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BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 953-959Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm9014039
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- European Commission [G5RD-CT-200200738]
- Swedish Research Council, Formas and Vinnova
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We have recently shown that it is possible to recombinantly produce a miniature spider silk protein, 4RepCT, that spontaneously self-assembles into mechanically stable macroscopic fibers (Stark, M.; Grip, S.; Rising, A.; Hedhammar, M.; Engstrom, W.; Hjalm, G.; Johansson, J. Macroscopic fibers self-assembled from recombinant miniature spider silk proteins. Biomacromolecules 2007, 8 (5), 1695-1701). When produced as a soluble fusion protein (with thioredoxin) in Escherichia con, the spider silk protein can be subjected to several purification steps without aggregating. Here, combined purification and endotoxin removal is achieved using a simple cell wash procedure, protein affinity purification, and LIDS depletion. No toxic chemicals were included in the process and the protein retained its ability to self-assemble into fibers. With this method, fibers with pyrogenicity corresponding to less than 1 EU/mg could be recovered. Moreover, the fibers could be sterilized through autoclaving with retained morphology, structure, and mechanical properties. This implies that this recombinant silk is suitable for usage as biomaterial, which is further supported by data showing that the fibers allow growth of human primary fibroblasts.
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