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Re: [ccp4bb]: Se-met protein



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Dear Kostas :

If you have no other choice that pBAD vector, my suggestion will be to
use a complex medium supplemented with Se-Met (insted of the minimal
one) to obtain an Se-enriched protein. Sometimes it works.

Other possible choice could involve the screening of other carbon
sources for the minimal medium. I don't know what strain are you using
for expression ..

Best regards

Francisco
 


On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 11:55, Konstantinos Beis wrote:
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> Dear All,
> I have to grow selenomethionine derivative protein for MAD collection. I 
> have my gene in a pBAD vector and it is arabinose inducible. Unfortunately 
> I cannot follow the SeMet incorporation by metabolic inhibition (VanDuyne 
> G.D. et. al. (1993) LJM, 229, 105-124) due to the fact that the minimal 
> media have glucose as the carbon source, and this will repress the 
> expression of the gene from the ara promotor. I can only use the pBAD 
> system for my protein. Is there any other way/modification of the above 
> protocol that I could grow Se-met protein in the pBAD vector? Any 
> suggestions are welcomed.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kostas
> 
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