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PURExpress™ In vitro Protein Synthesis Kit
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Catalog # Size Concentration Price Qty  
E6800S 10 reactions (25 μl vol)   $220.00
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  • Cleaner System - sample degradation eliminated
  • Easy-to-use - protein expression complete in approximately one hour
  • Simple Analysis - protein can often be visualized directly on a Coomassie stained gel
Description:
PURExpress is a novel coupled cell-free transcription/translation system  reconstituted from purified components necessary for E.coli translation. Recombinant histidine-tagged aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (20), initiation factors (3), elongation factors (3), release factors (3), ribosome recycling factor, methionyl-tRNA transformylase, T7 RNA polymerase, creatine kinase, myokinase, nucleoside-di-phosphate kinase, and pyrophophatase provide the activities required for coupled transcription and translation, as well as energy regeneration. Purified 70S ribosomes, amino acids, rNTP’s, and  tRNA's complete the system.

PURExpress is based on the PURE system technology originally developed by Dr. Takuya Ueda at the University of Tokyo and commercialized as the PURESYSTEM® by the Post Genome Institute (PGI) (Toyko, Japan). PURExpress improves upon the PURESYSTEM® Classic II kit by optimizing the components to increase the yield of protein synthesis. PURExpress is an easy-to-use one-step reaction that requires the mixing of only two tubes. Protein synthesis is initiated by the addition of template DNA and is largely complete within one hour. Products of translation can be analyzed by SDS-PAGE (Coomassie stained, autoradiograph of 35S-labeled proteins, or western blot) or in direct activity assays. Purification of the target protein can often be accomplished by ultrafiltration to remove the high MW ribosomes followed by IMAC (immobilized metal affinity chromatography) to remove the His-tagged components.

Due to its reconstitution of recombinant components, PURExpress is essentially free of contaminating exonucleases, RNases, and proteases. Template DNA is not exposed to digestion and target proteins are free of post-translational modifications (glycosylation, phosphorylation, and proteolysis).





Protein expression using the PURExpress™ In Vitro Protein Synthesis Kit. 25 μl reactions containing 250 ng template DNA and 20 units RNase Inhibitor were incubated at 37°C for 2 hours. 2.5 μl of each reaction was analyzed by SDS-PAGE using a 10–20% Tris-glycine gel. The red dot indicates the protein of interest. Marker M is the Protein Ladder (NEB #P7703).



Kit Components:
Control (DHFR) template
Solution A
Solution B
Universal Primer


Storage Conditions


Storage Temperature:
-80°C


Notes


General notes:
  1. PURExpress Control Template sequence files: Fasta GenBank
    PURExpress Universal Primer sequence files: Fasta GenBank

References


  1. Shimizu, Y., Kanamori, T. and Ueda, T. (2005) Methods, 36, 299-304.
  2. Shimizu, Y., Inoue, A., et al. (2001) Nat. Biotech., 19, 751-755.
  3. Swartz, J. (2001) Nat. Biotech., 19, 732-733.
  4. Kuruma, Y., Nishiyama, K., et al. (2005) Biotechnol. Prog., 21, 1243-1251.


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