Soluble expression in Escherichia coli, purification and characterization of a human TF-1 cell apoptosis-related protein TFAR19.
A novel human TF-1 cell apoptosis-related protein, TFAR19, cloned from a human leukemia cell line, TF-1, was first overexpressed in Escherichia coli with the sequence Met-Gly-His(6)-Gly-Thr-Asn-Gly, a hexahistidine sequence followed by a hydroxylamine cleavage site attached to its amino terminus. The resulting protein was soluble and single-step purified to homogeneity by metal chelating affinity chromatography. After cleavage of the purified His(6)-tagged TFAR19 sample with hydroxylamine, highly purified untagged TFAR19 protein was then obtained through an FPLC Resource Q column. The structural characteristics and function of the His(6)-tagged and untagged TFAR19 proteins were studied using circular dichroism, intrinsic fluorescence, and ANS-binding fluorescence spectra and apoptosis activity assay. The results show that alpha-helix is the main secondary structure of the proteins and the two forms of TFAR19 protein fold properly, which correspond well to their apoptosis activity expression. The results also indicate that the extra sequence including the His(6)-tag fused to the N-terminus of TFAR19 protein has a minimal effect on its structure and function, suggesting that the His(6)-tagged TFAR19 protein could be further used as an immobilized target for finding potential proteins which interact with TFAR19 from a cDNA library using in vitro ribosome display technique.
National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China.
Yan-ming
YM
Feng
Ying-mei
YM
Zhang
Guo-zhong
GZ
Jing
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017209:Apoptosis; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006639:Histidine; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012995:Solubility; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C117283:PDCD5 protein, human; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D006639:Histidine