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:A procedure is described which employs pepstatin-agarose for the affinity purification of either HIV-1 or HIV-2 protease from two similar recombinant E. coli constructs that were developed for the expression of these enzymes. HIV-2 protease was routinely expressed at much higher levels than the HIV-1 enzyme and pepstatin-agarose was the only chromatography step required to isolate pure HIV-2 protease from crude bacterial lysates. A Mono S ionic exchange step following pepstatin-agarose chromatography was sufficient to bring the HIV-1 protease to homogeneity. Purification of either enzyme can be completed in several days yielding homogeneous preparations suitable for crystallization and other physical characterization.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Rittenhouse J,Turon MC,Helfrich RJ,Albrecht KS,Weigl D,Simmer RL,Mordini F,Erickson J,Kohlbrenner WEdoi
10.1016/0006-291x(90)91356-wsubject
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1990-08-31 00:00:00pages
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1090-2104pii
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171pub_type
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