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Expression and characterization of Flag-epitope- and hexahistidine-tagged derivatives of saxiphilin for use in detection and assay of saxitoxin.
Saxiphilin is a plasma protein from the bullfrog (Rana catesbiana) that binds saxitoxin (STX), a causative agent of paralytic shellfish poisoning. Saxiphilin is homologous to transferrin and consists of two internally homologous domains called the N-lobe and the C-lobe. STX binds to a single site in the C-lobe of saxiphilin. In this study, cloned genes coding for recombinant saxiphilin and C-lobe saxiphilin were modified to contain two tandemly located affinity tags, Flag epitope (DYKDDDDK) and His(6) (HHHHHH), at the protein C-terminus and were expressed in cultured insect cells using baculovirus vectors. Both tagged proteins are readily detected on immunoblots by anti-Flag monoclonal antibody. Flag-His(6)-tagged saxiphilin was purified to homogeneity using Ni(2+)-chelate affinity chromatography and Heparin Sepharose chromatography. Equilibrium analysis of [3H]STX binding to tagged saxiphilin and tagged C-lobe saxiphilin gave K(D) values of 0.75 and 2.7 nM, respectively. Flag-His(6)-tagged saxiphilin was also utilized in a microtiter well solid-phase assay with Reacti-bind metal chelate plates to measure [3H]STX binding and binding competition by unlabeled STX. Such Flag-His(6)-tagged derivatives of saxiphilin have many possible applications in the assay of STX and related toxinological research.
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