Expression and glycosylation studies of human FGF receptor 4.
Protein Expr Purif
; 21(2): 275-85, 2001 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Fibroblast growth factor receptor subtype 4 (FGFR4) has been shown to have special activation properties and just one splicing form, unlike the other FGFRs. FGFR4 overexpression is correlated with breast cancer and therefore FGFR4 is a target for drug design. Our aim is to overexpress high amounts of homogeneous FGFR4 extracellular domain (FGFR4(ed)) for structural studies. We show that baculovirus-insect cell-expressed FGFR4(ed) is glycosylated on three (N88, N234, and N266) of the six possible N-glycosylation sites but is not O-glycosylated. The deglycosylated triple mutant was expressed and had binding properties similar to those of glycosylated FGFR4(ed), but was still heterogeneous. Large amounts of FGFR4(ed) have been produced into inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli and refolded at least partly correctly but the refolded E. coli-produced FGFR4(ed) still aggregates.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Receptores de Factores de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Protein Expr Purif
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Finlandia