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- Title
PURIFICATION AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIALLY EXPRESSED RECOMBINANT BUFFALO PROLACTIN.
- Authors
Panchal, Manoj; Muralidhar, Kambadur
- Abstract
Recombinant prolactin (PRL) from water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) has been cloned and expressed in a prokaryotic expression system. The hormone was also successfully refolded into a biologically active form. Total RNA was purified from buffalo pituitaries and the buPRL cDNA was synthesized using primers designed on bovine PRL sequence. This prolactin cDNA was cloned in a pET 28a vector and expressed in Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3)pLysS. Most of the expressed protein was present as insoluble inclusion bodies. The inclusion bodies were solubilized and buPRL was purified by Ni-NTA column. The purified protein was refolded by gradually decreasing the concentration of denaturant during dialysis. Total yield of the refolded and soluble prolactin was 22 mg/L from 100 mL bacterial culture in LB medium. The recombinant prolactin was as active as native prolactin in stimulating growth of Nb2 lymphoma cells.
- Subjects
WATER buffalo; ESCHERICHIA coli; LYMPHOMAS; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN hormones; GONADOTROPIN
- Publication
Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 2010, Vol 40, Issue 4, p276
- ISSN
1082-6068
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/10826068.2010.488992