Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Teruhisa Mannen

Noriko Tsurui

Takahiro Nonaka

A method of purifying a fusion protein, including: (1) adjusting the pH of an aqueous phase, containing a fusion protein which is a fusion of a protein having a self-assembly capability and a tamet protein, and which aqueous phase has a first pH, to a second pH, to obtain a remaining aqueous phase and a solid fraction containing an amount of the fusion protein; (2) separating the solid fraction from the remaining aqueous phase, to obtain a separated solid fraction; and (3) dissolving the separated solid fraction in a solution having a pH of 12 or lower but higher than the second pH by at least 0.1 pH units, wherein the protein having a self-assembly capability is a cell surface protein.

Method for producing protein by precipitation

A method is provided for producing hIGF-I with high purity and yield. This is a method for producing human insulin-like growth factor I, having a step of removing modified human insulin-like growth factor I from the human insulin-like growth factor I, the step including:

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Kawasaki, Japan

Teruhisa Mannen