Affinity tags are highly efficient tools for protein purification. They allow the purification of virtually any protein without any prior knowledge of its biochemical properties. The use of affinity tags has therefore become widespread in several areas of research e.g., high throughput expression studies aimed at finding a biological function to large numbers of yet uncharacterized proteins. In...

Affinity purification in combination with isotope labeling of proteins has proven to be a powerful method to discriminate specific from nonspecific interactors. However, in the standard SILAC (stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture) approach dynamic components may easily be assigned as nonspecific. We compared two affinity purification protocols, which in combination revealed in...

∗ Corresponding author: Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences & Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, PO Box: 14155-6183, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] ntibodies play an essential role in medicine. Today diagnosis and treatment of many diseases require these “magic bullets”. Furthermore, antibodies are essent...

Protein purification is an essential procedure in fields such as biochemistry, molecular biology, and biophysics. Acquiring target proteins with high quality and purity is still difficult, although several tag systems have been established for protein purification. Affinity tag systems are excellent because they possess high affinity and specificity for acquiring the target proteins. Neverthele...

BACKGROUND Affinity chromatography is one of the most efficient protein purification strategies. This technique comprises a one-step procedure with a purification level in the order of several thousand-fold, adaptable for various proteins, differentiated in their size, shape, charge, and other properties. The aim of this work was to verify the possibility of applying affinity chromatography in ...

Objective(s): A newly-introduced protein toxin from a sea anemone, namely fragaceatoxin C is a protein with molecular weight of 20 kDa and pore-forming capability against cell membranes has recently grasped great attentions for its function. In this study, its coding sequence cloned as a fusion protein with His-tag for simple production and rapid purification. Materials and Methods: After PCR a...

The preparation of a number of agarose and polyacrylamide bead derivatives useful in the purification of proteins by afhnity chromatography is described. These techniques permit (a) the attachment of ligands to the gel through extended hydrocarbon chains which place the ligand at varying distances from the gel matrix backbone; (b) the covalent attachment of ligands to agarose or polyacrylamide ...

The preparation of a number of agarose and polyacrylamide bead derivatives useful in the purification of proteins by afhnity chromatography is described. These techniques permit (a) the attachment of ligands to the gel through extended hydrocarbon chains which place the ligand at varying distances from the gel matrix backbone; (b) the covalent attachment of ligands to agarose or polyacrylamide ...