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. 2013 Feb 4;8(2):e55569. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055569

Figure 2. Purification of recombinant His-FeCh or His-FeChΔ347.

Figure 2

(A) Chromatogram of size exclusion chromatography at denaturing conditions, separating full length His-FeCh with molecular mass of 47 kDa from truncation products and other contaminants. Inlet: 12% SDS-gel stained by PageBlue (Fermentas) of the elution peaks. Peak numbers in the chromatogram match lane numbers of the inlet. (B) Purification of soluble recombinant His-FeCh co-expressed with GroEL/GroES (lane 1) or His-FeChΔ347 with molecular mass of 41.4 kDa (lane 2). (C) Immunoblot using HRP-conjugated anti-His antibody (Qiagen) detecting the soluble target protein purified from E. coli. Lane 1: His-FeCh co-expressed with GroEL/GroES, lane 2: without co-expression with chaperones no recombinant His-FeCh can be immunodetected. (D) Native size exclusion chromatography on full-length FeCh, the monomer has a molecular weight of 44 kDa. Inlet in D: Activity traces of an isolated purely monomeric fraction (filled circles) and a mix of oligomeric states (open circles).