Isolation and thermal stabilization of mouse ferroportin

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Abstract
Ferroportin (Fpn) is an essential mammalian iron transporter that is negatively regulated by the hormone hepcidin. Our current molecular understanding of Fpn‐mediated iron efflux and regulation is limited due to a lack of biochemical, biophysical, and high‐resolution structural studies. A critical step towards understanding the transport mechanism of Fpn is to obtain sufficient quantities of pure and stable protein for downstream studies. As such, we detail here an expression and purification protocol for mouse Fpn yielding milligram quantities of pure protein. We have generated deletion constructs exhibiting enhanced thermal stability and which retained iron‐transport activity and hepcidin responsiveness, providing a platform for further biophysical studies of Fpn.
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  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01 DK107309, R01 DK082717)
  • National Health and Medical Research Council (APP1083536)

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