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  • Title: Refolding and recovery of recombinant human matrix metalloproteinase 7 (matrilysin) from inclusion bodies expressed by Escherichia coli.
    Author: Oneda H, Inouye K.
    Journal: J Biochem; 1999 Nov; 126(5):905-11. PubMed ID: 10544284.
    Abstract:
    The recombinant prepro-form of human matrix metalloproteinase 7 (matrilysin or MMP-7) was overexpressed in Escherichia coli as insoluble inclusion bodies. The recombinant protein was refolded by 100-fold dilution after solubilization with 6 M guanidine HCl. The refolding was monitored by the recovery of matrilysin activity. The addition of either 1.0 M arginine or 0.1% Brij-35 promoted remarkably the refolding. The refolding was dependent on pH and temperature, with lower temperature (<10 degrees C) and pH 6-8 preferable. Glutathione had no effect on refolding, and it was excluded from the refolding conditions. Starting with inclusion bodies (2.0 g, wet) containing 360 mg protein, 29.5 mg of pro-matrilysin (30 kDa) was obtained after refolding with 1.0% Brij-35 at pH 7.5 and 4 degrees C for 12 h. Pro-matrilysin (24.0 mg) was purified to homogeneity by cation-exchange HPLC with a 15-fold increase in purity and an activity yield of 81.3%. Pro-matrilysin was converted entirely to matrilysin (19.0 kDa; 15.2 mg) by activation with a mercuric reagent. The activity (k(cat)/K(m)) of matrilysin was 1.7 x 10(5) M(-1) x s(-1).
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