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Purification of Phosphinothricin Acetyltransferase Using Reactive Brown 10 Affinity in a Single Chromatography Step

Purification of Phosphinothricin Acetyltransferase Using Reactive Brown 10 Affinity in a Single Chromatography Step

Cunxi Wang, Thomas C Lee, Kathleen S Crowley, Erin Bell

Protein Expr Purif. 2013 Aug;90(2):129-34.

PMID: 23748142

Abstract:

The expression of phosphinothricin N-acetyltransferase (PAT) protein in transgenic plants confers tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate. To enable the characterization of PAT protein expressed in plants, it is necessary to obtain high purity PAT protein from the transgenic grain. Because transgenically expressed proteins are typical present at very low levels (i.e. 0.1-50 μg protein/g grain), a highly specific and efficient purification protocol is required to purify them. Based on the physicochemical properties of PAT, we developed a novel purification method that is simple, time-saving, inexpensive and reproducible. The novel method employs a single chromatography step using a reactive dye resin, Reactive brown 10-agarose. Reactive brown 10 preferentially binds the PAT protein, which can then be specifically released by one of its substrates, acetyl-CoA. Using Reactive brown 10-agarose, PAT protein was purified to homogeneity from cottonseed with high recovery efficiency. As expected, the Reactive brown 10-produced PAT was enzymatically active. Other applications of the method on protein expression and purification, and development of PAT enzymatic inhibitors were also discussed.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
IAR42410994	Reactive Brown 10−Agarose			Price

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