@conference{
author = "Đukić, Teodora and Mladenović, Maja and Stanić-Vučinić, Dragana and Radosavljević, Jelena and Smiljanić, Katarina and Sabljić, Ljiljana and Gnjatović, Marija Lj. and Cujić, Danica and Vasović, Tamara and Simović, Ana and Radomirović, Mirjana Ž. and Ćirković-Veličković, Tanja",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Serological testing is important method for diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2) infection and for assessment of immunological response after the vaccination. Nucleocapsid (N) protein is the most abundant virus protein and strong immunogen. The aim was develop efficient, low-cost production of N protein large fragment and to characterize it with bottom-up, high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry and immunologically.
SARS-CoV-2 recombinant fragment of nucleocapsid protein (rfNP; 58–419 aa) was expressed in E. coli in soluble form and purified by several chromatographic steps and was subjected to SDS-PAGE and in-gel digested with trypsin.
rfNP was tested in immunoblot using sera of COVID-19 convalescent patients. ELISA was optimized with sera of RT-PCR confirmed positive symptomatic patients and healthy individuals. IgG detection sensitivity was 96% (47/50) and specificity 97% (67/68), while IgM detection was slightly lower. Identity of rfNP was confirmed with high scores and peptide coverage above 80%. Estimation from the value of areas under ion extracted chromatographic curves is that only up to 0,03% of the total band protein quantity belongs to host proteins, while rfNP share is well above 99,9%, resulting in highly pure nucleocapsid protein preparation.",
journal = "Proteomics and Metabolomics for Personalized Medicine, XV Italian Proteomics Association Annual Meeting, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Italy, 8th-10th September 2021",
title = "Proteomic and immunological characterization of recombinantly expressed nucleocapsid SARS-CoV 2 protein fragment in E. coli",
pages = "50-50",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cherry_5735"
}