Abstract
Hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) is used as a diagnostic reagent for the detection of hepatitis B virus infection. In this study, immobilized metal affinity-expanded bed adsorption chromatography (IMA-EBAC) was employed to purify N-terminally His-tagged HBcAg from unclarified bacterial homogenate. Streamline Chelating was used as the adsorbent and the batch adsorption experiment showed that the optimal binding pH of His-tagged HBcAg was 8.0 with a binding capacity of 1.8mg per ml of adsorbent. The optimal elution condition for the elution of His-tagged HBcAg from the adsorbent was at pH 7 in the presence of 500mM imidazole and 1.5. M NaCl. The IMA-EBAC has successfully recovered 56% of His-tagged HBcAg from the unclarified E. coli homogenate with a purification factor of 3.64. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) showed that the antigenicity of the recovered His-tagged HBcAg was not affected throughout the IMA-EBAC purification process and electron microscopy revealed that the protein assembled into virus-like particles (VLP).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3473-3480 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Chromatography A |
Volume | 1217 |
Issue number | 21 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- His-tagged HBcAg
- IMA-EBAC
- Streamline Chelating
- Unclarified bacterial homogenate
- Virus-like particles