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Hassan MI, McSorley FR, Hotta K, Boddy CN. Inducible T7 RNA Polymerase-mediated Multigene Expression System, pMGX. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 28715370 DOI: 10.3791/55187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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Co-expression of multiple proteins is increasingly essential for synthetic biology, studying protein-protein complexes, and characterizing and harnessing biosynthetic pathways. In this manuscript, the use of a highly effective system for the construction of multigene synthetic operons under the control of an inducible T7 RNA polymerase is described. This system allows many genes to be expressed simultaneously from one plasmid. Here, a set of four related vectors, pMGX-A, pMGX-hisA, pMGX-K, and pMGX-hisK, with either the ampicillin or kanamycin resistance selectable marker (A and K) and either possessing or lacking an N-terminal hexahistidine tag (his) are disclosed. Detailed protocols for the construction of synthetic operons using this vector system are provided along with the corresponding data, showing that a pMGX-based system containing five genes can be readily constructed and used to produce all five encoded proteins in Escherichia coli. This system and protocol enables researchers to routinely express complex multi-component modules and pathways in E. coli.
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- Mohamed I Hassan
- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus;
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Zorman S, Botte M, Jiang Q, Collinson I, Schaffitzel C. Advances and challenges of membrane–protein complex production. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2015; 32:123-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Stefan A, Ceccarelli A, Conte E, Montón Silva A, Hochkoeppler A. The multifaceted benefits of protein co-expression in Escherichia coli. J Vis Exp 2015. [PMID: 25742393 DOI: 10.3791/52431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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We report here that the expression of protein complexes in vivo in Escherichia coli can be more convenient than traditional reconstitution experiments in vitro. In particular, we show that the poor solubility of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III ε subunit (featuring 3'-5' exonuclease activity) is highly improved when the same protein is co-expressed with the α and θ subunits (featuring DNA polymerase activity and stabilizing ε, respectively). We also show that protein co-expression in E. coli can be used to efficiently test the competence of subunits from different bacterial species to associate in a functional protein complex. We indeed show that the α subunit of Deinococcus radiodurans DNA polymerase III can be co-expressed in vivo with the ε subunit of E. coli. In addition, we report on the use of protein co-expression to modulate mutation frequency in E. coli. By expressing the wild-type ε subunit under the control of the araBAD promoter (arabinose-inducible), and co-expressing the mutagenic D12A variant of the same protein, under the control of the lac promoter (inducible by isopropyl-thio-β-D-galactopyranoside, IPTG), we were able to alter the E. coli mutation frequency using appropriate concentrations of the inducers arabinose and IPTG. Finally, we discuss recent advances and future challenges of protein co-expression in E. coli.
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- Alessandra Stefan
- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna; CSGI, Department of Chemistry, University of Firenze
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna; CSGI, Department of Chemistry, University of Firenze;
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Recombinant expressed vector pET32a (+) S constructed by ligation independent cloning. Molecules 2014; 19:16179-89. [PMID: 25310147 PMCID: PMC6271046 DOI: 10.3390/molecules191016179] [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: 08/05/2014] [Revised: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The aim of this work was to develop a new method for constructing vectors, named ligation-independent cloning (LIC) method. We constructed the S label expression vector and recombinant pET32a (+) S-phoN2 by LIC. The recombinant proteins were expressed in E. coli at a high level, and then the specificity of the recombinant proteins was identified by western blot. The target band was detected by S monoclonal antibody and Apyrase polyclonal antibodies but not Trx monoclonal antibody and HIS monoclonal antibody. Finally, we obtained protein Apyrase in E. coli (BL21), with a protein-only expression S tag. Collectively, our results demonstrated that LIC is effective for the construction of new vectors and recombinant plasmids. Free from the limitations of restriction enzyme sites and with a higher positive rate, LIC processes should find broad applications in molecular biology research.
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Hochkoeppler A. Expanding the landscape of recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 35:1971-81. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1396-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Kato T, Thompson JR, Park EY. Construction of new ligation-independent cloning vectors for the expression and purification of recombinant proteins in silkworms using BmNPV bacmid system. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64007. [PMID: 23675518 PMCID: PMC3651184 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A ligation independent cloning (LIC) system has been developed to facilitate the rapid and high-efficiency cloning of genes in a Bombyx mori expression system. This system was confirmed by the expression of human microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (hMTP) fused with EGFP in silkworm larvae and pupae. Moreover, hMTP and human protein disulfide isomerase (hPDI) genes were inserted into two LIC vectors harboring gcLINK sequences and were combined by using the LIC through gcLINK sequences. The constructed vector was incorporated into the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) bacmid, and injected into silkworm larvae. The expressed hMTP-hPDI complex was purified from the fat bodies of silkworm larvae. This LIC vector system was applied to express the E1, E2, and E3 subunits of human α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (KGDH) in silkworm larvae. The expressed proteins were purified easily from fat bodies using three different affinity chromatography steps. The LIC vectors constructed as described in this report allow for the rapid expression and purification of recombinant proteins or their complexes by using the BmNPV bacmid system.
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- Tatsuya Kato
- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Integrated Bioscience Section, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Japan
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Simplifying protein expression with ligation-free, traceless and tag-switching plasmids. Protein Expr Purif 2012; 85:9-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2012.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2012] [Revised: 06/01/2012] [Accepted: 06/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Patel A, Muñoz A, Halvorsen K, Rai P. Creation and validation of a ligation-independent cloning (LIC) retroviral vector for stable gene transduction in mammalian cells. BMC Biotechnol 2012; 12:3. [PMID: 22248071 PMCID: PMC3298557 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Cloning vectors capable of retroviral transduction have enabled stable gene overexpression in numerous mitotic cell lines. However, the relatively small number of feasible restriction enzyme sequences in their cloning sites can hinder successful generation of overexpression constructs if these sequences are also present in the target cDNA insert. Results Utilizing ligation-independent cloning (LIC) technology, we have modified the highly efficient retroviral transduction vector, pBABE, to eliminate reliance on restriction enzymes for cloning. Instead, the modified plasmid, pBLIC, utilizes random 12/13-base overhangs generated by T4 DNA polymerase 3' exonuclease activity. PCR-based introduction of the complementary sequence into any cDNA of interest enables universal cloning into pBLIC. Here we describe creation of the pBLIC plasmid, and demonstrate successful cloning and protein overexpression from three different cDNAs, Bax, catalase, and p53 through transduction into the human prostate cancer cell line, LNCaP or the human lung cancer line, H358. Conclusions Our results show that pBLIC vector retains the high transduction efficiency of the original pBABE while eliminating the requirement for checking individual cDNA inserts for internal restriction sites. Thus it comprises an effective retroviral cloning system for laboratory-scale stable gene overexpression or for high-throughput applications such as creation of retroviral cDNA libraries. To our knowledge, pBLIC is the first LIC vector for retroviral transduction-mediated stable gene expression in mammalian cells.
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- Asmita Patel
- Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Oster CJ, Phillips GJ. Vectors for ligation-independent construction of lacZ gene fusions and cloning of PCR products using a nicking endonuclease. Plasmid 2011; 66:180-5. [PMID: 21854804 DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2011.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2011] [Revised: 07/26/2011] [Accepted: 07/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Several ligation-independent cloning methods have been developed that offer advantages for construction of recombinant plasmids at high efficiency while minimizing cloning artifacts. Here we report new plasmid vectors that use the nicking endonuclease Nt.BspQI to generate extended single stranded tails for direct cloning of PCR products. The vectors include pLacCOs1, a ColE1-derivative plasmid imparting resistance to ampicillin, which allows facile construction of lacZ translational fusions and pKanCOs1, a pSC101-derivative cloning vector that imparts resistance to kanamycin, for cloning of PCR amplicons from genomic DNA as well as from ampicillin-based plasmids. We have successfully used these plasmids to directionally clone and characterize bacterial promoters that exhibit temperature regulated expression, as well as for cloning a variety of PCR products. In all cases, constructs with the correct configurations were generated at high efficiency and with a minimal number of manipulations. The cloning vectors can also be easily modified to incorporate additional reporter genes or to express epitope-tagged gene products.
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- Carrie J Oster
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Veterinary Medical Research Institute, 1802 University Boulevard, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Nie Y, Viola C, Bieniossek C, Trowitzsch S, Vijay-Achandran LS, Chaillet M, Garzoni F, Berger I. Getting a grip on complexes. Curr Genomics 2011; 10:558-72. [PMID: 20514218 PMCID: PMC2817887 DOI: 10.2174/138920209789503923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2009] [Revised: 07/15/2009] [Accepted: 07/24/2009] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We are witnessing tremendous advances in our understanding of the organization of life. Complete genomes are being deciphered with ever increasing speed and accuracy, thereby setting the stage for addressing the entire gene product repertoire of cells, towards understanding whole biological systems. Advances in bioinformatics and mass spectrometric techniques have revealed the multitude of interactions present in the proteome. Multiprotein complexes are emerging as a paramount cornerstone of biological activity, as many proteins appear to participate, stably or transiently, in large multisubunit assemblies. Analysis of the architecture of these assemblies and their manifold interactions is imperative for understanding their function at the molecular level. Structural genomics efforts have fostered the development of many technologies towards achieving the throughput required for studying system-wide single proteins and small interaction motifs at high resolution. The present shift in focus towards large multiprotein complexes, in particular in eukaryotes, now calls for a likewise concerted effort to develop and provide new technologies that are urgently required to produce in quality and quantity the plethora of multiprotein assemblies that form the complexome, and to routinely study their structure and function at the molecular level. Current efforts towards this objective are summarized and reviewed in this contribution.
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- Yan Nie
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble Outstation and Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions (UVHCI), UJF-EMBL-CNRS, UMR 5233, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
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Wakamori M, Umehara T, Yokoyama S. A series of bacterial co-expression vectors with rare-cutter recognition sequences. Protein Expr Purif 2010; 74:88-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2010.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2010] [Revised: 06/22/2010] [Accepted: 06/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kerrigan JJ, Xie Q, Ames RS, Lu Q. Production of protein complexes via co-expression. Protein Expr Purif 2010; 75:1-14. [PMID: 20692346 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2010.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2010] [Revised: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 07/31/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Multi-protein complexes are involved in essentially all cellular processes. A protein's function is defined by a combination of its own properties, its interacting partners, and the stoichiometry of each. Depending on binding partners, a transcription factor can function as an activator in one instance and a repressor in another. The study of protein function or malfunction is best performed in the relevant context. While many protein complexes can be reconstituted from individual component proteins after being produced individually, many others require co-expression of their native partners in the host cells for proper folding, stability, and activity. Protein co-expression has led to the production of a variety of biological active complexes in sufficient quantities for biochemical, biophysical, structural studies, and high throughput screens. This article summarizes examples of such cases and discusses critical considerations in selecting co-expression partners, and strategies to achieve successful production of protein complexes.
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- John J Kerrigan
- Biological Reagents & Assay Development, Platform Technology & Science, GlaxoSmithKline R&D, 1250 South Collegeville Road, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA
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Bieniossek C, Nie Y, Frey D, Olieric N, Schaffitzel C, Collinson I, Romier C, Berger P, Richmond TJ, Steinmetz MO, Berger I. Automated unrestricted multigene recombineering for multiprotein complex production. Nat Methods 2009; 6:447-50. [DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Stols L, Zhou M, Eschenfeldt WH, Millard CS, Abdullah J, Collart FR, Kim Y, Donnelly MI. New vectors for co-expression of proteins: structure of Bacillus subtilis ScoAB obtained by high-throughput protocols. Protein Expr Purif 2007; 53:396-403. [PMID: 17363272 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2006] [Revised: 01/17/2007] [Accepted: 01/24/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The Bacillus subtilis genes scoA and scoB encode subunits of the heteromeric enzyme ScoAB, a putative succinyl-CoA:acetoacetate coenzyme A transferase. High-throughput, ligation-independent cloning (LIC) vectors used extensively for production and purification of single proteins were modified to allow simultaneous expression of interacting proteins and selective purification of functional complexes. Transfer of the LIC region of vector pMCSG7 (L. Stols, M. Gu, L. Dieckman, R. Raffen, F.R. Collart, M.I. Donnelly. A new vector for high-throughput, ligation-independent cloning encoding a tobacco etch virus protease cleavage site. Protein Expr. Purif. (2002) 25, 8-15) into commercial vectors with alternative, compatible origins of replication allowed introduction of standard LIC PCR products into the vectors by uniform protocols. Replacement of the His-tag encoding region of pMCSG7 with a sequence encoding the S-tag enabled selective purification of interacting proteins based on the His-tag associated with one member of the complex. When expressed separately and mixed, the ScoAB subunits failed to interact productively; no transferase activity was detected, and S-tagged ScoB failed to co-purify with His-tagged ScoA. Co-expression, in contrast, generated active transferase that catalyzed the predicted reaction. The ScoAB complex was purified by standard high-throughput metal-ion affinity chromatography procedures, crystallized robotically, and its structure was determined by molecular replacement.
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- Lucy Stols
- Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Building 202/Room BE111, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
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Keum JW, Ahn JH, Choi CY, Lee KH, Kwon YC, Kim DM. The presence of a common downstream box enables the simultaneous expression of multiple proteins in an E. coli extract. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 350:562-7. [PMID: 17011516 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2006] [Accepted: 09/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In our experiments to produce different combinations of recombinant proteins in a cell-free protein synthesis system derived from Escherichia coli, we found that certain pairs of ORFs were not expressed equally. Instead, only a single DNA species was expressed dominantly, while the expression of the others was almost completely repressed. This bias during the co-expression of the DNA pairs was eliminated when an identical downstream box sequence was added to the 5'-ends of the template DNA pairs. By introducing identical nucleotide sequences of the his-tag or the downstream box of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT-DB) in front of the target genes that were otherwise not expressed compatibly, both of the encoded proteins were produced at similar productivities. Moreover, in the presence of a common downstream box, multiple genes were simultaneously expressed in the same reaction mixture. We expect that the proposed approach will offer a powerful tool for the preparation of unbiased protein libraries, as well as for studying the structure and functions of interacting proteins.
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- Jung-Won Keum
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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Hartley JL. Cloning technologies for protein expression and purification. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2006; 17:359-66. [PMID: 16839756 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2006.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2006] [Revised: 05/20/2006] [Accepted: 06/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Detailed knowledge of the biochemistry and structure of individual proteins is fundamental to biomedical research. To further our understanding, however, proteins need to be purified in sufficient quantities, usually from recombinant sources. Although the sequences of genomes are now produced in automated factories purified proteins are not, because their behavior is much more variable. The construction of plasmids and viruses to overexpress proteins for their purification is often tedious. Alternatives to traditional methods that are faster, easier and more flexible are needed and are becoming available.
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- James L Hartley
- Protein Expression Laboratory, Research Technology Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc, NCI-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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