Effect of location of the His-tag on the production of soluble and functional Buthus martensii Karsch insect toxin

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-109

  Xu, Cheng Gang ^a   Fan, Xiao Jun ^a   Fu, Yue Jun ^a   Liang, Ai Hua ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Buthus martensii Karsch insect toxin (BmK IT); Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Cysteine rich proteins; Oxidative refolding; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

BMK IT TOXIN, BUTHUS MARTENSII KARSCH; HIS HIS HIS HIS HIS HIS; HIS-HIS-HIS-HIS-HIS-HIS; HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; HISTIDINE; INTEINS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII;

EID: 40849085149     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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