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Escherichia coli PrlC is a trypsin-like proteinase regulating the cell cycle. The Escherichia coli prlC gene has been cloned into the pET28a prokaryotic expression vector. The recombinant fusion protein was produced mostly in the soluble, active form and the expression level amounted to approximately 70% of total protein. The recombinant proteinase was efficiently adsorbed to a resin containing immobilized Ni2+ via its amino terminal fusion hexahistidine tail to give a PrlC proteinase affinity column. The adsorbed fusion proteinase hydrolyzed 4-methylcoumaryl-7-amide of tert-butoxycarbonyl-l-valyl-l-prolyl-l-arginine (Boc-Val-Pro-Arg-NH-Mec), the specific substrate for the trypsin-like proteinase activity of E. coli PrlC.
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Jiang, X., Jin, Z., Cheng, N. et al. Fusion expression of Escherichia coli prlC gene and preparation of PrlC proteinase affinity column. Biotechnology Letters 22, 1741–1745 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005607000906
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