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. 2011 Jul 5;3(7):834–847. doi: 10.3390/toxins3070834

Figure 1.

Figure 1

(A) Schematic outline of ricin toxin A (RTA) variants used in this study.In each fusion protein, the type of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal fused to RTA (K/HDEL) and the total size (in bp) is indicated. Length of the (His)6-tag and the mammalian- or yeast-specific ER retention motifs are also shown. RTA fusions were cloned into pET24a(+) and expressed in E. coli; (B) RTA purification by Ni2+-NTA chromatography.Purified samples (15‑25 µg) were analyzed by SDS‑PAGE and Coomassie staining. Lane 1: PAGE Ruler prestained (Fermentas); Lane 2: unmodified RTA; Lane 3: RTAHDEL; Lane 4: RTAKDEL.