title: An improved method for the purification of rat liver-type fatty acid binding protein from Escherichia coli.
abstract: Rat liver fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) was efficiently expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The cDNA encoding L-FABP was ligated into the pTrc99A expression vector and expressed by induction with isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactopyranoside under the control of the P(trc) promoter. Following an 18 h induction period, L-FABP constituted approximately 3% of the cytosolic protein. The protein could be purified to electrophoretic homogeneity (silver-stained polyacrylamide gel detection) by ammonium sulfate fractionation (65% saturation) of the soluble bacterial lysate followed by the chromatographic sequence of anion-exchange-->hydrophobic interaction-->anion-exchange chromatography. The recombinant protein displayed an isoelectric point of 7.0 and cross-reactivity with rabbit anti-(human L-FABP) polyclonal antibody. The ligand binding properties of the delipidated L-FABP were examined by titration with the fluorescent probe 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonic acid and isothermal titration calorimetric analysis of oleic acid binding. The purified rat L-FABP displayed a binding stoichiometry of 2:1 (ANS:L-FABP) with dissociation constants (K(d)) of 1.7 and 15.5 microM for the high and low affinity binding sites, respectively. The K(d) values determined by ITC for oleic acid binding were 0.155 and 4.04 microM with a binding stoichiometry of approximately 2 mol of fatty acid/mol of protein. These physicochemical and binding properties are in agreement with those of L-FABP isolated from rat liver tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, 3052 Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Velkov
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prankerd
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakellaris
authors.forename: Christopher J H
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Scanlon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000379:methods; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins