Expression of fluorescent tagged recombinant erythroferrone protein

© 2018 by the Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. Objective: To produce fluorescent tagged recombinant erythroferrone protein (ERFE-eGFP) for laboratory investigations. Methods: Erythroferrone (ERFE) gene was fused to green fluorescent protein (eGFP) gene and cloned in a pSecTag2Hygro pla...

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Main Authors: Min Min Than, Jetsada Ruangsuriya, Chairat Uthaipibull, Somdet Srichairatanakool
Format: Journal
Published: 2018
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http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/62583
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Institution: Chiang Mai University
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Summary:© 2018 by the Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. Objective: To produce fluorescent tagged recombinant erythroferrone protein (ERFE-eGFP) for laboratory investigations. Methods: Erythroferrone (ERFE) gene was fused to green fluorescent protein (eGFP) gene and cloned in a pSecTag2Hygro plasmid. The constructed plasmid was amplified in Escherichia coli DH5 α and the eGFP-fused ERFE (ERFE-eGFP) protein was expressed in human embryonic kidney (HEK293T) cell line. Results: The plasmid constructed from colony C6 contained ERFE-eGFP with the correct restriction sizes of 4.2 kb and expressed secretory ERFE-eGFP fusion protein (approximately size of 75 kDa) in HEK293T cell line. Conclusions: ERFE-eGFP recombinant protein is successfully expressed as a secretory functional protein and could be sensitively detected using fluorometry. This fusion protein might benefit future applications for localization of cellular ERFE receptors and competitive immunoassay of ERFE concentration.