HCV E2 Prodaryotic system Gene expression Purification
Abstract: Rceomdinant plasmid pET-E2 was transformed into BL21 (DE3) competent cell, then induced the amplified culture with IPTG. There was a 34 kDa band in SDS-PAGE gel. The molecular weight of the expressed protein was comsistent to that of deduced E2 protein. Tested by western-blot, It showed that the product was HCV E2 protein. It contained a six-Histidine tag and aggregated into the inclusion body. Computer scan analysis showed the protein interested took the percentage more than 36 of the total bacterial proteins and the rate of purification was higher than 95% after purified by Ni-column. The activity of pruified E2 protein was tested by ELISA. The result showed that the 5/15 HCVpositive sera had anti-E2 antibody, and the other 5 negative HCV sera hadn’t anti-E2 antibody