Production of Recombinant Mite Allergen Der fI in Insect Cells and Characterization of Products : Removal of Pro-sequence Is Essential to IgE-Binding Activity

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Der fI is a major mite proteinaceous allergen found in house dust. We produced recombinant Der fI (reDer fI) in insect cells using a baculovirus expression system. Based on the molecular mass and N-terminal amino acid (aa) sequence analysis, reDer fI was found to be comprised of a mixture of two proteins, each of which includes a pro-sequence of different length. The reDer fI had IgE-binding activity at only 20% of that of native Der fI. The removal of the pro-sequence in an acidic solution drastically increased IgE-binding activity to almost the same as that of native Der fI, showing that the presence of the pro-sequence is inhibitory to the IgE-binding activity of Der fI.
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1996-04-23