Production of a functional dihydrofolate synthase with a cleavable poly-His tag in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Onisha Patel, Laura A Castelli, Ross Fernley, Peter Coloe, Ian Macreadie

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Abstract

Polyhistidine-tagged dihydrofolate synthase (DHFS) has been produced in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, using a Cu2+-inducible expression system. The tagged DHFS is functional in vivo and was purified using immobilised metal affinity chromatography. A linker of a minimal size allows efficient cleavage of the poly-His tag using thrombin. At least 10 mg of pure DHFS can be recovered per litre of culture.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)657 - 662
Number of pages6
JournalBiotechnology Letters
Volume24
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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