1.13.12.6 - 1.13.12.6 biotinylated enzyme is incubated with 1 microM sodium metaperiodate in 0.1 M sodium acetate buffer (pH 5.2), reaction stopped by glycerol addition, loading onto a size exclusion column, oxidized biotinylated enzyme eluted with the same buffer, pooling of bioluminescent fractions, concentration by ultrafree-0.5 centrifugal filter device, addition of 10 mM HiLyte Fluor 647 hydrazine in 0.1 M sodium acetate buffer (pH 5.2), after incubation loading onto a size-exclusion column, elution with 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) containing 0.15 M NaCl. Treatment of human Delta-like protein (Dlk-1) antibody with 2-mercaptoethylamine (cleaving hinge-region disulfide bonds between heavy chains of antibody molecules) and conjugation of half antibodies to maleimide-activated avidin and purification on a size-exclusion column results in a 200 kDa conjugate 1.13.12.6 Escherichia coli cell culture with expression vector is cooled on ice-water bath, expression induced, incubation for 18 h at 15°C, cell concentration by centrifugation, solution in 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.6) and 10 mM EDTA, disruption by sonication, centrifugation, SDS-PAGE 1.13.12.6 loading of recombinant prostaglandin E2 luciferase onto size-exclusion column, elution with 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.2, and 0.15 M NaCl, fractions with bioluminescent activities (Cypridina luciferin solution, 0.1 M Tris-HCl, pH 7.4, 0.3 M sodium ascorbate, 0.2 M Na2SO3) are combined and stored at -30°C 1.13.12.6 native enzyme by fractional precipitation with acetone and ammonium sulfate, and dialysis, followed by gel filtration 1.13.12.6 native enzyme from photogenic organs by fractional precipitation with acetone and ammonium sulfate, and dialysis, followed by gel filtration 1.13.12.6 Ni affinity column chromatography, SA beads column chromatography, monomeric avidin column chromatography, and TSK G300SW gel filtration 1.13.12.6 recombinant secreted enzyme from Nicotiana benthamiana BY-2 cell medium by ultrafiltration, buffer exchange gel filtration, anion exchange chromatography, and dialysis