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  • Title: A new strategy for glycoprotein synthesis: ligation of synthetic glycopeptides with truncated proteins expressed in E. coli as TEV protease cleavable fusion protein.
    Author: Tolbert TJ, Franke D, Wong CH.
    Journal: Bioorg Med Chem; 2005 Feb 01; 13(3):909-15. PubMed ID: 15653356.
    Abstract:
    We report here the use of TEV protease cleavable fusion proteins to produce glycosylated bioactive peptides and proteins. Bacterial expression was utilized to produce two fusion proteins, GPRT-C37-H6 and His-tagged interleukin-2 (amino acids 6-133), which when cleaved by the tobacco etch virus NIa protease (TEV protease) to generate HIV entry inhibitor peptide C37-H6 and a truncated version of the cytokine interleukin-2, both containing N-terminal cysteines. The N-terminal cysteine containing C37-H6 and truncated interleukin-2 were then joined to a synthetic glycopeptide thioester utilizing native chemical ligation under nondenaturing and denaturing conditions, respectively. The ligations of the glycopeptide to the C37-H6 peptide and the truncated interleukin-2 protein both proceeded in high yield, though the size, and physical properties of the two polypeptides differ greatly.
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