PMID- 12767817 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040317 LR - 20191107 IS - 1046-5928 (Print) IS - 1046-5928 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 2 DP - 2003 Jun TI - Overexpression and purification of isotopically labeled Escherichia coli MutH for NMR studies. PG - 252-8 AB - MutH is one of the enzymes involved in the methyl directed -GATC-based DNA repair system. We report a significantly optimized protocol to prepare isotopically (15N and/or 13C) labeled MutH in minimal medium with high yields for NMR studies. Under the various conditions that we have standardized for the affinity purification of His(6) MutH, the yield of the purified MutH has been estimated to be 35-40 mg of protein from 1liter of M9 minimal media. The yield, thus, obtained by this method is significantly higher than those of previously reported methods. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectroscopy analysis revealed that the protein was pure and existed essentially in a monomeric form. Uniformly 15N-labeled protein, thus, produced has been characterized by recording a sensitivity enhanced 2D [15N]-[1H] HSQC spectrum. The dispersion seen in 15N-1H cross-peaks indicates the presence of a well-ordered structure for MutH and proper folding of the purified protein. The spectrum confirms further the existence of MutH as a monomer. FAU - Dutta, Arnob AU - Dutta A AD - Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India. FAU - Rao, Basuthkar J AU - Rao BJ FAU - Chary, Kandala V R AU - Chary KV LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Protein Expr Purif JT - Protein expression and purification JID - 9101496 RN - 0 (Carbon Isotopes) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Escherichia coli Proteins) RN - 0 (Nitrogen Isotopes) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - EC 3.1.- (Endodeoxyribonucleases) RN - EC 3.1.21.- (methyl-directed mismatch repair protein, E coli) RN - EC 6.5.1.- (DNA Repair Enzymes) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Carbon Isotopes MH - Chromatography, Affinity MH - DNA Repair MH - *DNA Repair Enzymes MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*biosynthesis/*chemistry/isolation & purification MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MH - Endodeoxyribonucleases/*biosynthesis/*chemistry/isolation & purification MH - Escherichia coli/*enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Escherichia coli Proteins MH - Isotope Labeling/methods MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Nitrogen Isotopes MH - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular/methods MH - Protein Conformation MH - Recombinant Proteins/biosynthesis/chemistry/isolation & purification MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/methods EDAT- 2003/05/28 05:00 MHDA- 2004/03/18 05:00 CRDT- 2003/05/28 05:00 PHST- 2003/05/28 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/03/18 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/05/28 05:00 [entrez] AID - S1046592803000561 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s1046-5928(03)00056-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Protein Expr Purif. 2003 Jun;29(2):252-8. doi: 10.1016/s1046-5928(03)00056-1.