Charge engineering of a protein domain to allow efficient ion-exchange recovery |
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Authors: | Graslund, Torbjorn Lundin, Gunnel Uhlen, Mathias Nygren, Per-Ake Hober, Sophia |
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Affiliation: | 1 Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), S-100 44 Stockholm and 2 Department of Genetics, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | We have created protein domains with extreme surface charge.These mutated domains allow for ion-exchange chromatographyunder conditions favourable for selective and efficient capture,using Escherichia coli as a host organism. The staphylococcalprotein A-derived domain Z (Zwt) was used as a scaffold whenconstructing two mutants, Zbasic1 and Zbasic2, with high positivesurface charge. Far-ultraviolet circular dichroism measurementsshowed that they have a secondary structure content comparableto the parental molecule Zwt. Although melting temperatures(Tm) of the engineered domains were lower than that of the wild-typeZ domain, both mutants could be produced successfully as intracellularfull-length products in E.coli and purified to homogeneity byion-exchange chromatography. Further studies performed on Zbasic1and Zbasic2 showed that they were able to bind to a cation exchangereven at pH values in the 9 to 11 range. A gene fusion betweenZbasic2 and the acidic human serum albumin binding domain (ABD),derived from streptococcal protein G, was also constructed.The gene product Zbasic2ABD could be purified using cation-exchangechromatography from a whole cell lysate to more than 90% purity. |
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