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Sołowińska K, Holec-Gąsior L. Single Cell Expression Systems for the Production of Recombinant Proteins for Immunodiagnosis and Immunoprophylaxis of Toxoplasmosis. Microorganisms 2024; 12:1731. [PMID: 39203573 PMCID: PMC11357668 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12081731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2024] [Revised: 07/31/2024] [Accepted: 08/21/2024] [Indexed: 09/03/2024] Open
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Toxoplasmosis represents a significant public health and veterinary concern due to its widespread distribution, zoonotic transmission, and potential for severe health impacts in susceptible individuals and animal populations. The ability to design and produce recombinant proteins with precise antigenic properties is fundamental, as they serve as tools for accurate disease detection and effective immunization strategies, contributing to improved healthcare outcomes and disease control. Most commonly, a prokaryotic expression system is employed for the production of both single antigens and multi-epitope chimeric proteins; however, the cloning strategies, bacterial strain, vector, and expression conditions vary. Moreover, literature reports show the use of alternative microbial systems such as yeast or Leishmania tarentolae. This review provides an overview of the methods and strategies employed for the production of recombinant Toxoplasma gondii antigenic proteins for the serological detection of T. gondii infection and vaccine development.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Str., 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland;
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Rastkhah E, Fatemi F, Maghami P. Optimizing the Metal Bioreduction Process in Recombinant Shewanella azerbaijanica Bacteria: A Novel Approach via mtrC Gene Cloning and Nitrate-Reducing Pathway Destruction. Mol Biotechnol 2023:10.1007/s12033-023-00920-x. [PMID: 37917324 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-023-00920-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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Environmental pollution is growing every day in terms of the increase in population, industrialization, and urbanization. Shewanella azerbaijanica is introduced as a highly potent bacterium in metal bioremediation. The mtrC gene was selected as a cloning target to improve electron flux chains in the EET (extracellular electron transfer) pathway. Using the SDM (site-directed mutagenesis) technique, the unique gene assembly featured the mtrC gene sandwiched between two napD/B genes to disrupt the nitrate reduction pathway, which serves as the primary metal reduction competitor. Shew-mtrC gene construction was transferred to expression plasmid pET28a (+) in the expression host bacteria (E. coli BL21 and S. azerbaijanica), in pUC57, cloning plasmid, which was transferred to the cloning host bacteria E. coli Top10 and S. azerbaijanica. All cloning procedures (i.e., synthesis, insertion, transformation, cloning, and protein expression) were verified and confirmed by precise tests. ATR-FTIR analysis, CD, western blotting, affinity chromatography, SDS-PAGE, and other techniques were used to confirm the expression and structure of the MtrC protein. The genome sequence and primers were designed according to the submitted Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 genome, the most similar bacteria to this native species. The performance of recombinant S. azerbaijanica bacterium in metal bioremediation, as sustainable strategy, has to be verified by more research.
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- Elham Rastkhah
- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Goussé M, Dell'Aglio E, Curien G, Borland S, Renoud S, Ranquet C, Chandor-Proust A. E. coli chromosomal-driven expression of NADK2 from A. thaliana: A preferable alternative to plasmid-driven expression for challenging proteins. Protein Expr Purif 2022; 195-196:106090. [PMID: 35346853 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2022.106090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The expression and purification of large recombinant proteins or protein complexes is problematic for some biotechnology laboratories. Indeed, it is often difficult to obtain enough active proteins to perform biological characterization or reach commercialization, when large proteins or protein complexes are expressed in E. coli via the popular T7-based plasmid-driven expression system. There is also an industrial demand to decrease our dependence on plasmid-driven expression, because of its drawbacks, such as: i) the common use of antibiotics to maintain the plasmid, ii) the issue of plasmid copy number, and iii) the risk of overloading the expression system. Despite all these issues, alternative solutions, such as gene integration in the bacterial chromosome, are rarely employed and their advantages are still a matter of debate. Plant plastidial NAD kinases (NADK; ATP:NAD 2'-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.23) are a classic example of proteins with high molecular weight, that are difficult to express and purify with traditional T7-based technology. We therefore compared plasmid-driven and chromosomal-driven expression of the Arabidopsis thaliana NADK2 protein, using a proprietary counter-selection tool, COLIBELT®, that allows scar-free and marker-free chromosomal modifications. Here we show that chromosomal-driven expression allowed recovery of more active NADK2 protein than classic T7 expression systems, as well as better production, thus confirming that expression from one single chromosomal copy is preferable to plasmid-driven expression and might be appealing for both basic and applied research.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRAe, IRIG-LPCV, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, INRAe, IRIG-LPCV, Grenoble, France
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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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Li ZJ, Zhang ZX, Xu Y, Shi TQ, Ye C, Sun XM, Huang H. CRISPR-Based Construction of a BL21 (DE3)-Derived Variant Strain Library to Rapidly Improve Recombinant Protein Production. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:343-352. [PMID: 34919397 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) is the most widely used host for recombinant protein expression. However, not every protein can be highly expressed in BL21 (DE3), so individual optimization strategies are often required for different proteins, which is time-consuming and difficult to apply rapidly for industrial production. Constructing more hosts is a good choice to enrich protein expression selection. The expression level of T7 RNAP is the core control node of the pET expression system, so regulating its expression level is an effective way of improving the production of difficult-to-express proteins. Various BL21 (DE3)-derived variant hosts with different translation levels of T7 RNAP could be obtained by changing the ribosomal binding site (RBS) sequences of T7 RNAP in a genome. Here, a BL21 (DE3)-derived variant strain library with different RBS sequences of T7 RNAP was constructed using a base editor and CRISPR-Cas9. Notably, the CRISPR-Cas9 system combined with degenerate primers enabled the construction of an RBS library with 87.5% of the theoretical coverage in single editing, which is more convenient and efficient than the use of a base editor. The expression level of a target gene in the variant strain library ranged from 28 to 220% of the parental strain. Furthermore, a high-throughput host-screening platform for recombinant protein production was constructed, which enabled us to obtain the best expression host for certain target proteins in only 3 days. As a proof of concept, the production of all eight difficult-to-express proteins was greatly improved, including autolytic protein, membrane proteins, antimicrobial peptides, and hardly soluble proteins. Among them, the expression of glucose dehydrogenase in the best host exhibited a 298-fold increase compared to the parental strain. This strategy is simple and effective, requires no advanced equipment, and can be carried out in any laboratory.
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- Zi-Jia Li
- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 2 Xuelin Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 2 Xuelin Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 2 Xuelin Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 2 Xuelin Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 2 Xuelin Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 2 Xuelin Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, 2 Xuelin Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, No. 30 South Puzhu Road, Nanjing 211816, People’s Republic of China
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Ortega C, Oppezzo P, Correa A. Overcoming the Solubility Problem in E. coli: Available Approaches for Recombinant Protein Production. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2406:35-64. [PMID: 35089549 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1859-2_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Despite the importance of recombinant protein production in the academy and industrial fields, many issues concerning the expression of soluble and homogeneous products are still unsolved. Several strategies were developed to overcome these obstacles; however, at present, there is no magic bullet that can be applied for all cases. Indeed, several key expression parameters need to be evaluated for each protein. Among the different hosts for protein expression, Escherichia coli is by far the most widely used. In this chapter, we review many of the different tools employed to circumvent protein insolubility problems.
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- Claudia Ortega
- Recombinant Protein Unit, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Recombinant Protein Unit, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Recombinant Protein Unit, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Kumar CMS, Chugh K, Dutta A, Mahamkali V, Bose T, Mande SS, Mande SC, Lund PA. Chaperonin Abundance Enhances Bacterial Fitness. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:669996. [PMID: 34381811 PMCID: PMC8350394 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.669996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The ability of chaperonins to buffer mutations that affect protein folding pathways suggests that their abundance should be evolutionarily advantageous. Here, we investigate the effect of chaperonin overproduction on cellular fitness in Escherichia coli. We demonstrate that chaperonin abundance confers 1) an ability to tolerate higher temperatures, 2) improved cellular fitness, and 3) enhanced folding of metabolic enzymes, which is expected to lead to enhanced energy harvesting potential.
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- C M Santosh Kumar
- School of Biosciences and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
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- TCS Research, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Pune, India
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- TCS Research, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Pune, India
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India
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- School of Biosciences and Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Evaluation of chromosomal insertion loci in the Pseudomonas putida KT2440 genome for predictable biosystems design. Metab Eng Commun 2020; 11:e00139. [PMID: 32775199 PMCID: PMC7398981 DOI: 10.1016/j.mec.2020.e00139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The development of Pseudomonas strains for industrial production of fuels and chemicals will require the integration of heterologous genes and pathways into the chromosome. Finding the most appropriate integration site to maximize strain performance is an essential part of the strain design process. We characterized seven chromosomal loci in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for integration of a fluorescent protein expression construct. Insertion in five of the loci did not affect growth rate, but fluorescence varied by up to 27-fold. Three sites displaying a diversity of phenotypes with the fluorescent reporter were also chosen for the integration of a gene encoding a muconate importer. Depending on the integration locus, expression of the importer varied by approximately 3-fold and produced significant phenotypic differences. This work demonstrates the impact of the integration location on host viability, gene expression, and overall strain performance. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 chromosomal loci were characterized as potential insertion targets for heterologous genes. Integration location had a significant effect on heterologous protein expression and host phenotype. The identification of an appropriate chromosomal insertion location is essential to optimize genetic engineering design.
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Nazari A, Farajnia S, Zahri S, Bagherlou N, Tanoumand A, Rahbarnia L. Cytoplasmic Chaperones Enhance Soluble Expression of Anti-EGFR huscFv in Escherichia coli. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 2020; 18:e2314. [PMID: 33542937 PMCID: PMC7856399 DOI: 10.30498/ijb.2020.138200.2314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Background: Overexpression of EGFR is associated with carcinogenesis in more than 70% of head and neck cancers. Anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies bind to the extracellular domain of EGFR and block the EGFR downstream signaling pathway, which results in the suppression of the growth of the tumor cells. Escherichia coli is the preferred system for expressing various recombinant proteins, including single chain antibodies, but the formation of inclusion bodies negatively affects the efficacy of this system. Several strategies have been suggested to solve this problem, notably the utilization of molecular chaperones. Objectives: In this study, we attempted to increase the soluble expression of huscfv antibody via co-expression with the cytoplasmic chaperones. Materials and Methods: To achieve this purpose, chaperones plasmids pG-KJE8, pGro7, pKjE7, pTf16 and pG-Tf2 encoding cytoplasmic chaperones were co-expressed with the humanized anti-EGFR scFv construct in E. coli. Different temperatures, incubations times, and concentrations of IPTG were used to produce an active antibody with the highest solubility. Results were analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Soluble huscFv was purified by Ni-NTA column and the biologic activity of the recombinant protein was determined by ELISA. Result: The results indicated that the highest concentrations of humanized anti-EGFR scFv were obtained by co-expression of huscFv via chaperone plasmid pG-KJE8 with 0.2 mM concentration of inducer (IPTG), culture temperature of 25 °C, and 4 h incubation time after induction. Conclusion: In conclusion, co-expression with chaperones could be used as an efficient strategy to produce soluble active ScFvs in E. coli.
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- Atefeh Nazari
- Department of Biology, University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Biology, University of Mohaghegh Ardebili, Ardebil, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Infectious and tropical diseases research center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Guan C, Ma Y, Chen X, Zhao R, Huang X, Su J, Chen D, Lu Z, Li Q, Gu R. Broad-host-range application of the srfA promoter from Bacillus subtilis in Escherichia coli. J Microbiol Methods 2019; 168:105798. [PMID: 31790778 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2019.105798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 11/28/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The promoter of the srf operon (PsrfA) had been used to construct a cell-density-dependent expression system in B. subtilis in our previous work. The PsrfA and its derivative PsrfA12 showed good performance of heterologous protein expression in B. subtilis. In this work, using green fluorescent protein (GFP) and β-galactosidase (LacZ) as the reporter proteins, the host feasibility and expression characteristics of the PsrfA and PsrfA12 in E. coli were identified. The prominent green fluorescence shooted by laser scanning confocal microscope, fluorescence intensity measured by spectrophotometer and the distinct protein bands detected by SDS-PAGE demonstrated that the GFP could be largely expressed under the control of the PsrfA and PsrfA12 in the E. coli host strain of BL21 (DE3) and JM109 and the expression of GFP in strain BL21 (DE3) was much higher than that of in strain JM109. Meanwhile, the promoter PsrfA 12 was much stronger than PsrfA to the extent that the GFP controlled by PsrfA12 in strain BL21 (DE3) was leaked into the supernatant. And the fluorescence intensity detected in the supernatant of the recombinant strain BL21 (DE3) containing PsrfA12 was 10.25-fold higher than that of strain JM109 containing PsrfA. Moreover, the LacZ could also be produced by PsrfA and PsrfA12 in strain BL21 (DE3) and JM109 and the strain JM109 showed better performance than BL21 (DE3) in expressing LacZ. The LacZ activity controlled by PsrfA and PsrfA12 in JM109 were separately 2.47-fold and 2.36-fold higher than that of in strain BL21 (DE3). This work will broaden the applied range of the PsrfA and enrich the efficient toolbar for cross-species gene expression or module construction in E. coli and B. subtilis.
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- Chengran Guan
- Key Lab of Dairy Biotechnology and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
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- Key Lab of Dairy Biotechnology and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
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- Key Lab of Dairy Biotechnology and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
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- Key Lab of Dairy Biotechnology and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
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- Key Lab of Dairy Biotechnology and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
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- Key Lab of Dairy Biotechnology and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
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- Key Lab of Dairy Biotechnology and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
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- Bloomage Biotechnology Corporation Limited, Ji'nan, Shandong 250000, China
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- New Hope Dairy Shareholding Co., Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan 610063, China
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- Key Lab of Dairy Biotechnology and Safety Control, College of Food Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China.
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Pekarsky A, Konopek V, Spadiut O. The impact of technical failures during cultivation of an inclusion body process. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2019; 42:1611-1624. [PMID: 31267174 PMCID: PMC6751153 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-019-02158-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In biotechnological processes, technical failures in the upstream process often lead to batch loss. It is of great interest to investigate the empirical impact of technical failures to understand and mitigate their impact accurately and reduce economic damage. We investigated the impact in the upstream and downstream of a recombinant antibody fragment inclusion body production process chain to provide integrated empirical data and knowledge. First, we provided a reproducible process chain that yielded high inclusion body content, high specific product titer, and a refolding yield of 30%. The inclusion body downstream proved to be of high reproducibility. Through the intended introduction of technical failures, we were not only able to shed more light on the empirical responses in the upstream and downstream, but also on process-boosting parameters that would have been neglected. Herein, a short increase in temperature during the cultivation clearly increased the refolding yield.
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- Alexander Pekarsky
- Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Wien, Gumpendorfer Strasse 1a, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Wien, Gumpendorfer Strasse 1a, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Wien, Gumpendorfer Strasse 1a, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Mahmoud Al-Hejin A, Singh Bora R, Morsi M. Ahmed M. Plasmids for Optimizing Expression of Recombinant Proteins in E. coli. Plasmid 2019. [DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.82205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Alba-Martínez Z, Ramírez-Silva L, Hernández-Alcántara G. Exploring the differences between the three pyruvate kinase isozymes from Vibrio cholerae in a heterologous expression system. BMC Res Notes 2018; 11:527. [PMID: 30064476 PMCID: PMC6069732 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3651-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objective The genome of Vibrio cholerae has three paralog genes encoding for distinct pyruvate kinases. We were interested in elucidating whether they were expressed, and contributed to the pyruvate kinase activity of V. cholerae. VcIPK and VcIIPK were transformed and expressed in BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)-RIL strain, whereas VcIIIPK could not be transformed. Those studied did contribute to the pyruvate kinase activity of the bacteria. Therefore, our aim was to find an efficient transformation and commonly used over-expression heterologous system for VcIIIPK and develop its purification protocol. Results vcIpk, vcIIpk and vcIIIpk genes were transformed in six different BL21 expression strains. No transformants were obtained for the vcIIIpk gene using BL21(DE3), BL21(DE3)pLysS and BL21(DE3)CodonPlus-RIL strains. Reduced rates of cell growth were observed for BL21-Gold(DE3)pLysS and Origami B(DE3)pLysS. High efficiency of transformation was obtained for BL21-AI. Using this strain, VcIIIPK was purified but proved to be unstable during its purification and storage. Therefore, the transformation of vcIIIpk gene resulted in a toxic, mildly toxic or nontoxic product for these BL21 strains. Despite VcIIPK and VcIIIPK being phylogenetically related, the preservation of the proteins is drastically different; whereas one is preserved during purification and storage, the other is auto-proteolyzed completely in less than a week. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13104-018-3651-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Zoe Alba-Martínez
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Karyolaimos A, Ampah-Korsah H, Zhang Z, de Gier JW. Shaping Escherichia coli for recombinant membrane protein production. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2018; 365:5040224. [DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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- Alexandros Karyolaimos
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Sv. Arrheniusväg 16C, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Sv. Arrheniusväg 16C, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Sv. Arrheniusväg 16C, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Sv. Arrheniusväg 16C, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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Kuipers G, Karyolaimos A, Zhang Z, Ismail N, Trinco G, Vikström D, Slotboom DJ, de Gier JW. The tunable pReX expression vector enables optimizing the T7-based production of membrane and secretory proteins in E. coli. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:226. [PMID: 29246156 PMCID: PMC5732464 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0840-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background To optimize the production of membrane and secretory proteins in Escherichia coli, it is critical to harmonize the expression rates of the genes encoding these proteins with the capacity of their biogenesis machineries. Therefore, we engineered the Lemo21(DE3) strain, which is derived from the T7 RNA polymerase-based BL21(DE3) protein production strain. In Lemo21(DE3), the T7 RNA polymerase activity can be modulated by the controlled co-production of its natural inhibitor T7 lysozyme. This setup enables to precisely tune target gene expression rates in Lemo21(DE3). The t7lys gene is expressed from the pLemo plasmid using the titratable rhamnose promoter. A disadvantage of the Lemo21(DE3) setup is that the system is based on two plasmids, a T7 expression vector and pLemo. The aim of this study was to simplify the Lemo21(DE3) setup by incorporating the key elements of pLemo in a standard T7-based expression vector. Results By incorporating the gene encoding the T7 lysozyme under control of the rhamnose promoter in a standard T7-based expression vector, pReX was created (ReX stands for Regulated gene eXpression). For two model membrane proteins and a model secretory protein we show that the optimized production yields obtained with the pReX expression vector in BL21(DE3) are similar to the ones obtained with Lemo21(DE3) using a standard T7 expression vector. For another secretory protein, a c-type cytochrome, we show that pReX, in contrast to Lemo21(DE3), enables the use of a helper plasmid that is required for the maturation and hence the production of this heme c protein. Conclusions Here, we created pReX, a T7-based expression vector that contains the gene encoding the T7 lysozyme under control of the rhamnose promoter. pReX enables regulated T7-based target gene expression using only one plasmid. We show that with pReX the production of membrane and secretory proteins can be readily optimized. Importantly, pReX facilitates the use of helper plasmids. Furthermore, the use of pReX is not restricted to BL21(DE3), but it can in principle be used in any T7 RNAP-based strain. Thus, pReX is a versatile alternative to Lemo21(DE3). Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-017-0840-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Grietje Kuipers
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.,Xbrane Biopharma AB, SE-111 45, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- University of Groningen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, NL-9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, NL-9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Behloul N, Wei W, Baha S, Liu Z, Wen J, Meng J. Effects of mRNA secondary structure on the expression of HEV ORF2 proteins in Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:200. [PMID: 29137642 PMCID: PMC5686824 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0812-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Viral protein expression in Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a powerful tool for structural/functional studies as well as for vaccine and diagnostics development. However, numerous factors such as codon bias, mRNA secondary structure and nucleotides distribution, have been indentified to hamper this heterologous expression. Results In this study, we combined computational and biochemical methods to analyze the influence of these factors on the expression of different segments of hepatitis E virus (HEV) ORF 2 protein and hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg). Three out of five HEV antigens were expressed while all three HBsAg fragments were not. The computational analysis revealed a significant difference in nucleotide distribution between expressed and non-expressed genes; and all these non-expressing constructs shared similar stable 5′-end mRNA secondary structures that affected the accessibility of both Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence and start codon AUG. By modifying the 5′-end of HEV and HBV non-expressed genes, there was a significant increase in the total free energy of the mRNA secondary structures that permitted the exposure of the SD sequence and the start codon, which in turn, led to the successful expression of these genes in E. coli. Conclusions This study demonstrates that the mRNA secondary structure near the start codon is the key limiting factor for an efficient expression of HEV ORF2 proteins in E. coli. It describes also a simple and effective strategy for the production of viral proteins of different lengths for immunogenicity/antigenicity comparative studies during vaccine and diagnostics development. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-017-0812-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Nouredine Behloul
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Southeast University, 87 DingJiaQiao Road, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, China.
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Over the last few decades the development of new technologies, the fabrication of new materials, and the introduction of nanotechnologies created new trends in a series of advances that produced innovations in biological sensing devices with a wide range of application from health, security, defense, food, and medicine, to the environment. Specificity, low cost, rapidity, sensitivity, and multiplicity are some of the reasons for their growth, and their commercial success is expected to increase in the next future. Biosensors are devices in which the recognition part of the target molecule is accomplished by biological macromolecules such as proteins, enzymes, antibodies, aptamers, etc. These biomolecules are able to bind to the target molecules with high selectivity and specificity. The interaction between the target molecule and the specific biomolecule is reflected as a change of the biomolecule structural features. The extent of this change is strictly related to the biosensor response. Fluorescence spectroscopy, due to its sensitivity, is often used as the principal technique to monitor biological interactions, and thus the biosensor response as well. Both the intrinsic ultraviolet fluorescence of protein, arising from aromatic amino acids (tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine), and extrinsic fluorescent labels emitting in the visible region of the spectrum together allow for very flexible transduction of the analyte recognition, suitable for many different applications. This chapter focuses special attention on enzymes as practically unmatched recognition elements for biosensors and emphasizes the potential advantages of customized biosensor devices using apo- or holo forms of enzymes also isolated from thermophile sources.
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Kuipers G, Peschke M, Ismail NB, Hjelm A, Schlegel S, Vikström D, Luirink J, de Gier JW. Optimizing E. coli-Based Membrane Protein Production Using Lemo21(DE3) or pReX and GFP-Fusions. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1586:109-126. [PMID: 28470601 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6887-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Optimizing the conditions for the production of membrane proteins in E. coli is usually a laborious and time-consuming process. Combining the Lemo21(DE3) strain or the pReX T7-based expression vector with membrane proteins C-terminally fused to Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) greatly facilitates the optimization of membrane protein production yields. Both Lemo21(DE3) and pReX allow precise regulation of expression intensities of genes encoding membrane proteins, which is critical to identify the optimal production condition for a membrane protein. The use of GFP-fusions allows direct monitoring and visualization of membrane proteins at any stage during the production optimization process.
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- Grietje Kuipers
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
- Xbrane Biopharma AB, Banvaktsvägen 22, SE-171 48, Solna, Sweden
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- The Amsterdam Institute of Molecules, Medicines and Systems, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Molecular Microbial Ecology, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Xbrane Biopharma AB, Banvaktsvägen 22, SE-171 48, Solna, Sweden
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- The Amsterdam Institute of Molecules, Medicines and Systems, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Xbrane Biopharma AB, Banvaktsvägen 22, SE-171 48, Solna, Sweden.
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Yang Y, Wu X, Xuan H, Gao Z. Functional analysis of plant NB-LRR gene L3 by using E. coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 478:1569-74. [PMID: 27586278 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.08.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Plant NB-LRR genes mediate plant innate immunity and cause the programmed cell death of plant cells. Very little, however, is known about these processes. Taken advantage of easy manipulation of bacteria, genetic analysis was made to understand the mechanism of lethality of NB-LRR proteins to bacteria and correlate the information back to how NB-LRR proteins cause cell death in plants. It was found that only L3 encoded by NB-LRR gene L3 (At1g15890) specifically caused significant death of BL21(DE3), while other NBS-LRR proteins did not, and 760-851, the truncated form of L3, was essential to the lethality of L3. Gene yedZ (EG14048) and nupG (EG10664) were identified by genome re-sequencing from E. coli, both of which mediate the toxicity of L3 in E. coli. Furthermore, NupG can affect the activity of peroxidase and significantly suppress plant cell death, which is induced by NB-LRR protein RPM1(D505V) encoded by RPM1 (At3g07040) in N. benthamiana. These findings provide evidence that functional analysis of plant NB-LRR genes in microorganisms might be a potential and rapid method.
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- Yin Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People's Republic of China.
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Binder D, Probst C, Grünberger A, Hilgers F, Loeschcke A, Jaeger KE, Kohlheyer D, Drepper T. Comparative Single-Cell Analysis of Different E. coli Expression Systems during Microfluidic Cultivation. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0160711. [PMID: 27525986 PMCID: PMC4985164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Recombinant protein production is mostly realized with large-scale cultivations and monitored at the level of the entire population. Detailed knowledge of cell-to-cell variations with respect to cellular growth and product formation is limited, even though phenotypic heterogeneity may distinctly hamper overall production yields, especially for toxic or difficult-to-express proteins. Unraveling phenotypic heterogeneity is thus a key aspect in understanding and optimizing recombinant protein production in biotechnology and synthetic biology. Here, microfluidic single-cell analysis serves as the method of choice to investigate and unmask population heterogeneities in a dynamic and spatiotemporal fashion. In this study, we report on comparative microfluidic single-cell analyses of commonly used E. coli expression systems to uncover system-inherent specifications in the synthetic M9CA growth medium. To this end, the PT7lac/LacI, the PBAD/AraC and the Pm/XylS system were systematically analyzed in order to gain detailed insights into variations of growth behavior and expression phenotypes and thus to uncover individual strengths and deficiencies at the single-cell level. Specifically, we evaluated the impact of different system-specific inducers, inducer concentrations as well as genetic modifications that affect inducer-uptake and regulation of target gene expression on responsiveness and phenotypic heterogeneity. Interestingly, the most frequently applied expression system based on E. coli strain BL21(DE3) clearly fell behind with respect to expression homogeneity and robustness of growth. Moreover, both the choice of inducer and the presence of inducer uptake systems proved crucial for phenotypic heterogeneity. Conclusively, microfluidic evaluation of different inducible E. coli expression systems and setups identified the modified lacY-deficient PT7lac/LacI as well as the Pm/XylS system with conventional m-toluic acid induction as key players for precise and robust triggering of bacterial gene expression in E. coli in a homogeneous fashion.
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- Dennis Binder
- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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Wronska MA, O'Connor IB, Tilbury MA, Srivastava A, Wall JG. Adding Functions to Biomaterial Surfaces through Protein Incorporation. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2016; 28:5485-5508. [PMID: 27164952 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201504310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The concept of biomaterials has evolved from one of inert mechanical supports with a long-term, biologically inactive role in the body into complex matrices that exhibit selective cell binding, promote proliferation and matrix production, and may ultimately become replaced by newly generated tissues in vivo. Functionalization of material surfaces with biomolecules is critical to their ability to evade immunorecognition, interact productively with surrounding tissues and extracellular matrix, and avoid bacterial colonization. Antibody molecules and their derived fragments are commonly immobilized on materials to mediate coating with specific cell types in fields such as stent endothelialization and drug delivery. The incorporation of growth factors into biomaterials has found application in promoting and accelerating bone formation in osteogenerative and related applications. Peptides and extracellular matrix proteins can impart biomolecule- and cell-specificities to materials while antimicrobial peptides have found roles in preventing biofilm formation on devices and implants. In this progress report, we detail developments in the use of diverse proteins and peptides to modify the surfaces of hard biomaterials in vivo and in vitro. Chemical approaches to immobilizing active biomolecules are presented, as well as platform technologies for isolation or generation of natural or synthetic molecules suitable for biomaterial functionalization.
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- Małgorzata A Wronska
- Microbiology and Center for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Microbiology and Center for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Microbiology and Center for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Microbiology and Center for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Microbiology and Center for Research in Medical Devices (CÚRAM), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Zhang H, Stephanopoulos G. Co‐culture engineering for microbial biosynthesis of 3‐amino‐benzoic acid in
Escherichia coli. Biotechnol J 2016; 11:981-7. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201600013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Haoran Zhang
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Piscataway NJ USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Piscataway NJ USA
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Schofield DM, Templar A, Newton J, Nesbeth DN. Promoter engineering to optimize recombinant periplasmic Fab' fragment production in Escherichia coli. Biotechnol Prog 2016; 32:840-7. [PMID: 27071365 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Fab' fragments have become an established class of biotherapeutic over the last two decades. Likewise, developments in synthetic biology are providing ever more powerful techniques for designing bacterial genes, gene networks and entire genomes that can be used to improve industrial performance of cells used for production of biotherapeutics. We have previously observed significant leakage of an exogenous therapeutic Fab' fragment into the growth medium during high cell density cultivation of an Escherichia coli production strain. In this study we sought to apply a promoter engineering strategy to address the issue of Fab' fragment leakage and its consequent bioprocess challenges. We used site directed mutagenesis to convert the Ptac promoter, present in the plasmid, pTTOD-A33 Fab', to a Ptic promoter which has been shown by others to direct expression at a 35% reduced rate compared to Ptac . We characterized the resultant production trains in which either Ptic or Ptac promoters direct Fab' fragment expression. The Ptic promoter strain showed a 25-30% reduction in Fab' expression relative to the original Ptac strain. Reduced Fab' leakage and increased viability over the course of a fed-batch fermentation were also observed for the Ptic promoter strain. We conclude that cell design steps such as the Ptac to Ptic promoter conversion reported here, can yield significant process benefit and understanding with respect to periplasmic Fab' fragment production. It remains an open question as to whether the influence of transgene expression on periplasmic retention is mediated by global metabolic burden effects or periplasm overcapacity. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 32:840-847, 2016.
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- Desmond M Schofield
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Bernard Katz Building, London, WC1E 6BT
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Bernard Katz Building, London, WC1E 6BT
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Bernard Katz Building, London, WC1E 6BT
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Bernard Katz Building, London, WC1E 6BT
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Veisi K, Farajnia S, Zarghami N, Khoram Khorshid HR, Samadi N, Ahdi Khosroshahi S, Zarei Jaliani H. Chaperone-Assisted Soluble Expression of a Humanized Anti-EGFR ScFv Antibody in E. Coli. Adv Pharm Bull 2015; 5:621-7. [PMID: 26793607 DOI: 10.15171/apb.2015.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Formation of inclusion bodies is a considerable obstacle threatening the advantages of E. coli expression system to serve as the most common and easiest system in recombinant protein production. To solve this problem, several strategies have been proposed among which application of molecular chaperones is of remarkable consideration. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of molecular chaperones on soluble expression of aggregation-prone humanized single chain antibody. METHODS To increase the solubility of a humanized single chain antibody (hscFv), different chaperone plasmids including PG-tf2 (GroES- GroEL- tig), ptf16 (tig) and pGro7 (GroES- GroEL) were co-expressed in BL21 cells containing pET-22b- hscFv construct. The solubility of recombinant hscFv was analyzed by SDS-PAGE. After purification of soluble hscFv by Ni-NTA column, the biological activity and cytotoxicity of the recombinant protein were tested by ELISA and MTT assay, respectively. RESULTS SDS-PAGE analysis of the hscFv revealed that chaperone utility remarkably increased (up to 50%) the solubility of the protein. ELISA test and MTT assay analyses also confirmed the biological activity of the gained hscFv in reaction with A431 cells (OD value: 2.6) and inhibition of their proliferation, respectively. CONCLUSION The results of this study revealed that co-expression of chaperones with hscFv leads to remarkable increase in the solubility of the recombinant hscFv, which could be of great consideration for large scale production of recombinant single chain antibodies.
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- Kamal Veisi
- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. ; Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. ; Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. ; Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. ; Department of Medical Biotechnologies, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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Engineering and Validation of a Vector for Concomitant Expression of Rare Transfer RNA (tRNA) and HIV-1 nef Genes in Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0130446. [PMID: 26147991 PMCID: PMC4492947 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Relative ease in handling and manipulation of Escherichia coli strains make them primary candidate to express proteins heterologously. Overexpression of heterologous genes that contain codons infrequently used by E. coli is related with difficulties such as mRNA instability, early termination of transcription and/or translation, deletions and/or misincorporation, and cell growth inhibition. These codon bias -associated problems are addressed by co-expressing ColE1-compatible, rare tRNA expressing helper plasmids. However, this approach has inadequacies, which we have addressed by engineering an expression vector that concomitantly expresses the heterologous protein of interest, and rare tRNA genes in E. coli. The expression vector contains three (argU, ileY, leuW) rare tRNA genes and a useful multiple cloning site for easy in-frame cloning. To maintain the overall size of the parental plasmid vector, the rare tRNA genes replaced the non-essential DNA segments in the vector. The cloned gene is expressed under the control of T7 promoter and resulting recombinant protein has a C-terminal 6His tag for IMAC-mediated purification. We have evaluated the usefulness of this expression vector by expressing three HIV-1 genes namely HIV-1 p27 (nef), HIV-1 p24 (ca), and HIV-1 vif in NiCo21(DE3) E.coli and demonstrated the advantages of using expression vector that concomitantly expresses rare tRNA and heterologous genes.
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Khow O, Suntrarachun S. Strategies for production of active eukaryotic proteins in bacterial expression system. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2015; 2:159-62. [PMID: 23569889 DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(11)60213-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Revised: 08/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Bacteria have long been the favorite expression system for recombinant protein production. However, the flaw of the system is that insoluble and inactive proteins are co-produced due to codon bias, protein folding, phosphorylation, glycosylation, mRNA stability and promoter strength. Factors are cited and the methods to convert to soluble and active proteins are described, for example a tight control of Escherichia coli milieu, refolding from inclusion body and through fusion technology.
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- Orawan Khow
- Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Arya R, Sabir JSM, Bora RS, Saini KS. Optimization of culture parameters and novel strategies to improve protein solubility. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1258:45-63. [PMID: 25447858 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2205-5_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The production of recombinant proteins, in soluble form in a prokaryotic expression system, still remains a challenge for the biotechnologist. Innovative strategies have been developed to improve protein solubility in various protein overexpressing hosts. In this chapter, we would focus on methods currently available and amenable to "desired modifications," such as (a) the use of molecular chaperones; (b) the optimization of culture conditions; (c) the reengineering of a variety of host strains and vectors with affinity tags; and (d) optimal promoter strengths. All these parameters are evaluated with the primary objective of increasing the solubilization of recombinant protein(s) during overexpression in Escherichia coli.
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- Ranjana Arya
- School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Overcoming the solubility problem in E. coli: available approaches for recombinant protein production. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1258:27-44. [PMID: 25447857 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2205-5_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Despite the importance of recombinant protein production in academy and industrial fields, many issues concerning the expression of soluble and homogeneous product are still unsolved. Although several strategies were developed to overcome these obstacles, at present there is no magic bullet that can be applied for all cases. Indeed, several key expression parameters need to be evaluated for each protein. Among the different hosts for protein expression, Escherichia coli is by far the most widely used. In this chapter, we review many of the different tools employed to circumvent protein insolubility problems.
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Liang C, Xiong D, Zhang Y, Mu S, Tang SY. Development of a novel uric-acid-responsive regulatory system in Escherichia coli. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 99:2267-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6290-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Zelena K, Eisele N, Berger RG. Escherichia coli as a production host for novel enzymes from basidiomycota. Biotechnol Adv 2014; 32:1382-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2014] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Li J, Neubauer P. Escherichia coli as a cell factory for heterologous production of nonribosomal peptides and polyketides. N Biotechnol 2014; 31:579-85. [PMID: 24704144 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2014.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Nonribosomal peptides (NRPs) and polyketides (PKs) are two classes of natural products with numerous bioactivities such as antiviral, antimicrobial and anticancer activity. However, pharmaceutical applications of these products are often impeded because many native producers are difficult to cultivate or show a low productivity. Over the last decade, with the development of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, more and more bioactive natural products including NRPs and PKs have been heterologously produced using easy-to-handle surrogate microbes. In this process, the full biosynthetic pathway for the production of a target compound is first identified and isolated from the native producer, and then reconstituted in a well-characterized and easily culturable heterologous producer like Escherichia coli. Thereafter, the productivity could be rationally improved through multiple strategies from strain to bioprocess optimization. This review summarizes the endeavors and progresses made in the heterologous production of NRPs, PKs and NRP/PK hybrids using E. coli as a robust whole-cell factory in recent years.
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- Jian Li
- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Department of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Ackerstraße76, ACK24, D-13355 Berlin, Germany.
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- Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Department of Biotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Ackerstraße76, ACK24, D-13355 Berlin, Germany
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Miyazaki T, Noda S, Tanaka T, Kondo A. Hyper secretion of Thermobifida fusca β-glucosidase via a Tat-dependent signal peptide using Streptomyces lividans. Microb Cell Fact 2013; 12:88. [PMID: 24083334 PMCID: PMC3850917 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Protein production as secretory-form is a powerful tool in industrial enzyme production due to the simple purification procedure. Streptomyces lividans is a versatile host for secretory production of useful proteins. In order to expand the amount of secreted protein, signal peptide sequences, which encourage protein secretion from inside cell to extracellular environment, are one of the most significant factors. In this study, we focused on Streptomyces lividans as a host strain to secrete useful proteins, and screened for signal peptides from the biomass-degradation enzymes derived from Thermobifida fusca YX and S. lividans. Results Three candidate signal peptides were isolated and evaluated for their protein secretion ability using β-glucosidase derived from T. fusca YX, which is a non-secreted protein, as a model protein. Using S. lividans xylanase C signal peptide, the amount of produced the β-glucosidase reached 10 times as much as that when using Streptomyces cinnamoneus phospholipase D signal peptide, which was identified as a versatile signal peptide in our previous report. In addition, the introduction of the β-glucosidase fused to xylanase C signal peptide using two kinds of plasmid, pUC702 and pTYM18, led to further protein secretion, and the maximal level of produced the β-glucosidase increased up to 17 times (1.1 g/l) compared to using only pUC702 carrying the β-glucosidase fused to S. cinnamoneus phospholipase D signal peptide. Conclusion In the present study, we focused on signal peptide sequences derived from biomass degradation enzymes, which are usually secreted into the culture supernatant, and screened for signal peptides leading to effective protein secretion. Using the signal peptides, the hyper-protein secretion system was successfully demonstrated for the cytoplasmic β-glucosidase.
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- Takaya Miyazaki
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Ryan BJ, Henehan GT. Overview of approaches to preventing and avoiding proteolysis during expression and purification of proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; Chapter 5:Unit5.25. [PMID: 23377852 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps0525s71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Proteases are enzymes that cleave proteins. They occur widely in nature and play a fundamental role in cellular homeostasis; however, their presence can result in unwanted protein degradation during recombinant protein expression and purification. This unit introduces proteases, specifically focusing on the types commonly encountered during production of recombinant proteins. The strategies used to avoid and to prevent proteolysis are also described, with extensive consideration of the molecular, technical, and logistic methodologies involved.
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- Barry J Ryan
- Food Science and Environmental Health, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
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Fan X, Schäfer H, Reichling J, Wink M. Bactericidal properties of the antimicrobial peptide Ib-AMP4 fromImpatiens balsaminaproduced as a recombinant fusion-protein inEscherichia coli. Biotechnol J 2013; 8:1213-20. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201300121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Revised: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Yamada R, Hasunuma T, Kondo A. Endowing non-cellulolytic microorganisms with cellulolytic activity aiming for consolidated bioprocessing. Biotechnol Adv 2013; 31:754-63. [PMID: 23473971 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Revised: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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With the exhaustion of fossil fuels and with the environmental issues they pose, utilization of abundant lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock for biofuels and bio-based chemicals has recently become an attractive option. Lignocellulosic biomass is primarily composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin and has a very rigid and complex structure. It is accordingly much more expensive to process than starchy grains because of the need for extensive pretreatment and relatively large amounts of cellulases for efficient hydrolysis. Efficient and cost-effective methods for the production of biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulose are required. A consolidated bioprocess (CBP), which integrates all biological steps consisting of enzyme production, saccharification, and fermentation, is considered a promising strategy for reducing production costs. Establishing an efficient CBP using lignocellulosic biomass requires both lignocellulose degradation into glucose and efficient production of biofuels or chemicals from glucose. With this aim, many researchers are attempting to endow selected microorganisms with lignocellulose-assimilating ability. In this review, we focus on studies aimed at conferring lignocellulose-assimilating ability not only to yeast strains but also to bacterial strains by recombinant technology. Recent developments in improvement of enzyme productivity by microorganisms and in improvement of the specific activity of cellulase are emphasized.
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- Ryosuke Yamada
- Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Bovell AM, Warncke K. The structural model of Salmonella typhimurium ethanolamine ammonia-lyase directs a rational approach to the assembly of the functional [(EutB-EutC)₂]₃ oligomer from isolated subunits. Biochemistry 2013; 52:1419-28. [PMID: 23374068 DOI: 10.1021/bi301651n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Ethanolamine ammonia-lyase (EAL) is a 5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin-dependent bacterial enzyme that catalyzes the deamination of the short-chain vicinal amino alcohols, aminoethanol and (S)- and (R)-2-aminopropanol. The coding sequence for EAL is located within the 17-gene eut operon, which encodes the broad spectrum of proteins that comprise the ethanolamine utilization (eut) metabolosome suborganelle structure. A high-resolution structure of the ∼500 kDa EAL [(EutB-EutC)₂]₃ oligomer from Escherichia coli has been determined by X-ray crystallography, but high-resolution spectroscopic determinations of reactant intermediate-state structures and detailed kinetic and thermodynamic studies of EAL have been conducted for the Salmonella typhimurium enzyme. Therefore, a statistically robust homology model for the S. typhimurium EAL is constructed from the E. coli structure. The model structure is used to describe the hierarchy of EutB and EutC subunit interactions that construct the native EAL oligomer and, specifically, to address the long-standing challenge of reconstitution of the functional oligomer from isolated, purified subunits. Model prediction that the (EutB₂)₃ oligomer assembly will occur from isolated EutB, and that this hexameric structure will template the formation of the complete, native [(EutB-EutC)₂]₃ oligomer, is verified by biochemical methods. Prediction that cysteine residues on the exposed subunit-subunit contact surfaces of isolated EutB and EutC will interfere with assembly by cystine formation is verified by activating effects of disulfide reducing agents. Angstrom-scale congruence of the reconstituted and native EAL in the active site region is shown by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Overall, the hierarchy of subunit interactions and microscopic features of the contact surfaces, which are revealed by the homology model, guide and provide a rationale for a refined genetic and biochemical approach to reconstitution of the functional [(EutB-EutC)₂]₃ EAL oligomer. The results establish a platform for further advances in understanding the molecular mechanism of EAL catalysis and for insights into therapy-targeted manipulation of the bacterial eut metabolosome.
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Hjelm A, Schlegel S, Baumgarten T, Klepsch M, Wickström D, Drew D, de Gier JW. Optimizing E. coli-based membrane protein production using Lemo21(DE3) and GFP-fusions. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1033:381-400. [PMID: 23996190 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-487-6_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Optimizing the conditions for the overexpression of membrane proteins in E. coli and their subsequent purification is usually a laborious and time-consuming process. Combining the Lemo21(DE3) strain, which conveniently allows to identify the optimal expression intensity of a membrane protein using only one strain, and membrane proteins C-terminally fused to Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) greatly facilitates the production of high-quality membrane protein material for functional and structural studies.
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- Anna Hjelm
- Center for Biomembrane Research, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Stevens DC, Hari TPA, Boddy CN. The role of transcription in heterologous expression of polyketides in bacterial hosts. Nat Prod Rep 2013; 30:1391-411. [DOI: 10.1039/c3np70060g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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van Bloois E, Dudek HM, Duetz WA, Fraaije MW. A stepwise approach for the reproducible optimization of PAMO expression in Escherichia coli for whole-cell biocatalysis. BMC Biotechnol 2012; 12:31. [PMID: 22720747 PMCID: PMC3404926 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) represent a group of enzymes of considerable biotechnological relevance as illustrated by their growing use as biocatalyst in a variety of synthetic applications. However, due to their increased use the reproducible expression of BVMOs and other biotechnologically relevant enzymes has become a pressing matter while knowledge about the factors governing their reproducible expression is scattered. Results Here, we have used phenylacetone monooxygenase (PAMO) from Thermobifida fusca, a prototype Type I BVMO, as a model enzyme to develop a stepwise strategy to optimize the biotransformation performance of recombinant E. coli expressing PAMO in 96-well microtiter plates in a reproducible fashion. Using this system, the best expression conditions of PAMO were investigated first, including different host strains, temperature as well as time and induction period for PAMO expression. This optimized system was used next to improve biotransformation conditions, the PAMO-catalyzed conversion of phenylacetone, by evaluating the best electron donor, substrate concentration, and the temperature and length of biotransformation. Combining all optimized parameters resulted in a more than four-fold enhancement of the biocatalytic performance and, importantly, this was highly reproducible as indicated by the relative standard deviation of 1% for non-washed cells and 3% for washed cells. Furthermore, the optimized procedure was successfully adapted for activity-based mutant screening. Conclusions Our optimized procedure, which provides a comprehensive overview of the key factors influencing the reproducible expression and performance of a biocatalyst, is expected to form a rational basis for the optimization of miniaturized biotransformations and for the design of novel activity-based screening procedures suitable for BVMOs and other NAD(P)H-dependent enzymes as well.
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- Edwin van Bloois
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Lo Sapio M, Hilleringmann M, Barocchi MA, Moschioni M. A novel strategy to over-express and purify homologous proteins from Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Biotechnol 2012; 157:279-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Revised: 11/11/2011] [Accepted: 11/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Babazadeh R, Moghadas Jafari S, Zackrisson M, Blomberg A, Hohmann S, Warringer J, Krantz M. TheAshbya gossypiiEF-1αpromoter of the ubiquitously used MX cassettes is toxic toSaccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:3907-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2011] [Revised: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 10/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Šiurkus J, Neubauer P. Heterologous production of active ribonuclease inhibitor in Escherichia coli by redox state control and chaperonin coexpression. Microb Cell Fact 2011; 10:65. [PMID: 21824411 PMCID: PMC3161860 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-10-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2011] [Accepted: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background Eukaryotic Ribonuclease inhibitor (RI), belonging to the RNH1 family, is distinguished by unique features - a high sensitivity to oxidation due to the large number of reduced cysteins and a high hydrophobicity, which made most production approaches so far unsuccessful or resulted in very low yields. In this work efficient in vivo folding of native RI in the Escherichia coli cytoplasm was obtained by external addition of a reducing agent in tandem with oxygen limitation and overproduction of a molecular chaperonin. After optimisation of the production conditions in the shake flask scale the process was scaled up to high cell densities by applying a glucose limited fed-batch procedure. Results RI production in a T7 RNA polymerase based system results in accumulation of aggregated inactive product in inclusion bodies. Combination of addition of the reductant DTT, low production temperature and coexpression of the chaperonin GroELS resulted in high level production of approximately 25 mg g-1 CDW active RI in E. coli ER2566 pET21b, corresponding to approximately 800 kU g-1 cell wet weight. Further conditional screening under fed-batch-like conditions with the EnBase® technology and scale up into the bioreactor scale resulted in an efficient high cell density glucose and oxygen limited fed-batch process with a final cell dry weight of 25 g L-1 and a total RI yield of app. 625 mg L-1 (volumetric activity of 80,000 kU L-1). The E. coli based production constructs showed a very high robustness. The recombinant culture maintained its productivity despite the combination of the toxic growth conditions, the substrate limited production mode in tandem with a high level expression of several recombinant proteins, the set of molecular chaperonins and the target protein (RI). Conclusions High level production of active RI in E. coli in a T7 RNA polymerase expression system depends on the following factors: (i) addition of a reducing agent, (ii) low production temperature, (iii) oxygen limitation, and (iii) co-overexpression of the chaperonin GroELS. The study indicates the strength of applying fed-batch cultivation techniques for the efficient optimisation of production factors already at the screening stage for fast and straight forward bioprocess development even for target proteins which show a complex folding behaviour. In our case none of the approaches alone would have resulted in significant accumulation of active RI.
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- Juozas Šiurkus
- Thermo Fisher Scientific, V.Graiciuno 8, LT-02241 Vilnius, Lithuania
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Enhancing the functional properties of thermophilic enzymes by chemical modification and immobilization. Enzyme Microb Technol 2011; 49:326-46. [PMID: 22112558 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2011.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2011] [Revised: 06/28/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The immobilization of proteins (mostly typically enzymes) onto solid supports is mature technology and has been used successfully to enhance biocatalytic processes in a wide range of industrial applications. However, continued developments in immobilization technology have led to more sophisticated and specialized applications of the process. A combination of targeted chemistries, for both the support and the protein, sometimes in combination with additional chemical and/or genetic engineering, has led to the development of methods for the modification of protein functional properties, for enhancing protein stability and for the recovery of specific proteins from complex mixtures. In particular, the development of effective methods for immobilizing large multi-subunit proteins with multiple covalent linkages (multi-point immobilization) has been effective in stabilizing proteins where subunit dissociation is the initial step in enzyme inactivation. In some instances, multiple benefits are achievable in a single process. Here we comprehensively review the literature pertaining to immobilization and chemical modification of different enzyme classes from thermophiles, with emphasis on the chemistries involved and their implications for modification of the enzyme functional properties. We also highlight the potential for synergies in the combined use of immobilization and other chemical modifications.
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