Preliminary study on the cleavage of fusion protein GST-CMIV with palladium(II) complex

Fei Dou, Feng Qiao, Jianzhong Hu, Tongyang Zhu, Xianxiu Xu, Dexue Zhu, Longgen Zhu

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Abstract

A novel method for post-treatment of gene-engineered proteins is reported. A coden of Cys-His unit is introduced into the N-terminal of cecropin CMIV by using PCR. The gene is expressed in E. coli fused with GST. After purification, the fusion protein is cleaved by [Pd(en)(H2O)2]2+ at the His-Arg bond and the cecropin CMIV with antibacterial activity is obtained. The preliminary results held some promise of success for application of the palladium(II) complex as cleavage agent for the production of peptide drugs from gene-engineering fusion proteins.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-78
Number of pages10
JournalPreparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Volume30
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

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