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Escherichia coli expression, refolding and characterization of human laforin.
Protein expression and purification - 1 Jun 2010
Castanheira Pedro, Moreira Susana, Gama Miguel, Faro Carlos
Abstract excerpt
Laforin is a unique human dual-specificity phosphatase as it contains an amino terminal carbohydrate binding module (CBM). Laforin gene mutations lead to Lafora disease, a progressive myoclonus epilepsy with an early fatal issue. Previous attempts to produce recombinant laforin faced various difficulties, namely the appearance of protein inclusion bodies, the contamination with bacterial proteins and a high...
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