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Expression and purification of the N-terminal catalytic domain of human ACE in E. coli yielded about 12 mg of protein per liter with a conformation consistent with testis ACE.
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The study establishes a purification procedure enabling the production of an isotopically labeled ACE-N protein fragment for structural studies in solution by NMR spectroscopy.
We have cloned, over expressed, and purified one of the two catalytic domains (residues Ala361 to Gly468, ACE-N) of human somatic angiotensin-I converting enzyme in Escherichia coli. This construct represents the N-catalytic domain including the two binding motifs and the 23 amino acid spacers as well as some amino acid residues before and after the motifs that might help in correct conformation. The overexpressed protein was exclusively localized to insoluble inclusion bodies. Inclusion bodies were solubilized in an 8-M urea buffer. Purification was carried out by differential centrifugation and gel filtration chromatography under denaturing conditions. About 12 mg of ACE-N peptide per liter of bacterial culture was obtained. The integrity of recombinant protein domain was confirmed by ESI/MS. Structural analysis using CD spectroscopy has shown that, in the presence of TFE, the ACE-N protein fragment has taken a conformation, which is consistent with the one found in testis ACE by X-ray crystallography. This purification procedure enables the production of an isotopically labeled protein fragment for structural studying in solution by NMR spectroscopy.
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Vamvakas et al. (2006) studied this question. Expression and purification of ACE-N was evaluated on Protein yield and structural conformation. Expression and purification of the N-terminal catalytic domain of human ACE in E. coli yielded about 12 mg of protein per liter with a conformation consistent with testis ACE.
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