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One step, on-column, refolding <strong>and</strong> purification <strong>of</strong> recombinant proteins from inclusion bodies<br />

Column:<br />

Ni 2+ -loaded HiTrap Chelating HP, 1 ml<br />

Sample:<br />

N-terminal (His) 6 recombinant<br />

protein produced in E. coli<br />

Flow:<br />

0.1–1 ml/min, sample loading <strong>and</strong><br />

refolding 1 ml/min, wash <strong>and</strong> elution<br />

Binding buffer: 20 mM Tris-HCl, 0.5 M NaCl, 5 mM imidazole,<br />

6 M guanidine hydrochloride,<br />

1 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, pH 8.0<br />

Washing buffer: 20 mM Tris-HCl, 0.5 M NaCl, 20 mM imidazole,<br />

6 M urea, 1 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, pH 8.0<br />

Refolding buffer: 20 mM Tris-HCl, 0.5 M NaCl, 20 mM imidazole,<br />

1 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, pH 8.0<br />

Refolding gradient: 30 ml<br />

Elution buffer: 20 mM Tris-HCl, 0.5 M NaCl, 500 mM imidazole,<br />

1 mM 2-mercaptoethanol, pH 8.0<br />

Elution gradient: 10 ml<br />

Fraction volumes: 3 ml sample loading, wash <strong>and</strong><br />

refolding, 1 ml elution<br />

M r<br />

97 000<br />

66 000<br />

45 000<br />

30 000<br />

20 100<br />

14 400<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />

Lane 1. Low <strong>Molecular</strong> Weight<br />

Calibration Kit (LMW)<br />

Lane 2. Starting material for<br />

HiTrap Chelating HP, 1 ml<br />

Lane 3. Fraction 1 Gua-HCl<br />

wash (manually)<br />

Lane 4. Fraction 2 Gua-HCl<br />

wash (manually)<br />

Lane 5. Fraction 3 Gua-HCl<br />

wash (manually)<br />

Lane 6. Fraction 4 Gua-HCl<br />

wash (manually)<br />

Lane 7. Fraction 1 Urea<br />

wash (manually)<br />

Lane 8. Fraction 2 Urea<br />

wash (manually)<br />

M r<br />

97 000<br />

66 000<br />

45 000<br />

30 000<br />

20 100<br />

14 400<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />

Lane 1. LMW<br />

Lane 2. Fraction 38<br />

Lane 3. Fraction 39<br />

Lane 4. Fraction 40<br />

Lane 5. Fraction 41<br />

Lane 6. Fraction 42<br />

Lane 7. Fraction 46<br />

Lane 8. Fraction 49<br />

Fig. 26. One step refolding <strong>and</strong> purification <strong>of</strong> a (His) 6<br />

-tagged recombinant protein on HiTrap Chelating HP, 1 ml,<br />

charged with Ni 2+ . The sample is bound to the column <strong>and</strong> all unbound material is washed through. Refolding <strong>of</strong> the<br />

bound protein is performed by running a linear 6–0 M urea gradient, starting with the wash buffer <strong>and</strong> finishing with<br />

the refolding buffer. A gradient volume <strong>of</strong> 30 ml or higher <strong>and</strong> a flow rate <strong>of</strong> 0.1–1 ml/min can be used. The optimal<br />

refolding rate should be determined experimentally for each protein. The refolded recombinant protein is eluted using a<br />

10–20 ml linear gradient starting with refolding buffer <strong>and</strong> ending with the elution buffer.<br />

A 280<br />

1.0<br />

0.75<br />

0.5<br />

0.25<br />

0<br />

Start<br />

refolding<br />

Manually using<br />

a syringe:<br />

• Sample loading<br />

• Gua-HCl wash<br />

• Urea wash<br />

Start<br />

elution<br />

fr. fr. fr.<br />

38 40 42<br />

fr.<br />

46<br />

fr.<br />

49<br />

10 20 30 40 50 60 65 ml<br />

Electrophoresis: SDS-PAGE. PhastSystem, PhastGel 10–15,<br />

reducing conditions, 1 µl sample, Coomassie Blue staining.<br />

Performing a separation<br />

Figure 27 shows the simplicity <strong>of</strong> a poly (His) fusion protein purification when using a<br />

prepacked HiTrap Chelating HP column. The protocol described has been optimized for a<br />

high yield purification <strong>of</strong> (His) 6 fusion proteins <strong>and</strong> can be used as a base from which to<br />

scale up. An alternative optimization protocol designed to achieve high purity is supplied<br />

with the HisTrap Kit <strong>and</strong> is also described in The Recombinant Protein H<strong>and</strong>book:<br />

Protein Amplification <strong>and</strong> Simple Purification from Amersham Pharmacia Biotech.<br />

Prepare column<br />

Wash with H 2O<br />

Load with NiSO4<br />

Wash with H 2O<br />

Equilibrate column<br />

with<br />

binding buffer<br />

Apply sample<br />

Wash with<br />

binding buffer<br />

Elute<br />

with<br />

elution buffer<br />

3 min<br />

3 min<br />

5-15 min<br />

2 min<br />

Waste<br />

Waste<br />

Collect Collect fractions<br />

Fig. 27. HiTrap Chelating HP <strong>and</strong> a schematic overview <strong>of</strong> poly (His) fusion protein purification.<br />

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