Research Article

Preparation and Characterization of a Novel Chimeric Protein VEGI-CTT in Escherichia coli

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Expression analysis of recombinant VEGI-CTT in BL21(DE3). (a) Time course analysis of recombinant VEGI-CTT induction in BL21(DE3) induced by 1 IPTG. Protein samples were prepared from the inclusion-body fraction of induced bacterial cells at time points of 2 hours (lane 3), 4 hours (lane 4), 6 hours (lane 5), and 8 hours (lane 6) of the induction, and were resolved on 12% SDS-PAGE. Lane 1: low molecular weight protein markers; lane 2: uninduced control. No difference was found from lane 3 to lane 6 at 2–8 hours. (b) SDS-PAGE analysis of expression and location of the fusion protein VEGI-CTT in the cellular fractions of E. coli. Lane 1: eluted fraction under renaturing conditions with 500 imidazole; lane 2: low molecular weight protein markers; lane 3: the inclusion-body fraction; lane 4: supernatant of cell lysates.
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