Refolding Process of Cysteine-Rich Proteins: Chitinase as a Model

Background: Recombinant proteins overexpressed in E. coli are usually deposited in inclusion bodies. Cysteines in the protein contribute to this process. Inter- and intra- molecular disulfide bonds in chitinase, a cysteine-rich protein, cause aggregation when the recombinant protein is overexpressed...

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Main Authors: Malihe Moghadam, Ali Ganji, Abdolreza Varasteh, Reza Falak, Mojtaba Sankian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Varastegan Institute for Medical Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Reports of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://rbmb.net/article-1-67-en.pdf