@article {10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.17.21, article_type = {journal}, title = {Purification of A Recombinant Thrombin-like Enzyme, Gloshedobin by Egg Yolk Antibody-Coupled Adsorbents}, author = {Yang, Qing and Lei, Xuyu and Xu, Jianqiang and An, Lijia}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, year = {2005}, month = {Mar}, pages = {17-21}, doi = {10.3844/ajbbsp.2005.17.21}, url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajbbsp.2005.17.21}, abstract = {The gloshedobin, a snake venom thrombin-like enzyme was biosynthesized in the soluble form and purified by egg yolk antibody-coupled adsorbents from E. coli. As His-tag is not favored from the point of view of high-level and soluble expression, we herein constructed a recombinant gloshedobin without His-tag and developed a novel egg yolk antibody (IgY)-immunoaffinity chromatography for its purification in a higher activity yield. The purification process involving Octyl Sepharose FF, IgY-immunoaffinity chromatography and Source Q, yielded 454.7U mg1 protein of interest and 34.8% activity recovery. The anti-gloshedobin IgY was obtained from eggs by injecting diluted gloshedobin into the breast muscle of laying hens and then purified by several steps including 3.5%, 8.5% and 12% polyethylene glycol-6000 precipitation and affinity chromatography using gloshedobin-coupled agarose gel. The obtained IgY was covalently linked to CNBr pre-activated agarose gel, Sepharose 4B FF, to yield immunoaffinity adsorbents. Both immunological and enzymatic activities of the purified enzyme were determined by western-blotting analysis and fibrinogen clotting assay, respectively.}, journal = {American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology}, publisher = {Science Publications} }