Expression and purification of hepatitis C virus protease from clinical samples

Methods Mol Biol. 2013:1030:119-27. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-484-5_10.

Abstract

This chapter describes the procedures for production of recombinant hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease from clinical samples, which can be used in the biochemical assays to assess the impact of different drug-resistant mutations in the NS3 protein from patients under therapy of protease inhibitors. It gives the details of expression and purification of NS3 protease using the pCold vectors that contains a promoter derived from the cold-shock genes to drive the expression of NS3 protein. This robust protocol enables a medium-throughput production of HCV NS3 proteins of all genotypes and sequences derived from patient specimen.

MeSH terms

  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Gene Expression*
  • Gene Order
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Hepacivirus / genetics*
  • Hepacivirus / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Transformation, Bacterial
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics*
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • NS3 protein, hepatitis C virus
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins