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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 790, Issue 1-2, Pages 317-325Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S1570-0232(03)00168-5
Keywords
Porphyridium cruentum; expanded-bed adsorption chromatography; preparative chromatography; phycoerythrins; pigments; phycobiliproteins; proteins
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B-Phycoerythrin (B-PE) is a major light-harvesting pigment of microalgae. Due to its high fluorescence efficiency and its intense and unique pink color, it is widely used as a fluorescent probe and analytical reagent as well as being employed as a natural dye in foods and cosmetics. Tedious methodologies for B-PE purification have been published. In this work we present a new, fast, preparative and scaleable two-step chromatographic method for B-PE purification from the red microalga Porphyridium cruentum. Initially, phycobiliproteins were released from the microalga cells by osmotic shock and captured by applying the centrifuged cell suspension to a column containing 74 ml Streamline-DEAE equilibrated with 50 MM acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer, pH 5.5, using expanded-bed adsorption chromatography at an upward flow of 200 cm h(-1). After adsorption, washing was carried out in the expanded-bed mode. Having removed unbound proteins and cellular debris, the bed was allowed to sediment and a B-PE-rich solution was eluted with a downward flow of the same 250 mM buffer. In order to obtain pure B-PE, we utilized conventional ion-exchange chromatography with a column of DEAE-cellulose loaded directly with the eluate from Streamline-DEAE and developed using a discontinuous gradient of acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer, pH 5.5. With this new methodology, 66% of B-PE contained in the biomass of the microalgae was recovered, a value significantly higher than those obtained following other methodologies. The B-PE purity was tested using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and spectroscopic characterization. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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