Oxidative renaturation of hen egg-white lysozyme in polyethylene glycol–salt aqueous two-phase systems
✍ Scribed by Jorge Lotwin; Eliana De Bernardez Clark
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 354 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3592
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✦ Synopsis
Aqueous two-phase systems have been widely used for the separation and concentration of proteins. In this work we investigated the possibility of using aqueous two-phase system for the renaturation of inclusion body proteins by studying the effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-salt systems on the oxidative renaturation of hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL) with guanidinium chloride (GdmCl) present in the system. To accomplish phase separation at moderately low concentrations of polymer and salt, the total GdmCl concentration had to be kept low (<1 M). The unfolded protein exhibited very low solubility under these conditions. In an attempt to increase the solubility of the protein, temperatures of 40, 50, and 60°C were investigated. The effect of PEG molecular weight was also addressed. Best renaturation yields were obtained when using PEG 3400 and working at 50°C. However, the total protein concentration had to be kept at a low level of 0.2 mg/mL. Lowering the total GdmCl concentration in the system resulted in increased aggregation.