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− | To purify this protein from cell lysate, we used the New England Biolabs Chitin Magnetic Beads protein purification kit, which isolates proteins that bind to chitin-coated magnetic beads. The following gel image shows that BBa_K1499401 (nicknamed C2) was successfully purified with the chitin magnetic beads, suggesting that it exhibits chitin-binding activity | + | To purify this protein from cell lysate, we used the New England Biolabs Chitin Magnetic Beads protein purification kit, which isolates proteins that bind to chitin-coated magnetic beads. The following gel image shows that BBa_K1499401 (nicknamed C2) was successfully purified with the chitin magnetic beads, suggesting that it exhibits chitin-binding activity. |
[[File:SBSiGEM2014_Wasp_Protein_Gel_Chitin.png|500px|thumb|center|<b>Figure 1.</b> C1 (BBa_K1499400) and C2 (BBa_K1499401) after chitin magnetic bead purification. C2 was successfully purified with chitin magnetic beads, suggesting that this protein has functional chitin-binding domains as predicted by PSI-BLAST.]] | [[File:SBSiGEM2014_Wasp_Protein_Gel_Chitin.png|500px|thumb|center|<b>Figure 1.</b> C1 (BBa_K1499400) and C2 (BBa_K1499401) after chitin magnetic bead purification. C2 was successfully purified with chitin magnetic beads, suggesting that this protein has functional chitin-binding domains as predicted by PSI-BLAST.]] |
Revision as of 00:53, 25 October 2014
To purify this protein from cell lysate, we used the New England Biolabs Chitin Magnetic Beads protein purification kit, which isolates proteins that bind to chitin-coated magnetic beads. The following gel image shows that BBa_K1499401 (nicknamed C2) was successfully purified with the chitin magnetic beads, suggesting that it exhibits chitin-binding activity.
Applications of BBa_K1499401
The protein encoded by this gene has shown potential chitin-binding activity. Pending assays for cellulose-binding activity and hydrophobicity, this protein could be used to waterproof chitin- and cellulose-based biomaterials – specifically in our case, fungal mycelium and bacterial cellulose.
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