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BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 70, Issue 11, Pages 2641-2645Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60245
Keywords
lactoferrin; Rhodococcus; gene expression; antibacterial activity; milk
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A Rhodococcus erythropolis expression system for the bovine lactoferrin C-lobe was constructed. The DNA fragments encoding the BLF C-lobe were amplified and cloned into vector pTip LCH1.2. R. erythropolis carrying the pTip-C-lobe was cultured at 30 degrees C with shaking, and expression of the rBLF C-lobe was induced by adding 1 mu g/ml (final concentration) thiostrepton. The rBLF C-lobe was isolated in native and denatured (8 M urea) form by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. To obtain a bioactive rBLF C-lobe, the protein isolated in the denatured form was refolded by stepwise dialysis against refolding buffers. The antibacterial activity of the rBLF C-lobe was tested by the filter-disc plate assay method. The refolded rBLF C-lobe demonstrated antibacterial activity against selected strains of Escherichia coli.
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