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Cao R, Xu S, Yu Z, Xu L, Ge Z, Huo Q, Zhu G, Qiao B. Integration of protein L-immobilized epoxy magnetic bead capture with LC-MS/MS for therapeutic monoclonal antibody quantification in serum. ANALYTICAL METHODS : ADVANCING METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 2024; 16:3720-3731. [PMID: 38808588 DOI: 10.1039/d4ay00433g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the thriving monoclonal antibody (mAb) industry due to the wide utilization of mAbs in clinical therapies. Robust and accurate bioanalytical methods are required to enable fast quantification of mAbs in biological matrices, especially in the context of pharmacokinetics (PKs)/pharmacodynamics (PDs) and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) studies. In this investigation, we presented a novel immuno-magnetic capture coupled with a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method designed for the quantification of immunoglobulin G-kappa-based mAbs in biological fluids. The immunoaffinity absorbent for mAb drug purification was meticulously crafted by immobilizing protein L onto monosize, magnetic poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (m-pGMA) beads, synthesized through dispersion polymerization. The microspheres were acquired with an average size of 1.6 μm, and the optimal binding of mAbs from the aqueous mAb solution was determined to be 45.82 mg g-1. The quantification of mAbs in 10 μL serum samples was achieved through affinity purification using m-pGMA@protein L beads (employing rituximab as an internal standard (IS)), on-bead reduction, and rapid tryptic digestion. Remarkably, the entire process, taking less than 2.5 hours, held significant potential for simplifying pretreatment procedures and minimizing analytical time. Furthermore, the developed method underwent validation in accordance with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) guidelines. The assay demonstrated commendable linearity within the 2-400 μg mL-1 range for both daratumumab and pembrolizumab. Intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation fell within the range of 0.7% to 13.4%, meeting established acceptance criteria. Other validation parameters also conformed to regulatory standards. Ultimately, the efficacy of the method was substantiated in a pharmacokinetic study following a single-dose intravenous administration to mice, underscoring its applicability and reliability in real-world scenarios.
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- Rongrong Cao
- School of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Safety and Technology Center of Industry Products, Tianjin Custom, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Tianjin Medical College, Tianjin 300070, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
- Frontiers Research Institute for Synthetic Biology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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Handayani CV, Laksmi FA, Andriani A, Nuryana I, Mubarik NR, Agustriana E, Dewi KS, Purnawan A. Expression of soluble moloney murine leukemia virus-reverse transcriptase in Escherichia coli BL21 star (DE3) using autoinduction system. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:628. [PMID: 38717629 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09583-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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Autoinduction systems in Escherichia coli can control the production of proteins without the addition of a particular inducer. In the present study, we optimized the heterologous expression of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus derived Reverse Transcriptase (MMLV-RT) in E. coli. Among 4 autoinduction media, media Imperial College resulted the highest MMLV-RT overexpression in E. coli BL21 Star (DE3) with incubation time 96 h. The enzyme was produced most optimum in soluble fraction of lysate cells. The MMLV-RT was then purified using the Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography method and had specific activity of 629.4 U/mg. The system resulted lower specific activity and longer incubation of the enzyme than a classical Isopropyl ß-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)-induction system. However, the autoinduction resulted higher yield of the enzyme than the conventional induction (27.8%). Techno Economic Analysis revealed that this method could produce MMLV-RT using autoinduction at half the cost of MMLV-RT production by IPTG-induction. Bioprocessing techniques are necessary to conduct to obtain higher quality of MMLV-RT under autoinduction system.
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- Christina Vivid Handayani
- Research Center for Applied Microbiology, National Agency for Research and Innovation, Jl. Raya Bogor, Km. 46, Cibinong, Bogor, 16911, Indonesia
- Biotechnology Program, Graduate School, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Research Center for Applied Microbiology, National Agency for Research and Innovation, Jl. Raya Bogor, Km. 46, Cibinong, Bogor, 16911, Indonesia.
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- Research Center for Applied Microbiology, National Agency for Research and Innovation, Jl. Raya Bogor, Km. 46, Cibinong, Bogor, 16911, Indonesia.
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- Research Center for Applied Microbiology, National Agency for Research and Innovation, Jl. Raya Bogor, Km. 46, Cibinong, Bogor, 16911, Indonesia
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Science, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Research Center for Applied Microbiology, National Agency for Research and Innovation, Jl. Raya Bogor, Km. 46, Cibinong, Bogor, 16911, Indonesia
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- Research Center for Genetic Engineering, National Agency for Research and Innovation, Jl. Raya Bogor, Km. 46, Cibinong, Bogor, 16911, Indonesia
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- Research Center for Applied Microbiology, National Agency for Research and Innovation, Jl. Raya Bogor, Km. 46, Cibinong, Bogor, 16911, Indonesia
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Akmayan I, Ozturk AB, Ozbek T. Recombinant proteins production in Escherichia coli BL21 for vaccine applications: a cost estimation of potential industrial-scale production scenarios. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2024:1-14. [PMID: 38198230 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2023.2299495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic elevated research interest in microorganism-related diseases, and protective health application importance such as vaccination and immune promoter agents emerged. Among the production methods for proteins, recombinant technology is an efficient alternative and frequently preferred method. However, since the production and purification processes vary due to the protein nature, the effect of these differences on the cost remains ambiguous. In this study, brucellosis and its two important vaccine candidate proteins (rOmp25 and rEipB) with different properties were selected as models, and industrial-scale production processes were compared with the SuperPro Designer® for estimating the unit production cost. Simulation study showed raw material cost by roughly 60% was one of the barriers to lower-cost production and 52.5 and 559.8 $/g were estimated for rEipB and rOmp25, respectively.
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- Ilkgul Akmayan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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Eskew MW, Reardon PW, Benight AS. Calorimetric analysis using DNA thermal stability to determine protein concentration. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.09.25.559360. [PMID: 37808849 PMCID: PMC10557601 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.25.559360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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It was recently reported for two globular proteins and a short DNA hairpin in NaCl buffer that values of the transition heat capacities, Cp,DNA and Cp,PRO, for equal concentrations (mg/mL) of DNA and proteins, are essentially equivalent (differ by less than 1%). Additional evidence for this equivalence is presented that reveals this phenomenon does not depend on DNA sequence, buffer salt, or Tm. Sequences of two DNA hairpins were designed to confer a near 20°C difference in their Tm's. For the molecules, in NaCl and CsCl buffer the evaluated Cp,PRO and Cp,DNA were equivalent. Based on the equivalence of transition heat capacities, a calorimetric method was devised to determine protein concentrations in pure and complex solutions. The scheme uses direct comparisons between the thermodynamic stability of a short DNA hairpin standard of known concentration, and thermodynamic stability of protein solutions of unknown concentrations. In all cases, evaluated protein concentrations determined from the DNA standard curve agreed with the UV-Vis concentration for monomeric proteins. For samples of multimeric proteins, streptavidin (tetramer), Herpes Simplex Virus glycoprotein D (trimer/dimer), and a 16 base pair DNA duplex (dimer), evaluated concentrations were greater than determined by UV-Vis by factors of 3.94, 2.65, and 2.15, respectively.
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- Matthew W. Eskew
- ThermoCap Laboratories Inc, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
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- ThermoCap Laboratories Inc, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
- Department of Physics, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
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Bhadra S, Paik I, Torres JA, Fadanka S, Gandini C, Akligoh H, Molloy J, Ellington AD. Preparation and Use of Cellular Reagents: A Low-resource Molecular Biology Reagent Platform. Curr Protoc 2022; 2:e387. [PMID: 35263038 PMCID: PMC9094432 DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Protein reagents are indispensable for most molecular and synthetic biology procedures. Most conventional protocols rely on highly purified protein reagents that require considerable expertise, time, and infrastructure to produce. In consequence, most proteins are acquired from commercial sources, reagent expense is often high, and accessibility may be hampered by shipping delays, customs barriers, geopolitical constraints, and the need for a constant cold chain. Such limitations to the widespread availability of protein reagents, in turn, limit the expansion and adoption of molecular biology methods in research, education, and technology development and application. Here, we describe protocols for producing a low-resource and locally sustainable reagent delivery system, termed "cellular reagents," in which bacteria engineered to overexpress proteins of interest are dried and can then be used directly as reagent packets in numerous molecular biology reactions, without the need for protein purification or a constant cold chain. As an example of their application, we describe the execution of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) using cellular reagents, detailing how to replace pure protein reagents with optimal amounts of rehydrated cellular reagents. We additionally describe a do-it-yourself fluorescence visualization device for using these cellular reagents in common molecular biology applications. The methods presented in this article can be used for low-cost, on-site production of commonly used molecular biology reagents (including DNA and RNA polymerases, reverse transcriptases, and ligases) with minimal instrumentation and expertise, and without the need for protein purification. Consequently, these methods should generally make molecular biology reagents more affordable and accessible. © 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Preparation of cellular reagents Alternate Protocol 1: Preparation of lyophilized cellular reagents Alternate Protocol 2: Evaluation of bacterial culture growth via comparison to McFarland turbidity standards Support Protocol 1: SDS-PAGE for protein expression analysis of cellular reagents Basic Protocol 2: Using Taq DNA polymerase cellular reagents for PCR Basic Protocol 3: Using Br512 DNA polymerase cellular reagents for loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) Support Protocol 2: Building a fluorescence visualization device.
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- Sanchita Bhadra
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America,Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America,Corresponding authors: ,
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America,Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Freshman Research Initiative, DIY Diagnostics Stream, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Hive Biolab, Hse 49, SE 29056 Drive, 2nd Turn Behind Mizpah School, Kentinkrono, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America,Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America,Corresponding authors: ,
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Julkipli J, Syamsu K, Wibisana A. Optimization of cephalosporin C acylase immobilization using crosslinked enzyme aggregates technique. BIONATURA 2022. [DOI: 10.21931/rb/2022.07.01.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Cephalosporin C acylase (CCA) is an essential enzyme for the one-step conversion of cephalosporin C into 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA), an intermediate compound used to synthesize various semi-synthetic cephalosporin antibiotics. The industrial process prefers to use enzymes in immobilized form rather than soluble. A crosslinked enzyme aggregate (CLEAs) is a potential matrix-less enzyme immobilization technique to produce stable immobilized enzymes with high activity and low production costs. This study aimed to optimize the CCA immobilization using the CLEAs technique with Chitosan as a co-aggregate. The CCA lysate was obtained from harvesting CCA fermentation broth using a mutant strain of Escherichia coli through cell separation and lysis steps. Partially purified CCA by ammonium sulfate addition was conducted to obtain an active fraction of 20-60% saturation, followed by co-aggregation with Chitosan to form physical CCA aggregates. The aggregates were then immobilized by a crosslinking technique using glutaraldehyde to form CLEAs-CCA. Optimization of the immobilization process was carried out by Response Surface Methodology in three steps, (i) screening of the influencing factors, (ii) determining the level of the significant factors, and (iii) optimizing the immobilization condition. The CLEAs-CCA activity was used as a response parameter. Under optimum conditions, CLEAs-CCA activity obtained was 85.91 Ug-1.
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- Julkipli Julkipli
- Biotechnology Study Program, Graduate School, IPB University, IPB Dramaga Campus, Bogor, Indonesia
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- Biotechnology Study Program, Graduate School, IPB University, IPB Dramaga Campus, Bogor, Indonesia
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- The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Tangerang Selatan, Banten, Indonesia, 15314 3 Chemical Engineering Study Program, Pamulang University, Witana Campus, Tangerang Selatan, Banten, Indonesia
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Jiang H, Cole PA. N-Terminal Protein Labeling with N-Hydroxysuccinimide Esters and Microscale Thermophoresis Measurements of Protein-Protein Interactions Using Labeled Protein. Curr Protoc 2021; 1:e14. [PMID: 33484499 PMCID: PMC7839251 DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Protein labeling strategies have been explored for decades to study protein structure, function, and regulation. Fluorescent labeling of a protein enables the study of protein-protein interactions through biophysical methods such as microscale thermophoresis (MST). MST measures the directed motion of a fluorescently labeled protein in response to microscopic temperature gradients, and the protein's thermal mobility can be used to determine binding affinity. However, the stoichiometry and site specificity of fluorescent labeling are hard to control, and heterogeneous labeling can generate inaccuracies in binding measurements. Here, we describe an easy-to-apply protocol for high-stoichiometric, site-specific labeling of a protein at its N-terminus with N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) esters as a means to measure protein-protein interaction affinity by MST. This protocol includes guidelines for NHS ester labeling, fluorescent-labeled protein purification, and MST measurement using a labeled protein. As an example of the entire workflow, we additionally provide a protocol for labeling a ubiquitin E3 enzyme and testing ubiquitin E2-E3 enzyme binding affinity. These methods are highly adaptable and can be extended for protein interaction studies in various biological and biochemical circumstances. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Labeling a protein of interest at its N-terminus with NHS esters through stepwise reaction Alternate Protocol: Labeling a protein of interest at its N-terminus with NHS esters through a one-pot reaction Basic Protocol 2: Purifying the N-terminal fluorescent-labeled protein and determining its concentration and labeling efficiency Basic Protocol 3: Using MST to determine the binding affinity of an N-terminal fluorescent-labeled protein to a binding partner. Basic Protocol 4: NHS ester labeling of ubiquitin E3 ligase WWP2 and measurement of the binding affinity between WWP2 and an E2 conjugating enzyme by the MST binding assay.
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- Hanjie Jiang
- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Department of Medicine and Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States
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- Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Department of Medicine and Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard
Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester cyclase from Rhodobacter capsulatus: radical SAM-dependent synthesis of the isocyclic ring of bacteriochlorophylls. Biochem J 2020; 477:4635-4654. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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During bacteriochlorophyll a biosynthesis, the oxygen-independent conversion of Mg-protoporphyrin IX monomethyl ester (Mg-PME) to protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) is catalyzed by the anaerobic Mg-PME cyclase termed BchE. Bioinformatics analyses in combination with pigment studies of cobalamin-requiring Rhodobacter capsulatus mutants indicated an unusual radical S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and cobalamin-dependent BchE catalysis. However, in vitro biosynthesis of the isocyclic ring moiety of bacteriochlorophyll using purified recombinant BchE has never been demonstrated. We established a spectroscopic in vitro activity assay which was subsequently validated by HPLC analyses and H218O isotope label transfer onto the carbonyl-group (C-131-oxo) of the isocyclic ring of Pchlide. The reaction product was further converted to chlorophyllide in the presence of light-dependent Pchlide reductase. BchE activity was stimulated by increasing concentrations of NADPH or SAM, and inhibited by S-adenosylhomocysteine. Subcellular fractionation experiments revealed that membrane-localized BchE requires an additional, heat-sensitive cytosolic component for activity. BchE catalysis was not sustained in chimeric experiments when a cytosolic extract from E. coli was used as a substitute. Size-fractionation of the soluble R. capsulatus fraction indicated that enzymatic activity relies on a specific component with an estimated molecular mass between 3 and 10 kDa. A structure guided site-directed mutagenesis approach was performed on the basis of a three-dimensional homology model of BchE. A newly established in vivo complementation assay was used to investigate 24 BchE mutant proteins. Potential ligands of the [4Fe-4S] cluster (Cys204, Cys208, Cys211), of SAM (Phe210, Glu308 and Lys320) and of the proposed cobalamin cofactor (Asp248, Glu249, Leu29, Thr71, Val97) were identified.
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Slouka C, Kopp J, Strohmer D, Kager J, Spadiut O, Herwig C. Monitoring and control strategies for inclusion body production in E. coli based on glycerol consumption. J Biotechnol 2019; 296:75-82. [PMID: 30904592 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The Gram-negative bacterium E. coli is the host of choice for the production of a multitude of recombinant proteins in industry. Generally, cultivation is easy, media are cheap and a high product titer can be obtained. However, harsh induction procedures using IPTG as inducer are often referred to cause stress reactions, leading to a phenomenon known as metabolic burden and expression of inclusion bodies. In this contribution, we present different strategies for determination of critical timepoints for product stability in an E. coli IB bioprocess. As non-controlled feeding during induction regularly led to undesired product loss, we applied physiological feeding control. We found that the feeding strategy has indeed high impact on IB productivity. However, high applied qs,C increased IB product titer, but subsequently stressed the cells and finally led to product degradation. Calculating the cumulated glycerol uptake of the cells during induction phase (dSn), we found an empirical value, which serves as a strong indicator for process performance and can be used as process analytical tool. We tested different approaches starting from offline control. Glycerol accumulation could be used as trigger to establish a model-based approach to predict titer and viable cell concentration for a model protein. This straight forward control and model-based approach is high beneficial for upstream development and for increasing stability.
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- Christoph Slouka
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria.
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria; Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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Kopp J, Slouka C, Strohmer D, Kager J, Spadiut O, Herwig C. Inclusion Body Bead Size in E. coli Controlled by Physiological Feeding. Microorganisms 2018; 6:microorganisms6040116. [PMID: 30477255 PMCID: PMC6313631 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms6040116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The Gram-negative bacterium E. coli is the host of choice for producing a multitude of recombinant proteins relevant in the pharmaceutical industry. Generally, cultivation is easy, media are cheap, and a high product titer can be obtained. However, harsh induction procedures combined with the usage of IPTG (isopropyl β-d-1 thiogalactopyranoside) as an inducer are often believed to cause stress reactions, leading to intracellular protein aggregates, which are so known as so-called inclusion bodies (IBs). Downstream applications in bacterial processes cause the bottleneck in overall process performance, as bacteria lack many post-translational modifications, resulting in time and cost-intensive approaches. Especially purification of inclusion bodies is notoriously known for its long processing times and low yields. In this contribution, we present screening strategies for determination of inclusion body bead size in an E. coli-based bioprocess producing exclusively inclusion bodies. Size can be seen as a critical quality attribute (CQA), as changes in inclusion body behavior have a major effect on subsequent downstream processing. A model-based approach was used, aiming to trigger a distinct inclusion body size: Physiological feeding control, using qs,C as a critical process parameter, has a high impact on inclusion body size and could be modelled using a hyperbolic saturation mechanism calculated in form of a cumulated substrate uptake rate. Within this model, the sugar uptake rate of the cells, in the form of the cumulated sugar uptake-value, was simulated and considered being a key performance indicator for determination of the desired size. We want to highlight that the usage of the mentioned screening strategy in combination with a model-based approach will allow tuning of the process towards a certain inclusion body size using a qs based control only. Optimized inclusion body size at the time-point of harvest should stabilize downstream processing and, therefore, increase the overall time-space yield. Furthermore, production of distinct inclusion body size may be interesting for application as a biocatalyst and nanoparticulate material.
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- Julian Kopp
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
- Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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Slouka C, Kopp J, Hutwimmer S, Strahammer M, Strohmer D, Eitenberger E, Schwaighofer A, Herwig C. Custom made inclusion bodies: impact of classical process parameters and physiological parameters on inclusion body quality attributes. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:148. [PMID: 30236107 PMCID: PMC6148765 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-0997-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background The bacterium E. coli is a major host for recombinant protein production of non-glycosylated products. Depending on the expression strategy, the recombinant protein can be located intracellularly. In many cases the formation of inclusion bodies (IBs), protein aggregates inside of the cytoplasm of the cell, is favored in order to achieve high productivities and to cope with toxic products. However, subsequent downstream processing, including homogenization of the cells, centrifugation or solubilization of the IBs, is prone to variable process performance or can be characterized by low extraction yields as published elsewhere. It is hypothesized that variations in IB quality attributes (QA) are responsible for those effects and that such attributes can be controlled by upstream process conditions. This contribution is aimed at analyzing how standard process parameters, such as pH and temperature (T) as well as different controlled levels of physiological parameters, such as specific substrate uptake rates, can vary IB quality attributes. Results Classical process parameters like pH and T influence the expression of analyzed IB. The effect on the three QAs titer, size and purity could be successfully revealed. The developed data driven model showed that low temperatures and low pH are favorable for the expression of the two tested industrially relevant proteins. Based on this knowledge, physiological control using specific substrate feeding rate (of glucose) qs,Glu is altered and the impact is tested for one protein. Conclusions Time dependent monitoring of IB QA—titer, purity, IB bead size—showed a dependence on classical process parameters pH and temperature. These findings are confirmed using a second industrially relevant strain. Optimized process conditions for pH and temperature were used to determine dependence on the physiological parameters, the specific substrate uptake rate (qs,Glu). Higher qs,Glu were shown to have a strong influence on the analyzed IB QAs and drastically increase the titer and purity in early time stages. We therefore present a novel approach to modulate—time dependently—quality attributes in upstream processing to enable robust downstream processing. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-018-0997-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Christoph Slouka
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Chemical Technology and Analytics, Getreidemarkt 9/164, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Chemical Technology and Analytics, Getreidemarkt 9/164, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. .,Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gumpendorfer Strasse 1a, 1060, Vienna, Austria.
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Cooper MA, Taris JE, Shi C, Wood DW. A Convenient Split-Intein Tag Method for the Purification of Tagless Target Proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [PMID: 29516483 DOI: 10.1002/cpps.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In this work, we describe a novel self-cleaving tag technology based on a highly modified split-intein cleaving element. In this system, the N-terminal segment of an engineered split intein is expressed in E. coli and covalently immobilized onto a capture resin, while the smaller C-terminal intein segment is fused to the N-terminus of the desired target protein. The tagged target can then be expressed in an appropriate expression system, without concern for premature intein cleaving. During the purification, strong association between the intein segments effectively captures the tagged target onto the capture resin while simultaneously generating a cleaving-competent intein complex. Once the complex is purified by washing the column, intein-mediated cleavage and release of the tagless target is induced with a simple shift in buffer pH from 8.5 to 6.2. The result is a convenient and effective method for the purification of traceless and tagless target proteins, which can be used in characterization and functional studies. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Merideth A Cooper
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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Kopp J, Slouka C, Ulonska S, Kager J, Fricke J, Spadiut O, Herwig C. Impact of Glycerol as Carbon Source onto Specific Sugar and Inducer Uptake Rates and Inclusion Body Productivity in E. coli BL21(DE3). Bioengineering (Basel) 2017; 5:E1. [PMID: 29267215 PMCID: PMC5874867 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering5010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The Gram-negative bacterium E. coli is the host of choice for a multitude of used recombinant proteins. Generally, cultivation is easy, media are cheap, and a high product titer can be obtained. However, harsh induction procedures using isopropyl β-d-1 thiogalactopyranoside as inducer are often referred to cause stress reactions, leading to a phenomenon known as "metabolic" or "product burden". These high expressions of recombinant proteins mainly result in decreased growth rates and cell lysis at elevated induction times. Therefore, approaches tend to use "soft" or "tunable" induction with lactose and reduce the stress level of the production host. The usage of glucose as energy source in combination with lactose as induction reagent causes catabolite repression effects on lactose uptake kinetics and as a consequence reduced product titer. Glycerol-as an alternative carbon source-is already known to have positive impact on product formation when coupled with glucose and lactose in auto-induction systems, and has been referred to show no signs of repression when cultivated with lactose concomitantly. In recent research activities, the impact of different products on the lactose uptake using glucose as carbon source was highlighted, and a mechanistic model for glucose-lactose induction systems showed correlations between specific substrate uptake rate for glucose or glycerol (qs,C) and the maximum specific lactose uptake rate (qs,lac,max). In this study, we investigated the mechanistic of glycerol uptake when using the inducer lactose. We were able to show that a product-producing strain has significantly higher inducer uptake rates when being compared to a non-producer strain. Additionally, it was shown that glycerol has beneficial effects on viability of cells and on productivity of the recombinant protein compared to glucose.
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- Julian Kopp
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mechanistic and Physiological Methods for Improved Bioprocesses, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
- Research Division Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Biological Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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Antos JM, Ingram J, Fang T, Pishesha N, Truttmann MC, Ploegh HL. Site-Specific Protein Labeling via Sortase-Mediated Transpeptidation. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN PROTEIN SCIENCE 2017; 89:15.3.1-15.3.19. [PMID: 28762490 PMCID: PMC5810355 DOI: 10.1002/cpps.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Strategies for site-specific protein modification are highly desirable for the construction of conjugates containing non-genetically-encoded functional groups. Ideally, these strategies should proceed under mild conditions, and be compatible with a wide range of protein targets and non-natural moieties. The transpeptidation reaction catalyzed by bacterial sortases is a prominent strategy for protein derivatization that possesses these features. Naturally occurring or engineered variants of sortase A from Staphylococcus aureus catalyze a ligation reaction between a five-amino-acid substrate motif (LPXTG) and oligoglycine nucleophiles. By pairing proteins and synthetic peptides that possess these ligation handles, it is possible to install modifications onto the protein N- or C-terminus in site-specific fashion. As described in this unit, the successful implementation of sortase-mediated labeling involves straightforward solid-phase synthesis and molecular biology techniques, and this method is compatible with proteins in solution or on the surface of live cells. © 2017 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- John M Antos
- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Orwick‐Rydmark M, Arnold T, Linke D. The Use of Detergents to Purify Membrane Proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 84:4.8.1-4.8.35. [DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps0408s84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Boehringer‐Ingelheim Veterinary Research Center Hannover Germany
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- University of Oslo, Department of Biosciences Oslo Norway
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Liu J, Gaj T, Yang Y, Wang N, Shui S, Kim S, Kanchiswamy CN, Kim JS, Barbas CF. Efficient delivery of nuclease proteins for genome editing in human stem cells and primary cells. Nat Protoc 2015; 10:1842-59. [DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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