Feb 02, 2024

Very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR)-C-tag purification from HEK293E cells

  • Andreas Bracher1,
  • Patricia Yuste-Checa1,
  • F Ulrich Hartl1
  • 1Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
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Protocol CitationAndreas Bracher, Patricia Yuste-Checa, F Ulrich Hartl 2024. Very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR)-C-tag purification from HEK293E cells. protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.j8nlkoqw1v5r/v1
License: This is an open access  protocol  distributed under the terms of the  Creative Commons Attribution License,  which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
We use this protocol and it's working
Created: January 25, 2024
Last Modified: May 31, 2024
Protocol  Integer ID: 94601
Keywords: ASAPCRN, tag purification from hek293e cell, tag protein from hek293e cell, hek293e cell, density lipoprotein receptor, lipoprotein receptor, tag protein, vldlr, tag purification, purification, protein
Funders Acknowledgements:
Aligning Science Across Parkinson's
Grant ID: ASAP-000282
Abstract
This protocol details how to purify recombinant Very low-density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR)-C-tag protein from HEK293E cells.
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Materials
Buffers

  • Binding buffer:
AB
Tris-HCl pH 7.220 mM
NaCl100 mM
CaCl20.5 mM
  • Elution buffer:
AB
Tris-HCl pH 7.020 mM
MgCl2 2 M
CaCl22 mM 
FreeStyle™ 293 Expression MediumThermo FisherCatalog #12338018
CaptureSelect™ tPA Affinity MatrixThermo FisherCatalog #2943430005
Amersham NAP-25 ColumnsCytivaCatalog #17-0852-01

VLDLR-C-tag expression
Express VLDLR-C-tag in HEK293E cells cultured in FreeStyle 293 Expression Medium for 96:00:00

4d
Centrifuge culture and keep conditioned medium.
Dialyze 300 mL conditioned medium Overnight against 10 L Binding buffer.

CaptureSelect C-tag affinity chromatography
Load dialyzed conditioned medium onto a CaptureSelect C-tag affinity column previously equilibrated with binding buffer (column volume, CV: 4 mL slurry for 300 mL dialyzed media) by gravity flow at 4 °C .

Wash the column with 5 CV of Binding buffer.
Elute VLDLR-C-tag protein with 6x 1 mL of Elution buffer. Collect fractions of 1 mL .

Analyze eluted fraction by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie blue staining.


Pool fractions containing VLDLR-C-tag protein.
Exchange protein buffer to Binding buffer with a NAP-25 desalting column previously equilibrated with Binding buffer.
Collect the fractions containing protein, concentrate by ultrafiltration to >1 mg mL-1, aliquot and flash-freeze purified VLDLR-C-tag in liquid nitrogen for storage at -70 °C .
Note
Approximate yield: From 300 ml of conditioned media around 0.6 mg of pure VLDLR-C-tag were obtained. Yield can be significantly increased if the VLDLR chaperone, RAP is co-overexpressed during protein production.