Recombinant-derived interleukin-1α stabilized against specific deamidation
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Protein Engineering, Design and Selection
- Vol. 1 (5), 413-417
- https://doi.org/10.1093/protein/1.5.413
Abstract
Recombinant-derived human interleukln-1α (IL-1α), purified from Escherichia coli, was resolved by isoelectric focusing on polyacrylamide gels into two species of isoelectric points (pI) 5.45 and 5.20, which constituted ∽75% and ∽25% of the total IL-1α protein respectively. The pI 5.45 and pI 5.20 species were separated by chromatofocusing and subjected to N-terminal sequence analysis. The pI 5.45 species contained the expected Asn residue at position 36 of the mature protein sequence whereas the pI 5.20 species contained an Asp residue at the same position. A mutant protein in which Asn-36 was substituted for a Ser residue was isolated from E.coli and shown to be homogeneous on isoelectric focusing analysis with a pI = 5.45. 1H-n.m.r. and circular dichroism analyses of wild-type and the mutant IL-1α indicated a similar conformation which was also indicated by the identical receptor binding affinities of IL-1α with Asn, Asp or Ser in position 36. The mutant protein was stabilized against specific base catalysed and temperature-induced deamidation, and may be more suitable than the wild-type position for physical and structural studies.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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