To Each HIS Own
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...histidine amino acids on the N- or C- terminus of a protein. Neither the N or C terminus is preferable over ...binding of untagged proteins. Despite being a relatively low frequency amino acid, proteins containing...histidine residues expressed in frame on the N- or C-terminus of a recombinant protein of interest. The...need to decide whether to add the tag to the N- or C-terminus and how many histidine residues to include...or function of a single protein? Oftentimes, they rely on protein purification. In this strategy a single...contrast, the polyhistidine tag is very small and rarely affects protein function (Bornhorst 2000).
One...other affinity purification methods where binding relies on a specific protein conformation, the polyhistidine-metal...