Purification of Escherichia coli L-asparaginase mutants by a native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

J Chromatogr Sci. 2008 Jul;46(6):556-9. doi: 10.1093/chromsci/46.6.556.

Abstract

The antigenicity of L-asaparaginase (L-ASP) has been problematic for the treatment of leukemia for many years. In order to establish a relationship between the antigenic epitope of L-asparaginase and its antigenicity, several L-asparaginase mutants (mL-ASPs) are constructed and expressed. To effectively purify these enzyme mutants for further investigation, a native preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is developed. The simplicity and reproducibility of this approach permits the purification of different mutants from the crude enzyme extracts, with a sufficient activity to perform immunological and biological studies. Furthermore, the newly developed method is efficient and cost-effective compared with other methods, such as column chromatography and affinity chromatography. As a result, the enzyme mutants with specific activity of 300 approximately 400 U/mg are obtained by the single-step purification with a high degree of purity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Asparaginase / genetics
  • Asparaginase / isolation & purification*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / methods*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Mutation*
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Asparaginase