1. Approaches to Avoid Proteolysis During Protein Expression and Purification.
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Henehan GT, Ryan BJ, and Kinsella GK
- Subjects
- Proteolysis, Amino Acids, Cell Death, Peptide Hydrolases, Endopeptidases
- Abstract
All cells contain proteases, which hydrolyze the peptide bonds between amino acids of a protein backbone. Typically, proteases are prevented from nonspecific proteolysis by regulation and by their physical separation into different subcellular compartments; however, this segregation is not retained during cell lysis, which is the initial step in any protein isolation procedure. Prevention of proteolysis during protein purification often takes the form of a two-pronged approach: first, inhibition of proteolysis in situ, followed by the early separation of the protease from the protein of interest via chromatographic purification. Protease inhibitors are routinely used to limit the effect of the proteases before they are physically separated from the protein of interest via column chromatography. In this chapter, commonly used approaches to reducing or avoiding proteolysis during protein expression and purification are reviewed., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
- Published
- 2023
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