Recombinant bacillus Intein protein

Intein-CBD, also known as Intein, is a segment of a protein that is able to excise itself and rejoin the remaining portions with a peptide bond. Most reported inteins also contain an endonuclease domain that plays a role in intein propagation. In fact, many genes have unrelated intein-coding segments inserted at different positions. Since then, inteins have been found in all three domains of life (eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea) and in viruses. Recombinant Bacillus circulans Intein, fused to His-tag at C-terminus, was expressed in E. coli and purified by using conventional chromatography techniques.