mhhhhhhssgvdlgtenlyfqsmGPNFRVGKKIGCGNFGELRLGKNLYTNEYVAIKLEPIKSRAPQLHLEYRFYKQLSATEGVPQVYYFGPCGKYNAMVLELLGPSLEDLFDLCDRTFTLKTVLMIAIQLITRMEYVHTKSLIYRDVKPENFLVGRPGTKRQHAIHIIDFGLAKEYIDPETKKHIPYREHKSLTGTARYMSINTHLGKEQSRRDDLEALGHMFMYFLRGSLPWQGLKADTLKERYQKIGDTKRATPIEVLCENFPEEMATYLRYVRRLDFFEKPDYDYLRKLFTDLFDRS GFVFDYEYDWAGKPLPTPIGTVHTDLPSQPQLRD
Buffers: Binding buffer: 50 mM HEPES pH 7.5, 300mM NaCl,, 20 mM Imidazole. Wash buffer 1: 50 mM HEPES pH 7.5, 1M NaCl, 20mM Imidazole. Wash buffer 2: as for lysis buffer. Elution buffer: 50mM HEPES pH 7.5, 300mM NaCl, 150 mM Imidazole. 5 mL of 50% Ni-NTA slurry (Qiagen) was applied to a 1.5 x 10 cm gravity column. The column was equilibrated with 50 mL binding buffer. The lysate was applied to the column which was subsequently washed with 50 mL wash buffer 1 and 2. CSNK1G2 was eluted with 25 mLs of elution buffer. The eluted protein was collected and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. DTT was added to the protein sample to a final concentration of 5mM. The N-terminal his6-tag was cleaved by incubating the protein overnight with TEV protease.
Column 2: Size exclusion chromatography (Superdex S75, 60 x 1cm)
SEC-Buffers: 50 mM Hepes, pH 7.5, 300 mM NaCl, 5 mM DTT. The fractions eluted of the Ni-affinity chromatography were concentrated to about 4 mLs using Centricon concentrators (10kDa cut off). The concentrated protein was applied to a Superdex S75 column equilibrated in SEC buffer at a flow rate of 0.8 mL/min. CSNK1G2 eluted at 65 minutes corresponding to a retention time of a monomeric protein of that size. Eluted fractions were 95% pure as judged by SDS-PAGE.
Protein concentration: Centricon with a 10kDa cut off in SEC-buffer