To measure the kinetic properties of photorespiratory enzymes, it is necessary to work with purified proteins. Protocols to purify photorespiratory enzymes from leaves of various plant species require several time-consuming steps. It is now possible to produce large quantities of recombinant proteins in bacterial cells. They can be rapidly purified as histidine-tagged recombinant proteins by immobilized metal affinity chromatography using Ni2+-NTA-agarose. This chapter describes protocols to purify several Arabidopsis thaliana His-tagged recombinant photorespiratory enzymes (phosphoglycolate phosphatase, glycolate oxidase, and hydroxypyruvate reductase) from Escherichia coli cell cultures using two bacterial strain-plasmid systems: BL21(DE3)-pET and LMG194-pBAD.
Keywords: Escherichia coli; Glycolate oxidase; His-tagged recombinant protein; Hydroxypyruvate reductase; Immobilized metal affinity chromatography; Phosphoglycolate phosphatase; Photorespiration; Rapid one-step protein purification.
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