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Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of the membrane protein UncI from Escherichia coli
Journal
Protein expression and purification
Volume
79
Number
2
Pages / Article-Number
187-90
Keywords
Membrane protein expression, UncI, ATP synthase, Detergent screen, Gel filtration
Abstract
The Escherichia coli unc-operon encodes the genes for the subunits of the F0F1-ATP synthase and an integral membrane protein of unknown function called UncI. UncI influences the cell-growth and activity of F0F1, but its exact function is still unknown. The expression level is too low to extract milligram amounts of UncI from E. coli membranes and the existing purification protocol based on methanol/chloroform is not suitable for structural and functional studies. Here we present protocols to increase the expression level, to purify UncI in a detergent where UncI is monodisperse, and we characterize its oligomeric state.
