversed-phase FPLC, and 2.45 mg pure active rhin II was obtained from 800 mL E. coli culture. The molecular mass of the rhin II determined by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry is consistent with the theoretical molecular mass of 4,195.0 Da. The purified rhin II showed antimicrobial activities against tested E. coli K 12, E. coli BL21 (DE3), Enterobacter cloacae, Bacillus megaterium, and Staphylococcus aureus. The application of this expression/purification approach represents a fast and efficient method to prepare milligram quantities of hinnavin II in its biologically active form.
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KEYWORD
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antibacterial peptide, hinnavin II, recombinant production, fusion expression
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