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Vol 46(2012) N 2 p. 279-286; A.S. Gerasimov*, O.A. Zeinalov, M.A. Eldarov, A.A. Shulga Biosynthesis of Human β2-Adrenergic Receptor in Methylotrophic Yeast Pichia pastoris and Its Purification Bioengineering Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117312, Russia*asgerasimoff@mail.ru Received - 2011-08-31; Accepted - 2011-09-26 Human β2-adrenergic receptor is among the most studied members of the family of G-protein coupled receptors. This receptor plays an important role in the work of vegetative nervous system and is a target for drugs used in heart and lung diseases. The crystal structure of the β2-adrenergic receptor was determined; however, its physiological role and molecular mechanisms of action are still not completely understood. In the present work, the pVR2ADRH vector which contains the gene encoding human β2-adrenergic receptor with a polyhistidine label at the C-terminus was obtained. The Pichia pastoris methylotrophic yeast GS115 strain cells were transformed by this vector. The yield of human β2-adrenergic receptor as a result of the heterologous expression in the P. pastoris cells was 20 mg/L of the culture. The β2-adrenergic receptor was isolated from the membrane fraction of yeasts and purified by means of a metal chelate affine and ion-exchange chromatography. Active β2-adrenergic receptor was isolated using a chromatography on the CL-4B alprenolol-sepharose. The final yield of the purified β2-adrenergic receptor was approximately 1 mg/L of the culture. A homogeneity of the β2- adrenergic receptor preparation was confirmed by a method of dynamic light scattering of a protein micellar solution. β2-adrenergic receptor, G-protein coupled receptors, Pichia pastoris, dot-blot |