Novel affinity tag system using structurally defined antibody-tag interaction: application to single-step protein purification
Nogi, T., Sangawa, T., Tabata, S., Nagae, M., Tamura-Kawakami, K., Beppu, A., Hattori, M., Yasui, N., Takagi, J.(2008) Protein Sci 17: 2120-2126
- PubMed: 18787202 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1110/ps.038299.108
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2ZPK - PubMed Abstract: 
Biologically important human proteins often require mammalian cell expression for structural studies, presenting technical and economical problems in the production/purification processes. We introduce a novel affinity peptide tagging system that uses a low affinity anti-peptide monoclonal antibody. Concatenation of the short recognition sequence enabled the successful engineering of an 18-residue affinity tag with ideal solution binding kinetics, providing a low-cost purification means when combined with nondenaturing elution by water-miscible organic solvents. Three-dimensional information provides a firm structural basis for the antibody-peptide interaction, opening opportunities for further improvements/modifications.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Laboratory of Protein Synthesis and Expression, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.