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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
Volume 192, Issue -, Pages 130-139Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.09.072
Keywords
Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Aqueous two-phase systems; Alcohol; Salt; Back extraction
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- e-Science fund from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) of Malaysia [02-02-10-SF0290]
- Higher Degree by Research (HDR) scholarship
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The enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) is widely used as a marker in life science. Currently, purifications of the EGFP mostly involve chromatographic methods, which are multistep, time-consuming and costly. In the present study, the recombinant EGFP expressed in Escherichia colt was purified using an economic aqueous two-phase system (ATPS). Short-chain aliphatic alcohol and organic salt were chosen as the phase-forming components owing to their recyclability and biodegradability, respectively. The partition behaviour of EGFP was evaluated under the varying conditions of ATPS, including types and concentrations of phase-forming components, feedstock concentration, and pH. In an optimal primary 2-g ATPS comprising 1-propanol and tripotassium citrate, a high recovery of EGFP (i.e., 92.1%) was attained in the salt-rich bottom phase. To facilitate the easy recovery of purified EGFP, a secondary ATPS was used to back extract the EGFP to a new top ethanol-rich top phase, and the ethanol was removed from the purified EGFP via evaporation. The 1-propanol and ethanol used in the primary and secondary ATPSs (i.e. 20-g system) were successfully recycled in three successive rounds of EGFP purification, yielding the average EGFP purification factor of 11.34 and 75.7% of EGFP yield. The purification of EGFP using the two stages of alcohol + salt ATPSs is efficient in terms of operation time, cost and process scalability.
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