| Autor: |
Liew CK; School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia. ckliew@mmb.usyd.edu.au, Gamsjaeger R, Mansfield RE, Mackay JP |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society [Protein Sci] 2008 Sep; Vol. 17 (9), pp. 1630-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Jun 12. |
| DOI: |
10.1110/ps.034983.108 |
| Abstrakt: |
Glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-fusion proteins are used extensively for structural, biochemical, and functional analyses. Although the conformation of the target protein is of critical importance, confirmation of the folded state of the target is often not undertaken or is cumbersome because of the requirement to first remove the GST tag. Here, we demonstrate that it is possible to record conventional (15)N-HSQC NMR spectra of small GST-fusion proteins and that the observed signals arise almost exclusively from the target protein. This approach constitutes a rapid and straightforward means of assessing the conformation of a GST-fusion protein without having to cleave the GST and should prove valuable, both to biochemists seeking to check the conformation of their proteins prior to functional studies and to structural biologists screening protein constructs for suitability as targets for structural studies. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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