Immobilization of proteins onto microbeads using a DNA binding tag for enzymatic assays

Autor: Hideo Nakano, Takaaki Kojima, Keisuke Homma, Kiyotaka Hitomi, Bo Zhu, Takuro Mizoguchi, Eri Ota, Jumpei Hata
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of bioscience and bioengineering. 121(2)
ISSN: 1347-4421
Popis: A novel DNA-binding protein tag, scCro-tag, which is a single-chain derivative of the bacteriophage lambda Cro repressor, has been developed to immobilize proteins of interest (POI) on a solid support through binding OR consensus DNA (ORC) that is tightly bound by the scCro protein. The scCro-tag successfully bound a transglutaminase 2 (TGase 2) substrate and manganese peroxidase (MnP) to microbeads via scaffolding DNA. The resulting protein-coated microbeads can be utilized for functional analysis of the enzymatic activity using flow cytometry. The quantity of bead-bound proteins can be enhanced by increasing the number of ORCs. In addition, proteins with the scCro-tag that were synthesized using a cell-free protein synthesis system were also immobilized onto the beads, thus indicating that this bead-based system would be applicable to high-throughput analysis of various enzymatic activities.
Databáze: OpenAIRE