TY - JOUR
T1 - Rapid screening and scale-up of ultracentrifugation-free, membrane-based procedures for purification of His-tagged membrane proteins
AU - Feroz, Hasin
AU - Meisenhelter, Joshua
AU - Jokhadze, Gia
AU - Bruening, Merlin
AU - Kumar, Manish
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - This study develops procedures to rapidly screen conditions for purification of membrane proteins (MPs) using 96-well plates containing nickel-functionalized membranes. In addition to their application in the pharmaceutical industry, MPs are important components of new sensors, synthetic membranes, and bioelectronic devices. However, purification of MPs is challenging due to their hydrophobic exterior, which requires stabilization in amphipathic detergent micelles. We examined the extent of extraction of the light-driven sodium transporter, Krokinobacter eikastus rhodopsin 2 (KR2) heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli using different salts and maltoside-based detergents. The extraction was followed by subsequent affinity purification in membranes functionalized with Ni2+-nitrilotriacetate complexes that bind the His-tagged KR2. We also employed a hydrophobic chelator to separate detergent micelles from the aqueous phase as an initial isolation step prior to affinity purification. Unlike conventional resin-based capture, which can take a full day or more, the membrane-based screening of purification conditions takes only a few hours, and its scale-up involves changing from a 96-well format to a larger membrane module. The novelty of the method lies in utilizing membrane-based ultracentrifugation-free purification of MPs from cell membrane fragments; the optimized purification conditions from the screening method can potentially be applied to large-scale/conventional resin-based purification of MPs.
AB - This study develops procedures to rapidly screen conditions for purification of membrane proteins (MPs) using 96-well plates containing nickel-functionalized membranes. In addition to their application in the pharmaceutical industry, MPs are important components of new sensors, synthetic membranes, and bioelectronic devices. However, purification of MPs is challenging due to their hydrophobic exterior, which requires stabilization in amphipathic detergent micelles. We examined the extent of extraction of the light-driven sodium transporter, Krokinobacter eikastus rhodopsin 2 (KR2) heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli using different salts and maltoside-based detergents. The extraction was followed by subsequent affinity purification in membranes functionalized with Ni2+-nitrilotriacetate complexes that bind the His-tagged KR2. We also employed a hydrophobic chelator to separate detergent micelles from the aqueous phase as an initial isolation step prior to affinity purification. Unlike conventional resin-based capture, which can take a full day or more, the membrane-based screening of purification conditions takes only a few hours, and its scale-up involves changing from a 96-well format to a larger membrane module. The novelty of the method lies in utilizing membrane-based ultracentrifugation-free purification of MPs from cell membrane fragments; the optimized purification conditions from the screening method can potentially be applied to large-scale/conventional resin-based purification of MPs.
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U2 - 10.1002/btpr.2859
DO - 10.1002/btpr.2859
M3 - Article
C2 - 31152495
AN - SCOPUS:85068374143
SN - 8756-7938
VL - 35
JO - Biotechnology progress
JF - Biotechnology progress
IS - 6
M1 - e2859
ER -