“…Examples of these tags are: poly-His-tag, poly-Arg-tag, calmodulin-binding peptide (CBP), cellulase-binding domain (CBD), DsbA, c-myc-tag, glutathione S-transferase (GST), FLAG-tag, HAT-tag, maltose-binding protein (MBP), NusA, S-tag, SBP-tag, Strep II-tag, thioredoxin, Biotin acceptor peptide (BAP), and many others. (6,11); short hydrophobic peptide tags, e.g., (WP)2, (WP)4, (Y)3(YP)3, (Y)3(P)2, (Y)4, (YP)4, (Y)6, (Y)6(P)2, (Y) 8 have been also used (7,9,10). The use of polypeptide tags has many advantages, such as a. fewer genetic modifications in the target product; b. they have a minimum impact on the tertiary structure and biological activity of the fusion protein because of their small size; c. it is relatively easy to remove the tag (a specific cleavage location may be included).…”