The Argi system: one-step purification of proteins tagged with arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides

Sci Rep. 2017 May 25;7(1):2619. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-02432-6.

Abstract

The discovery of cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) opened new perspectives for the delivery of proteins into human cells. It is considered that in the future CPP-mediated transport of therapeutic proteins may find applications in the treatment of human diseases. Despite this fact a fast and simple method for the purification of CPP-tagged proteins, free of additional tags, was not available to date. To fill this gap we developed the Argi system for one-step purification of proteins tagged with arginine rich CPPs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arginine / chemistry*
  • Cell-Penetrating Peptides / chemistry*
  • Cell-Penetrating Peptides / genetics
  • Endocytosis / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Protein Transport / genetics
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Proteins / genetics
  • Proteins / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Cell-Penetrating Peptides
  • Proteins
  • Arginine