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Soluble variants of human recombinant glutaminyl cyclase.


ABSTRACT: Recombinant human Glutaminyl Cyclase expressed in E. coli is produced as inclusion bodies. Lack of glycosylation is the main origin of its accumulation in insoluble aggregates. Mutation of single isolated hydrophobic amino acids into negative amino acids was not able to circumvent inclusion bodies formation. On the contrary, substitution with carboxyl-terminal residues of two or three aromatic residues belonging to extended hydrophobic patches on the protein surface provided soluble but still active forms of the protein. These mutants could be expressed in isotopically enriched forms for NMR studies and the maximal attainable concentration was sufficient for the acquisition of (1)H-(15)N HSQC spectra that represent the starting point for future drug development projects targeting Alzheimer's disease.

SUBMITTER: Castaldo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3744504 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Soluble variants of human recombinant glutaminyl cyclase.

Castaldo Cristiana C   Ciambellotti Silvia S   de Pablo-Latorre Raquel R   Lalli Daniela D   Porcari Valentina V   Turano Paola P  

PloS one 20130815 8


Recombinant human Glutaminyl Cyclase expressed in E. coli is produced as inclusion bodies. Lack of glycosylation is the main origin of its accumulation in insoluble aggregates. Mutation of single isolated hydrophobic amino acids into negative amino acids was not able to circumvent inclusion bodies formation. On the contrary, substitution with carboxyl-terminal residues of two or three aromatic residues belonging to extended hydrophobic patches on the protein surface provided soluble but still ac  ...[more]

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