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Protein Purification

Protein purification LabJournal entries before July 2015

30.06.2015

pIG15_1301 C43

in this experiment the protein anti dihydroxyacid dehydratase (His-Tag) should be purified by Ni-NTA

  • 500ml culture was harvested by centrifugation, 5000xg, 20min, 4°C
  • for cell disruption the pellet (4g) was resuspended in 30ml lysis buffer (20mM NaH2PO4, 300mM NaCl, 10mM Imidazol, pH 8,0)
  • sonification was performed 5min, 6xcycles on ice
  • afterwards 1:1000 PMSF (stock 300mM) was added
  • to get rid of the inclusion bodies, the cell lysate was centrifuged 10 000xg, 30min, 4°C
  • the supernatant was used for the protein purification

Protein purification

  • 400ul slurry of the Ni-NTA beads were equilibrated with 2ml lysis buffer (2x times)
  • supernatant and beads were incubated for 1h, 4°C under rotating conditions
  • by centrifugation (500xg, 1min, 4°C) the flowthrough was taken und stored on ice for furhter SDS-PAGE Analysis
  • the beads were washed five times with wash buffer (20mM NaH2PO4, 300mM NaCl, 20mM Imidazol, pH 8,0)
  • to improve the washing step the imidazole concentration was increased up to 30mM for one washing step
  • for the elution of anti dehydroxyacid dehydratase, 500ul of the elution buffer (20mM NaH2PO4, 300mM NaCl, 500mM Imidazol, pH 8,0) was used. The elution was performed five times.
  • the samples are stored at -80°C

Results

protein purification of pIG15_1301 (74kDa with gIII and 36kDa without gIII only VL and VH) by Ni-NTA beads, 12%SDS-PAGE Analysis

To confirm, whether the gIII (secretion signal to periplasm) is cleaved off, western blot should be performed with anti-His Tag antibdoy.

pET_Spy catcher C43

  • transformation of the pET_Spy catcher in C43 competent cells (Amp+Cml)

29.06.2015

pIG15_1301 C43

  • 500ml LB-medium was inoculated with 5ml o/n culture C43+pIG15_1301 [Amp+Cml]
  • cells were grown until OD600~0.5
  • the expression of the protein was induced with 0.5mM IPTG and set to 30°C o/n

pQE GFP nT, pQE GFP H2x6His, pQE HA mCherry 2x6His

  • cells were harvested by centrifugation (20 min, 5000 g)
  • supernatant was slightly colored but discarded
  • cells were resuspended in 10 mL lysis buffer per 100 mL cell culture
  • disruption with sonification (70% power, 5 min, mode 6)
  • removal of cell debris by centrifugation (4°C, 15000 g, 30 min)
  • supernatant was aliquoted (1 mL) and shock frozen in liquid nitrogen
  • stored @ -20 °C
  • glycerol stocks of all three transformations were done (shock freeze in liquid nitrogen, store @ -80°C)

28.06.2015

pIG15_1301 C43

glycerol stock was done (shock freeze in liquid nitrogen, store @ -80°C)

Experiment

  • 30°C sample (25ml) was harvested by centrifugation, 20 min 5000xg, separated in 10 ml fractions
  • the pellets of 10 ml cell culture were treated differently → cell disruption by sonification and periplasmic preparation, respectively.
  • for sonification the pellets of 30°C and 37°C were resuspend in 5ml lysis puffer (20mM NaH2PO4, 300mM NaCl, 10mM Imidazol)
  • sonification: 5 min, 6xcycle
  • addition of PMSF (stock 300mM) 1:1000
  • centrifugation 10 000xg, 30min, 4°C to pellet the inclusion bodies
  • the supernatant was transfered into a new falcon, pellet was resuspended in the equal volume of lysis buffer
  • periplasmic preparation was performed accroding to the protocol. periplasmic preparation
  • 12.5% SDS-PAGE Analysis was realized to check, whether the protein is soluble as well for comparison of the different cell disruption methods

Result

12.5% SDS-PAGE Analysis. Cell disruption of C43 E.colistrain with the construct pIG15_1301
  • anti-dehydroxyacid dehydratase is about 74kDa.
  • the protein seems to soluble.
  • some mistakes occur during the loaoding process of the samples

pIG15_1301 C43

  • 5ml o/n culture of C43 + pIG15_1301 for large scale over expression [Amp+Cml]

pQE GFP nT, pQE GFP H2x6His, pQE HA mCherry 2x6His

  • 1 Ml of o/N cultures was used to inoculate 100 mL LB-Medium (amp) for day-culture
  • colonies were grown at 37°C 200 rpm
  • at an OD600 of 0.5 (228 min post inoculation) samples were induced with 1 mM IPTG
  • culture growth was followed by OD-measurement

  • o/N cultures were set up for glycerol stocks

27.06.2015

pIG15_1301 C43

  • 2x 25 ml LB-Medium inoculated with 1ml o/n culure, grown until OD600 ~ 0.5, 37°C
  • induced with IPTG 0.5mM and 1mM, respectively.
  • samples were splitted to two different temperatures: 37°C (0.5 mM IPTG) + 30°C (1mM IPTG)
  • sample with the condition 37°C + 0.5mM IPTG were harvested 4h after induction
  • the 30°C, 1mM IPTG sample was grown over night.

Competent cells TOP10 + C43

pQE GFP nT, pQE GFP H2x6His, pQE HA mCherry 2x6His

  • two colonies from each transformation were picked an striven out on plate
  • plates were grown over day
  • from each plate (and thus from each plasmid) one 3mL o/N culture was set up

26.06.2015

  • o/n culture of C43 (Cml resistance) for competent cells [5ml]
  • o/n culture of TOP10 cells for competent cells [5ml]
  • o/n culture C43 (Cml) + pIG15_1301 (antibody for dihdroxyacid dehydratase) (Amp) [2ml]

pQE GFP nT, pQE GFP H2x6His, pQE HA mCherry 2x6His

  • plasmids were obtained from AG Roth
  • Transformation with Rosetta cells
  • grown o/n on plate

25.06.2015

  • TOP10 + C43 (new expression strain from Toolbox) on plate with no and Cml, respectively.

pIG15_1301 C43

In this experiment VL and VH [anti dehydroxy dehydratase] (pHAL15 plasmid received from the research group Meyer et al.) should be expressed in E.coli. The protein itself (pIG15_1501) is purified already and stored in -80°C; but not desalted!

  • Trafo acorrding to the protocoll C43 (Cml) + pIG15_1301 (antibody for dihdroxyacid dehydratase) (Amp)
  • C43 with pRARE plasmid: new expression strain (Toolbox)
  • recommendation: two conditions:
  • 1. after induction (1mM IPTG) 30°C, o/n
  • 2. after induction (0.5mM IPTG) 37°C, 4h

10.06.2015

pIG15_1601 BL21: cell lysis

Experiment
Results

Also after changing the expression strain to BL21 there seems to be no effective expression of the protein in the soluble fraction.

09.06.2015

pIG15_1601 BL21: culture

Experiment
  • 4x 100 mL LB-medium 100 µg/mL Amp & 25 µg / mL Cml inoculated with 1 mL o/n culture per flask
  • growth of culture until OD600 = 0.5
  • Induction with 0.1 mM or 0.01 mM IPTG for half of the flasks each
  • took samples (10 mL) before induction, after 2h & 4h after induction
  • harvested cells were stored on ice

08.06.15

Purification pIG15_1601 Rosetta

Experiment
  • 2x 500 µL regenerated Ni-NTA beads were equilibrated in Lysis buffer by 3x washing with Lysis buffer
  • Cell lysate supernatants from the 2h and 4h samples of 18°C or 24°C respectively were combined and inoculated with ~ 500 µL of regenerated bead suspension
  • samples were incubated o/n on 4°C with slight agitation

Rock'N'Roller stood still the next morning

Results

Resulting protein concentration: blanked with elution buffer

Temperature Fraction c [mg/mL] 260/280
18°C E1 0.049 1.27
18°C E2 0.032 1.36
18°C E3 0.036 1.65
18°C E4 0.010 2.39
18°C E5 0.004 4.59
28°C E1 -0.059 0.15
28°C E2 -0.013 -2.02
28°C E3 -0.004 -6.07
28°C E4 -0.008 -2.05
28°C E5 -0.002 -9.54

A control with RNAse free water at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the measurement resultet in consistent values of about -0.058 mg/L. A measurement of the elution buffer at the end resulted in -0.01.

→ The measurement itself seems reliable

Purifcation of the pooled supernatants of 18°C 2h & 4h and 28°C 2h & 4h respectively. In every purification in total 20 mL of 100 mL culture were used. Gel 1 of 2.
Gel 2 of 2

After Elution with 500 mM imidazole there is protein visible at 65 kDa, the actual weight of the pIG15_1501 Salmonella-Antigen.

Still no reliable amount of enriched protein visible!
Protein visible at the weight of the pIG15_1501 antigen → beads were not clean after regeneration
Next time: include an additional debinding step using a very high imidazole concentration before regeneration of the beads

pIG15_1601 BL21 culture

Experiment
  • started o/n culture of pIG15_1601 BL21 pLys in AMp/Cml

05.06.15

pIG15_1601 Rosetta

considerations
  • To check for the induction of the transgenic sequence a whole cell lysate was performed
  • The localization of the protein in inclusion bodies should be checked on by differential centrifugation
Results
12.5% SDS PAGE of 1 ml E. coli Rosetta pIG15_1601 total cell lysates (15 µl sample). The Salmonella antigen may be the upper band at 85.47 kDa.
12.5% SDS PAGE of 10 ml E. coli Rosetta pIG15_1601 cell lysates. Gel 1 of 3. The Salmonella antigen may be the upper band at 85.47 kDa.
Gel 2 of 3.
Gel 3 of 3
Annotated gel picture of the cell lysis. black: double bands may indicate the desired protein expression. orange: absence of double bands.

In the whole cell lysates there is no clear protein band visible
Thought of a double band wherefrom the upper on may be consist of the desired protein of about 85 kDa (signified with arrows)
→ Try the purification of the supernatants from the overepxression test for further confirmation

04.06.15

pIG15_1601 Rosetta

Experiment
  • 12% SDS-PAGE Analysis for 1 ml samples of pIG15_1601 from 3.6 was performed (15µl sample, 4µl marker was applied)
  • frozen and o/n pellets were resuspend in 5 ml lysis buffer and sonificated
  • PMSF (300mM Stock) 1:1000 was added
  • 12% SDS-PAGE Analysis was performed

03.06.15

pIG15_1601 Rosetta

Experiment
  • 5x 100 ml LB-medium was inoculated with 1ml o/n culture and grown at 37°C until the OD600 ~ 0.5
  • cells were induced with 1mM and 0.1mM IPTG, respectively
  • and distributed to different temperatures: 37°C, 28°C and 18°C each with one IPTG concentration, for 37°C only 0.1 mM IPTG was used
  • take 10 ml and 1 ml samples at each timepoint (2h, 4h and o/n after induction)
  • centrifuge the 10ml samples for 20min at max. speed
  • the 1ml samples of each timepoint for SDS-PAGE Analysis, → centrifuge at maximum speed, discard supernatant and add 200 of 2,5x SDS Loading Dye. Boil samples for 10 min, 95°C

01.06.15

pIG15_1601 Rosetta

Experiment
  • streaked pIG15_1601 in Rosetta (Glycerolstock) on Cml/Amp plate → for further overespression experiments (testing several temperatures)

30.05.15

  • SDS-PAGE with samples from 29.05.
  • Coomassie-Staining for 20 min
  • Destaining

29.05.15

bead regeneration

Ni-NTA-beads were regenerated according to bead regeneration protocol.

pIG15_1501 and pIG15_1601: protein purification

Experiment
  • the o/n incubated beads were centrifuged for 1min, 500xg; the supernatant was labeld as flow-through and stored on ice
  • 2ml of wash buffer (20mM NaH2PO4, 300mM NaCl, 20mM IPTG) was added, 1min, 500xg
  • the supernatant was taken off and collected for further analysis
  • the washing step was repeated 5x times
  • for elution the buffer of 20mM NaH2PO4, 300mM NaCl and 500mM Imidazole was used.
  • elution was performed in 500ul in five steps
  • for analysis of the purification a SDS-PAGE Gel (12%) was used
  • of each step 9ul sample + 6ul 2,5x SDS-Loading Dye was used
Results
protein purification of pIG15_1501 and pIG_1601. Elution was performed with 500mM Imidazole. FT=flow-through, W=wash; E=elution

protein concentration in eluate pIG15_1501

Eluate # Concentration [mg/mL] 260/280
1 10 0.62
2 7.39 0.75
3 2.59 0.71
4 0.91 0.70
5 0.45 0.78

Using NanoDrop 2000c

protein concentration in eluate pIG15_1601

Eluate # Concentration [mg/mL] 260/280
1 0.34 1.89
2 0.22 1.83
3 0.52 1.80
4 0.31 1.89
5 0.20 1.98

Using NanoDrop 2000c

The 63.81 kDa His-tagged putative dihydroxyacid dehydratase (S. typhimurium) was clearly enriched in the gel what could be confirmed in nanodrop-analysis!
For pIG15_1601 there is no enrichtment visible
The unspecific binding of E. coli proteins in this sample may be used to estimate unspecific signal

pIG15_803: Cell lysis

Experiment

deviation from cell lysis protocol:

  • frozen pellets were resuspend in 5 ml lysis buffer and sonificated
  • PMSF (300mM Stock) 1:1000 was added
  • 12% SDS-PAGE Analysis was performed
Results
cell disruption of pIG15_803, BL21 by sonification. s=supernatant; p=pellet.
cell disruption of pIG15_803, BL21 by sonification. s=supernatant; p=pellet.

There is no enrichment visible of the 15 kDa target protein

28.05.15

pIG15_803: overexpression test

Experiment
  • 6x 100 ml LB-medium was inoculated with 1ml o/n culture and grown at 37°C until the OD600 ~ 0.5
  • cells were induced with 1mM and 0.1mM IPTG, respectively
  • and distributed to different temperatures: 37°C, 28°C and 18°C each with one IPTG concentration
  • take 10 ml samples at each timepoint (2h, 4h and o/n after induction)
  • centrifuge the 10ml samples for 20min at max. speed
  • the 1ml samples of each timepoint for SDS-PAGE Analysis, → centrifuge at maximum speed, discard supernatant and add 200 of 2,5x SDS Loading Dye. Boil samples for 10 min, 95°C
Results
Whole cell lysate of E.coli BL21 transformed with pIG15_803 and samples taken after 2h, 4h or o/n at 18, 28 and 37°C as indicated. Inducation was performed with 1 mM or 0.1 mM IPTG. The Herpes antigen should be visible at 15.1 kDa. 12% SDS-PAGE Analysis


The gel does not show any enrichment of protein at 15 kDa

pIG15_1501 and pIG_1601: sonification

Experiment
  • cell pellet (10ml sample) were resuspend in 5ml lysis buffer (20mM NaH2PO4, 300mM Nacl, 10mM Imidazole), cell pellet of the 500ml culture was resuspend in 10nml lysis buffer.
  • cells were sonificated for 5min, with 6 cycles.
  • after the sonification 1:1000 PMSF (stock 300mM) was added to each sample. PMSF is s protease inhibitor
  • disrupted cells were centrifuged for 30 min, 10 000xg
  • the supernatant was transferred in a new falcon and the pellet in the equal volume resuspended
  • 9ul of each sample were taken for SDS-PAGE Analysis with 6ul of 2,5x SDS-Loading Dye
  • for further analysis a 12% SDS-PAGE Gel was used
Results
sonification of cells: Rosetta with the construct pIG15_1501 and pIG1601, respectively. s=supernatant fraction, p=pellet fraction

in the 3h samples the target protein seems to be in the supernatant (in pIG15_1501 and pIG15_1601)
therefore both supernatant were used for the protein purification step

remark (02.06.15): pIG15_1601 contains the target protein only in the pellet. Further experiments have to be done.

protein purification pIG15_1501 and pIG1601

  • 400ul slurry of the Ni-NTA agarose were transferred in a new falcon (cut tips!!)
  • after centrifugation 2min, 500xg, the supernatant was discarded
  • the beads were equlibrated with the lysis buffer
  • after equlibration the supernatant was added, and incubated o/n, 4°C (keep the falcons rolling)

27.05.15

pIG15_803

Experiment
  • o/n culture of transformed pIG15_803 8 in BL21 [psbc3 backbone + Herpes simplex] (Cml) for overexpression test. [picked several clones]

26.05.15

pIG15_1501 & pIG15_1601: 12%SDS-PAGE Analysis of overexpression

Experiment
  • load 10 ul of each sample [before induction, 1h, 2h,3h, o/n] + 5µl prestained marker thermo scientifc
  • stain gel with Coomassie staining solution for 30 min, wash gel with water and destain it with the „destain solution“
Results
overexpression test of pIG15_1501 (Amp) and pIG15_1601 (Amp) in Rosetta, induced with 1mM IPTG

pIG15_803 BL21 Transformation

Experiment
  • pIG15_803 8 in BL21 [psbc3 backbone + Herpes simplex] (Cml)
  • for overexpression test.

25.05.15

pIG15_1501 & pIG15_1601: overexpression

Experiments
  • 500 ml LB-Medium Amp/Cml + o/n culture (5ml) [24.05.15]
  • 37°C, 200 rpm
  • grow until OD600 ~ 0.5
  • take sample before induction
  • add 500ul IPTG [final conc. 1mM]
  • take every hour 20 ml sample after induction; 500ml sample after 3h → freeze pellets -20°C
  • take also 1ml sample of each timepoint for SDS-PAGE Analysis, –> centrifuge at maximum speed, discard supernatant and add 200 of 2,5x SDS Loading Dye. Boil samples for 10 min, 95°C
  • store at RT until SDS-PAGE Analysis

24.05.15

  • 500 ml each (amp+cml) + o/n culture

→ wrong plasmids, new transformation with the right ones

Trafo:

  • pIG15_1501 (amp) [salmonella in pet22a] in Rosetta (cml)
  • His-tagged putative dihydroxyacid dehydratase (S. typhimurium)
  • pIG15_1601 (amp) [salmonella in pet22a] in Rosetta (cml)
  • His-tagged p dimethyl sulph reduct (S. typhimurium)

→ o/n culture (5ml) Amp/Cml of each pIG15_1501, pIG15_1601

23.05.15

  • o/n culture 5 ml each (22.05.15)

22.05.15

Trafo

  • pIG15_501 (amp) in Rosetta (cml)
  • PIG15_601 (amp) in Rosetta (cml)

21.04.15

Trafo (Protocol)

  • pET51b(+) [50ug/ul] 1ul in Rosetta (Cml) and Bl21 (Cml); testing competent cells –> cells are competent and do not have any contamination