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Affinity purification of recombinant proteins has become the method of choice to obtain good quantities and qualities of proteins for a variety of downstream biochemical applications. While manual or FPLC-assisted purification techniques are generally time-consuming and labor-intensive, the advent of high-throughput technologies and liquid handling robotics has simplified and accelerated this process significantly. Additionally, without the human factor as a potential source of error, automated purification protocols allow for the generation of large numbers of proteins simultaneously and under directly comparable conditions. The delivered material is ideal for activity comparisons of different variants of the same protein. Here, we present our strategy for the simultaneous purification of up to 24 affinity-tagged proteins for activity measurements in biochemical assays. The protocol described is suitable for the scale typically required in individual research laboratories.
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Wiesler, S.C., Weinzierl, R.O.J. (2015). Robotic High-Throughput Purification of Affinity-Tagged Recombinant Proteins. In: Reichelt, S. (eds) Affinity Chromatography. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1286. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2447-9_9
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