c-Myc-tagged Proteins

The c-Myc tag is derived from the c-myc gene product, and this polypeptide protein tag can be fused to either the N- or C-terminus of a target protein based on recombinant DNA technology. The c-Myc tag facilitates isolation, purification, and detection of the recombinant tagged protein. The sequence of the c-myc tag is -Glu-Gln-Lys-Leu-Ile-Ser-Glu-Glu-Asp-Leu-.

c-Myc-tagged protein expression system
Fusion tag: c-Myc tag.
Purification method: c-Myc tag affinity chromatography.
Tag removal: Protease such as EK and HRV-3C.
Products: Purified recombinant proteins.

Advantages of c-Myc tag
1. c-Myc tag is very small (only 11 amino acids long), therefore, it is able to minimize effect on properties of target protein (conformation, function and localization).
2. c-Myc tag is able to allow normal cell physiology and increase protein expression level since it provides a low metabolic load.
3. c-Myc tag helps in recombinant protein expression monitoring in a wide variety of expression systems.
4. c-Myc tag is very useful in co-immunoprecipitation studies, Western blots, and flow cytometry.
5. c-Myc tag helps in subcellular localization monitoring of target proteins in mammalian cells.
6. c-Myc tag can be added to either the C- or N-terminus of target protein, facilitating the detection, isolation, and purification of recombinant protein.

c-Myc peptide
It is useful to displace c-Myc-tagged proteins with c-Myc peptide to specifically bind anti-c-Myc antibodies in immunoassays. c-Myc peptide is considered to regulate the transcription process of growth-related gene. Sequence of c-Myc peptide corresponds to the 410-419 AA of the human c-myc.

c-Myc-tagged protein purification
c-Myc-tagged proteins can be directly purified from the lysate or supernatant of cell culture based on affinity chromatography. The c-Myc-tagged proteins specifically bind to the anti-Myc-tag mAb that is conjugated on an agarose gel. After washing steps to get rid of the residual impurities, you can elute the bound c-Myc tag proteins off the affinity column with low pH buffer or high concentration of the c-Myc tag peptide (0.5 mg/mL in PBS) under native conditions.

Cleavage of the c-Myc-tagged protein after purification
In some cases, c-Myc tag does not needed to be removed since it is too small to interfere the function of target protein. While in some other cases, it is preferred to perform c-Myc tag removal for better protein crystallization. A protease cleavage site is required to be inserted between the target protein and the tag in order to allow cleavage of the c-Myc tag. An EK cleavage site can be fused behind the c-Myc tag to form a c-Myc-EK site-target protein structure, which allows a specific and complete c-Myc tag removal and does not leave additional amino acids. Enterokinase (EK) and HRV-3C (human rhinovirus protease) are the most applied protease for cleavage of the c-Myc-tagged proteins.

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