title: Refolding and purification of human papillomavirus type 16 E7-lacZ fusion protein expressed in Escherichia coli.
abstract: Human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 E7-lacZ fusion protein was produced in Escherichia coli, extracted as inclusion bodies, refolded with reducing reagents, and subjected to gel filtration. The refolded protein was purified by ion-exchange column chromatography, resulting in a single band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectral changes were observed in the high field methyl region in the presence of Zn2+ ion, suggesting that the refolded form of the fusion protein is possibly renaturated into the putative zinc finger motif (C. Edmond and K. H. Vousden, 1989, J. Virol. 63, 2650-2656) and supporting the data of J. A. Rawls, R. Pusztai, and M. Green (1990, J. Virol. 64, 6121-6129) on zinc binding to E7 protein using radioisotopically labeled zinc ion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chinami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yuge
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shingu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics; D050725:Papillomavirus E7 Proteins; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D050725:Papillomavirus E7 Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C059731:oncogene protein E7, Human papillomavirus type 16