Purification of the proline-rich homeodomain protein

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2003 Mar 25;786(1-2):3-6. doi: 10.1016/s1570-0232(02)00740-7.

Abstract

The proline-rich homeodomain protein (PRH), also known as Hex, is a transcriptional repressor expressed in a variety of cell types. The PRH protein contains a proline-rich N-terminal domain that can repress transcription when attached to a heterologous DNA binding domain, a central homeodomain that mediates sequence-specific DNA binding, and an acidic C-terminal domain of unknown function. Although individual domains of PRH have been expressed in bacterial cells as GST- and histidine-tagged fusion proteins, attempts to express and purify the full-length protein have met with little success. Here we describe the purification of a histidine-tagged full-length PRH fusion protein. The protein described here will allow us to determine the mechanisms whereby PRH represses transcription.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • DNA Primers
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Homeodomain Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • Peptides / isolation & purification*
  • Proline-Rich Protein Domains

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Homeodomain Proteins
  • Peptides