Plasmids 101: Protein tags
Type
Blog Post
Published
Dec. 11, 2014, 4:26 p.m.
...or DYKDDDK
1
Affinity and Purification
Good for antibody-based purification; has inherent enterokinase...site
GST
Large Protein
26
Purification and Stability
Good for purification with glutathione; protects...used for purification as elution requires low pH
poly His
HHHHHH
0.8
Affinity and Purification
Very small...GKPIPNPLLGLDST
1.4
Affinity and Purification
Good for antibody-based purification
Combo and cleavage tags...increasingly common. Tandem affinity purification (TAP) once referred specifically to a combo tag comprised of ...multitude of uses including (but not limited to) purification, detection, solubilization, localization, or...overexpress and purify proteins can face any number of technical challenges depending on their protein of interest...