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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16167-x
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2015K1A4A3046807, 2017M3A9F8031039]
- Asan Institute for Life Sciences, Seoul, Korea [2015-219]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2017M3A9F8031039] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Human fibroblast growth factor 21 (hFGF21) has been characterized as an important regulator of glucose and lipid metabolism homeostasis. Here, to produce hFGF21 efficiently in Escherichia coli, the expression and solubility of hFGF21 were tested and optimised by fusing the protein with one of eight tags: hexahistidine (His6), thioredoxin (Trx), small ubiquitin-related modifier (Sumo), glutathione S-transferase (GST), maltose-binding protein (MBP), N-utilisation substance protein A (NusA), human protein disulphide isomerase (PDI), and the b'a' domain of PDI (PDIb'a'). Each tag increased solubility of the protein when the expression temperature was 18 degrees C. Unlike many other tags that were tested, MBP significantly enhanced the solubility of the protein also in the culture condition at 37 degrees C. Thus, the MBPhFGF21 construct was further pursued for optimisation of affinity chromatography purification. After tag removal, 8.1 mg of pure hFGF21 was obtained as a final product from 500 mL of starting culture. The protein was then characterised by mass spectroscopy and an in vitro functional assay using NIH-3T3 cells transfected with a beta-klotho reporter gene. These characteristics are similar to those of commercial hFGF21. Thus, the MBP tag is useful for efficient prokaryotic production and purification of bioactive hFGF21.
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