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Falak S, Sajed M, Rashid N. Strategies to enhance soluble production of heterologous proteins in Escherichia coli. Biologia (Bratisl) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-021-00994-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Yesudhas AJR, Ganapathy Raman P, Thirumalai A, Saxena S, Subramanian R. Production of propionic acid through biotransformation of glucose and d-lactic acid by construction of synthetic acrylate pathway in metabolically engineered E. coli. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10242422.2021.2020760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India
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Wingfield PT. Overview of the purification of recombinant proteins. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN PROTEIN SCIENCE 2015; 80:6.1.1-6.1.35. [PMID: 25829302 PMCID: PMC4410719 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps0601s80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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When the first version of this unit was written in 1995, protein purification of recombinant proteins was based on a variety of standard chromatographic methods and approaches, many of which were described and mentioned throughout Current Protocols in Protein Science. In the interim, there has been a shift toward an almost universal usage of the affinity or fusion tag. This may not be the case for biotechnology manufacture where affinity tags can complicate producing proteins under regulatory conditions. Regardless of the protein expression system, questions are asked as to which and how many affinity tags to use, where to attach them in the protein, and whether to engineer a self-cleavage system or simply leave them on. We will briefly address some of these issues. Also, although this overview focuses on E.coli, protein expression and purification, other commonly used expression systems are mentioned and, apart from cell-breakage methods, protein purification methods and strategies are essentially the same.
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- Paul T. Wingfield
- Protein Expression Laboratory, NIAMS - NIH, Building 6B, Room 1B130, 6 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814, Tel: 301-594-1313,
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Chhetri G, Pandey T, Kumar B, Akhtar MS, Tripathi T. Recombinant expression, purification and preliminary characterization of the mRNA export factor MEX67 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Protein Expr Purif 2014; 107:56-61. [PMID: 25462802 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2014] [Revised: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The nuclear export of macromolecules is facilitated by the nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), embedded in the nuclear envelope and consists of multi-protein complexes. MEX67 is one of the nuclear export factor responsible for the transport of the majority of cellular mRNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. The mechanism of mRNA transport through NPCs is unclear due to the unavailability of structures and the known interacting partners of MEX67. The mex67 gene was cloned in pQE30A and was expressed in Escherichia coli. A strategy has been developed to purify the insoluble MEX67 using a nickel affinity column with chelating Sepharose fast flow media, after solubilizing with sodium lauroyl sarcosinate (Sarkosyl). The IMAC purified recombinant MEX67 was further purified using SEC to apparent homogeneity (∼8 mg/L). Following SEC, MEX67 was stable and observed to be a 67 kDa monomeric protein as determined by PAGE and the size exclusion chromatography. The availability of large quantities of the protein will help in its biochemical and biophysical characterization, which may lead to the identification of new interaction partners of MEX67 or MEX67 complex.
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- Gaurav Chhetri
- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India
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- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Jankipuram Extension, Lucknow 226031, India.
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- Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, India.
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Voulgaridou GP, Mantso T, Chlichlia K, Panayiotidis MI, Pappa A. Efficient E. coli expression strategies for production of soluble human crystallin ALDH3A1. PLoS One 2013; 8:e56582. [PMID: 23451057 PMCID: PMC3579847 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 01/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3A1 (ALDH3A1) is a recently characterized corneal crystallin with its exact functions still being unclear. Expressing recombinant human ALDH3A1 has been difficult in Escherichia coli (E. coli) because of low solubility, yield and insufficient purity issues. In this report, we compared different E. coli expression strategies (namely the maltose binding protein; MBP- and the 6-his-tagged expression systems) under conditions of auto-induction and co-expression with E. coli’s molecular chaperones where appropriate. Thus, we aimed to screen the efficiency of these expression strategies in order to improve solubility of recombinant ALDH3A1 when expressed in E. coli. We showed that the MBP- tagged expression in combination with lower-temperature culture conditions resulted in active soluble recombinant ALDH3A1. Expression of the fused 6-his tagged-ALDH3A1 protein resulted in poor solubility and neither lowering temperature culture conditions nor the auto-induction strategy improved its solubility. Furthermore, higher yield of soluble, active native form of 6-his tagged-ALDH3A1 was facilitated through co-expression of the two groups of E. coli’s molecular chaperones, GroES/GroEL and DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE. Convenient one step immobilized affinity chromatography methods were utilized to purify the fused ALDH3A1 hybrids. Both fusion proteins retained their biological activity and could be used directly without removing the fusion tags. Taken together, our results provide a rational option for producing sufficient amounts of soluble and active recombinant ALDH3A1 using the E. coli expression system for conducting functional studies towards elucidating the biological role(s) of this interesting corneal crystallin.
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- Georgia-Persephoni Voulgaridou
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, University Campus, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, University Campus, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, University Campus, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Pathological Anatomy, Medical School, University of Ioannina, University Campus, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, University Campus, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece
- * E-mail:
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Valdez-Cruz NA, Caspeta L, Pérez NO, Ramírez OT, Trujillo-Roldán MA. Production of recombinant proteins in E. coli by the heat inducible expression system based on the phage lambda pL and/or pR promoters. Microb Cell Fact 2010; 9:18. [PMID: 20298615 PMCID: PMC2848208 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-9-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The temperature inducible expression system, based on the pL and/or pR phage lambda promoters regulated by the thermolabile cI857 repressor has been widely use to produce recombinant proteins in prokaryotic cells. In this expression system, induction of heterologous protein is achieved by increasing the culture temperature, generally above 37 degrees C. Concomitant to the overexpression of heterologous protein, the increase in temperature also causes a variety of complex stress responses. Many studies have reported the use of such temperature inducible expression system, however only few discuss the simultaneous stress effects caused by recombinant protein production and the up-shift in temperature. Understanding the integral effect of such responses should be useful to develop improved strategies for high yield protein production and recovery. Here, we describe the current status of the heat inducible expression system based on the pL and/or pR lambda phage promoters, focusing on recent developments on expression vehicles, the stress responses at the molecular and physiological level that occur after heat induction, and bioprocessing factors that affect protein overexpression, including culture operation variables and induction strategies.
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- Norma A Valdez-Cruz
- Unidad de Bioprocesos, Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF, México
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Singh J, Whitwill S, Lacroix G, Douglas J, Dubuc E, Allard G, Keller W, Schernthaner JP. The use of Group 3 LEA proteins as fusion partners in facilitating recombinant expression of recalcitrant proteins in E. coli. Protein Expr Purif 2009; 67:15-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2008] [Revised: 03/28/2009] [Accepted: 04/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Expression and purification of his-tagged recombinant mouse zeta-crystallin. Protein Expr Purif 2009; 69:147-52. [PMID: 19679188 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2009] [Revised: 08/04/2009] [Accepted: 08/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zeta-crystallin is an NADPH-binding protein consisting of four identical 35kD subunits. The protein possesses quinone oxidoreductase activity, and is present in large amounts in the lenses of camelids, certain hystricomorphic rodents, and the Japanese tree frog, and in lower catalytic amounts in certain tissues of various species. In this study, recombinant methods were used to produce substantial quantities of his-tagged recombinant mouse zeta-crystallin, which was then purified to homogeneity. The yield of pure recombinant mouse zeta-crystallin was five times that obtained previously for purification of recombinant guinea pig zeta-crystallin. The quinone oxidoreductase activity of purified his-tagged recombinant mouse zeta-crystallin was comparable to that of purified native guinea pig lens zeta-crystallin, and to that previously reported for recombinant guinea pig zeta-crystallin. The method permits production of substantial amounts of recombinant zeta-crystallin for conducting studies on the biological role of this interesting protein, which exists in such high concentration in the lenses of certain species.
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Kolaj O, Spada S, Robin S, Wall JG. Use of folding modulators to improve heterologous protein production in Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2009; 8:9. [PMID: 19173718 PMCID: PMC2642769 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-8-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 01/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Despite the fundamental importance of E. coli in the manufacture of a wide range of biotechnological and biomedical products, extensive process and/or target optimisation is routinely required in order to achieve functional yields in excess of low mg/l levels. Molecular chaperones and folding catalysts appear to present a panacea for problems of heterologous protein folding in the organism, due largely to their broad substrate range compared with, e.g., protein-specific mutagenesis approaches. Painstaking investigation of chaperone overproduction has, however, met with mixed - and largely unpredictable - results to date. The past 5 years have nevertheless seen an explosion in interest in exploiting the native folding modulators of E. coli, and particularly cocktails thereof, driven largely by the availability of plasmid systems that facilitate simultaneous, non-rational screening of multiple chaperones during recombinant protein expression. As interest in using E. coli to produce recombinant membrane proteins and even glycoproteins grows, approaches to reduce aggregation, delay host cell lysis and optimise expression of difficult-to-express recombinant proteins will become even more critical over the coming years. In this review, we critically evaluate the performance of molecular chaperones and folding catalysts native to E. coli in improving functional production of heterologous proteins in the bacterium and we discuss how they might best be exploited to provide increased amounts of correctly-folded, active protein for biochemical and biophysical studies.
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- Olga Kolaj
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences and Materials and Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick, National Technology Park, Limerick, Ireland.
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Wingfield PT. Overview of the purification of recombinant proteins produced in Escherichia coli. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; Chapter 6:6.1.1-6.1.37. [PMID: 18429246 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps0601s30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The updated version of this unit presents an overview of recombinant protein purification with special emphasis on proteins expressed in E. coli. The first section deals with information pertinent to protein purification that can be derived from translation of the cDNA sequence. This is followed by a discussion of common problems associated with bacterial protein expression. A flow chart summarizes approaches for establishing solubility and localization of bacterially produced proteins. Purification strategies for both soluble and insoluble proteins are also reviewed. A section on glycoproteins produced in bacteria in the nonglycosylated state is included to emphasize that, although they may not be useful for in vivo studies, such proteins are well suited for structural studies. Finally, protein handling, scale and aims of purification, and specialized equipment needed for recombinant protein purification and characterization are discussed. The methodologies and approaches described here are essentially suitable for laboratory-scale operations.
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Jhamb K, Jawed A, Sahoo DK. Immobilized chaperones: A productive alternative to refolding of bacterial inclusion body proteins. Process Biochem 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2008.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Carvalho H, Meneghini R. Increased expression and purification of soluble iron-regulatory protein 1 from Escherichia coli co-expressing chaperonins GroES and GroEL. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 41:270-6. [PMID: 18297188 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2008005000009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2007] [Accepted: 12/11/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Iron is an essential metal for all living organisms. However, iron homeostasis needs to be tightly controlled since iron can mediate the production of reactive oxygen species, which can damage cell components and compromise the integrity and/or cause DNA mutations, ultimately leading to cancer. In eukaryotes, iron-regulatory protein 1 (IRP1) plays a central role in the control of intracellular iron homeostasis. This occurs by interaction of IRP1 with iron-responsive element regions at 5' of ferritin mRNA and 3' of transferrin mRNA which, respectively, represses translation and increases mRNA stability. We have expressed IRP1 using the plasmid pT7-His-hIRP1, which codifies for human IRP1 attached to an NH2-terminal 6-His tag. IRP1 was expressed in Escherichia coli using the strategy of co-expressing chaperonins GroES and GroEL, in order to circumvent inclusion body formation and increase the yield of soluble protein. The protein co-expressed with these chaperonins was obtained mostly in the soluble form, which greatly increased the efficiency of protein purification. Metal affinity and FPLC ion exchange chromatography were used in order to obtain highly purified IRP1. Purified protein was biologically active, as assessed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay, and could be converted to the cytoplasmic aconitase form. These results corroborate previous studies, which suggest the use of folding catalysts as a powerful strategy to increase protein solubility when expressing heterologous proteins in E. coli.
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- H Carvalho
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Diadema, SP, Brasil.
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Seto M, Ogawa T, Kodama K, Muramoto K, Kanayama Y, Sakai Y, Chijiwa T, Ohno M. A novel recombinant system for functional expression of myonecrotic snake phospholipase A(2) in Escherichia coli using a new fusion affinity tag. Protein Expr Purif 2007; 58:194-202. [PMID: 18207418 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2007] [Revised: 11/23/2007] [Accepted: 11/29/2007] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A novel recombinant expression system in Escherichia coli was developed using conger eel galectin, namely, congerin II, as an affinity tag. This system was applied for the functional expression of myotoxic lysine-49-phospholipase A(2) ([Lys(49)]PLA(2)), termed BPII and obtained from Protobothrops flavoviridis (Pf) venom. Recombinant Pf BPII fused with a congerin tag has been successfully expressed as a soluble fraction and showed better quantitative yield when folded correctly. The solubility of the recombinant congerin II-tagged BPII increased up to >90% in E. coli strain JM109 when coexpressed with the molecular chaperones GroEL, GroES, and trigger factor (Tf). The tag protein was cleaved by digestion with restriction protease, such as alpha-thrombin or Microbacterium liquefaciens protease (MLP), to obtain completely active recombinant BPII. Thus, the congerin-tagged fusion systems containing the cleavage recognition site for alpha-thrombin or MLP were demonstrated to be highly efficient and useful for producing proteins of desired solubility and activity.
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- Minae Seto
- Department of Biomolecular Science, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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Jackson BR, Noble C, Lavesa-Curto M, Bond PL, Bowater RP. Characterization of an ATP-dependent DNA ligase from the acidophilic archaeon "Ferroplasma acidarmanus" Fer1. Extremophiles 2006; 11:315-27. [PMID: 17136487 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-006-0041-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Analysis of the genome of "Ferroplasma acidarmanus" Fer1, an archaeon that is an extreme acidophile, identified an open reading frame encoding a putative ATP-dependent DNA ligase, which we termed FaLig. The deduced amino acid sequence of FaLig contains 595 amino acids, with a predicted molecular mass of 67.8 kDa. "F. acidarmanus" Fer1 is classified as a Euryarchaeote, but phylogenetic analysis using amino acid sequences showed that FaLig is more similar to DNA ligases from Crenarchaeota, suggesting that lateral transfer of these genes has occurred among archaea. The gene sequence encoding FaLig was cloned into a bacterial expression vector harbouring an upstream His-tag to aid purification. Conditions for expression and purification from Escherichia coli were identified and recombinant FaLig was confirmed to be an ATP-dependent DNA ligase. Optimal conditions for nick-joining by the protein were pH 6-7, 0.5 mM ATP, in the presence of either Mg(2+) or Mn(2+). Using a range of nicked, double-stranded nucleic acids, ligation was detected with the same substrates as previously determined for other DNA ligases. Although FaLig is the DNA ligase from one of the most extreme acidophilic organism yet studied, this characterization suggests that its biochemical mechanism is analogous to that of enzymes from other cellular systems.
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- Brian R Jackson
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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Oganesyan N, Ankoudinova I, Kim SH, Kim R. Effect of osmotic stress and heat shock in recombinant protein overexpression and crystallization. Protein Expr Purif 2006; 52:280-5. [PMID: 17126029 PMCID: PMC1865119 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2006] [Revised: 09/27/2006] [Accepted: 09/29/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Overexpressed recombinant proteins in bacteria often tend to misfold and accumulate as soluble aggregates and/or inclusion bodies. A strategy for improving the level of expression of recombinant proteins in a soluble native form is to increase the cellular concentration of osmolytes or of chaperones. This can be accomplished by growing the bacterial cells in the presence of high salt, sorbitol, and betaine as well as exposing the cells to a heat shock step. Our results suggest that by growing the cells under varied conditions one may be able to express targets as soluble proteins (from previously insoluble targets) and to improve the chances of their crystallization.
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- Berkeley Structural Genomics Center, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Berkeley Structural Genomics Center, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Berkeley Structural Genomics Center, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail: Phone: (510)-486-4332; FAX: (510)-486-5272
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Gupta P, Aggarwal N, Batra P, Mishra S, Chaudhuri TK. Co-expression of chaperonin GroEL/GroES enhances in vivo folding of yeast mitochondrial aconitase and alters the growth characteristics of Escherichia coli. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 38:1975-85. [PMID: 16822698 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2006] [Revised: 05/19/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Over last two decades many researchers have demonstrated the mechanisms of how the Escherichia coli chaperonin GroEL and GroES work in the binding and folding of different aggregation prone substrate proteins both in vivo and in vitro. However, preliminary aspects, such as influence of co-expressing GroEL and GroES on the over expression of other recombinant proteins in E. coli cells and subsequent growth aspects, as well as the conditions for optimum production of recombinant proteins in presence of recombinant chaperones have not been properly investigated. In the present study we have demonstrated the temperature dependent growth characteristics of E. coli cells, which are over expressing recombinant aconitase and how the co-expression of E. coli chaperonin GroEL and GroES influence the growth rate of the cells and in vivo folding of recombinant aconitase. Presence of co-expressed GroEL reduces the aconitase over-expression drastically; however, exogenous GroEL & GroES together compensate this reduction. For the aconitase over-expressing cells the growth rate decreases by 30% at 25 degrees C when compared with the M15 E. coli cells, however, there is an increase of 20% at 37 degrees C indicating the participation of endogenous chaperonin in the folding of a fraction of over expressed aconitase. However, in presence of co-expressed GroEL and GroES the growth rate of aconitase producing cells was enhanced by 30% at 37 degrees C confirming the assistance of exogenous chaperone system for the folding of recombinant aconitase. Optimum in vivo folding of aconitase requires co-production of complete E. coli chaperonin machinery GroEL and GroES together.
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- Parul Gupta
- Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
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Ghosh S, Rasheedi S, Rahim SS, Banerjee S, Choudhary RK, Chakhaiyar P, Ehtesham NZ, Mukhopadhyay S, Hasnain SE. Method for enhancing solubility of the expressed recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli. Biotechniques 2004; 37:418, 420, 422-3. [PMID: 15470897 DOI: 10.2144/04373st07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The production of correctly folded protein in Escherichia coli is often challenging because of aggregation of the overexpressed protein into inclusion bodies. Although a number of general and protein-specific techniques are available, their effectiveness varies widely. We report a novel method for enhancing the solubility of overexpressed proteins. Presence of a dipeptide, glycylglycine, in the range of 100 mM to 1 M in the medium was found to significantly enhance the solubility (up to 170-fold) of the expressed proteins. The method has been validated using mycobacterial proteins, resulting in improved solubilization, which were otherwise difficult to express as soluble proteins in E. coli. This method can also be used to enhance the solubility of other heterologous recombinant proteins expressed in a bacterial system.
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- Sudip Ghosh
- National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), Hyderabad, India
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Levy R, Weiss R, Chen G, Iverson BL, Georgiou G. Production of correctly folded Fab antibody fragment in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli trxB gor mutants via the coexpression of molecular chaperones. Protein Expr Purif 2001; 23:338-47. [PMID: 11676610 DOI: 10.1006/prep.2001.1520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Disulfide bonds are normally formed after a polypeptide has been exported from the reducing environment of the cytoplasm into a more oxidizing compartment, such as the bacterial periplasm. Recently, we showed that in Escherichia coli trxB gor mutants, in which the reduction of thioredoxin and glutathione is impaired, the redox potential of the cytoplasm becomes comparable to that of the mammalian endoplasmic reticulum, thus allowing the formation of disulfide bonds in certain complex proteins (P. H. Bessette et al., 1999, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 13703-13708]. Here, we investigate the expression of a Fab antibody fragment in the bacterial cytoplasm. The effect of coexpressing cytoplasmic chaperones (GroEL/ES, trigger factor, DnaK/J), as well as signal sequenceless versions of periplasmic chaperones (DsbC and Skp), was examined. Skp coexpression was shown to have the most significant effect (five- to sixfold increase) on the yield of correctly folded Fab. A maximum yield of 0.8 mg Fab/L/OD(600) Fab was obtained, indicating that cytoplasmic expression may be a viable alternative for the preparative production of antibody fragments.
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- R Levy
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, 79712, USA
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