title: Purification and characterization of the biologically active human truncated macrophage colony-stimulating factor expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: A human truncated macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) cDNA encoding amino acid residues from 3 to 149 of the native M-CSF was isolated by using the polymerase chain reaction. When introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae by a general secretion vector pVT 102u/alpha, it directs the expression of the biologically active dimeric form of M-CSF. Through the 3 stages of purification, i.e. concentration by DEAE-cellulose column chromatography, hydrophobic chromatography on phenyl-sepharose and Mono Q fast protein liquid chromatography, the recombinant truncated M-CSF was purified as to exhibit a specific activity of 1.02 x 10(7) units/mg of protein. SDS-PAGE of this purified truncated M-CSF showed that its apparent molecular mass is 22 kDa under reducing conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Nanjing University, China.
authors.forename: D X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Z C
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Hua
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: X K
authors.initials: XK
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor