title: Purification of Recombinant Proteins from Cultured Mammalian Cells by HaloTag Technology.
abstract: Cultured mammalian cells provide an environment ideal for producing functional recombinant mammalian proteins. However, low expression levels of recombinant proteins present a challenge for their detection and purification. This unit will focus on HaloTag, a protein fusion tag designed to bind selectively and covalently to a chloroalkane ligand that may be attached to a variety of functional groups, allowing both protein detection and immobilization. Detection of HaloTag-fusion protein is achieved through binding to a fluorescent chloroalkane ligand, enabling rapid optimization of expression levels. HaloTag-based purification uses covalent capture of the HaloTag fusion onto HaloLink resin coupled with proteolytic cleavage to release the protein of interest from the resin. Covalent binding provides efficient protein capture regardless of expression level and eliminates protein loss during washes of the resin and as a result, offers significant improvements in protein recovery and purity over traditional non-covalent approaches.
authors.affiliation: Promega Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Rachel Friedman
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Ohana
authors.affiliation: Promega Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hurst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins
keywords: HaloTag; fluorescent detection; fusion tag; protein purification
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