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Beygmoradi A, Homaei A, Hemmati R, Fernandes P. Recombinant protein expression: Challenges in production and folding related matters. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 233:123407. [PMID: 36708896 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.123407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
Protein folding is a biophysical process by which proteins reach a specific three-dimensional structure. The amino acid sequence of a polypeptide chain contains all the information needed to determine the final three-dimensional structure of a protein. When producing a recombinant protein, several problems can occur, including proteolysis, incorrect folding, formation of inclusion bodies, or protein aggregation, whereby the protein loses its natural structure. To overcome such limitations, several strategies have been developed to address each specific issue. Identification of proper protein refolding conditions can be challenging, and to tackle this high throughput screening for different recombinant protein folding conditions can prove a sound solution. Different approaches have emerged to tackle refolding issues. One particular approach to address folding issues involves molecular chaperones, highly conserved proteins that contribute to proper folding by shielding folding proteins from other proteins that could hinder the process. Proper protein folding is one of the main prerequisites for post-translational modifications. Incorrect folding, if not dealt with, can lead to a buildup of protein misfoldings that damage cells and cause widespread abnormalities. Said post-translational modifications, widespread in eukaryotes, are critical for protein structure, function and biological activity. Incorrect post-translational protein modifications may lead to individual consequences or aggregation of therapeutic proteins. In this review article, we have tried to examine some key aspects of recombinant protein expression. Accordingly, the relevance of these proteins is highlighted, major problems related to the production of recombinant protein and to refolding issues are pinpointed and suggested solutions are presented. An overview of post-translational modification, their biological significance and methods of identification are also provided. Overall, the work is expected to illustrate challenges in recombinant protein expression.
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Affiliation(s)
- Azadeh Beygmoradi
- Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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- Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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- DREAMS and Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Av. Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal; iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences and Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; Associate Laboratory i4HB-Institute for Health and Bioeconomy at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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Morganti L, Chura-Chambi RM. Using High Pressure and Alkaline pH for Refolding. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2617:177-187. [PMID: 36656524 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2930-7_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
The expression of recombinant proteins as insoluble inclusion bodies (IB) has the advantage to separate insoluble aggregates from soluble bacterial molecules, thus obtaining proteins with a high degree of purity. Even aggregated, the proteins in IB often present native-like secondary and tertiary structures, which can be maintained as long as solubilization is carried out in non-denaturing condition. High pressure solubilizes IB by weakening hydrophobic interactions, while alkaline pH solubilizes aggregates by electrostatic repulsion. The combination of high pressure and alkaline pH is effective for IB solubilization at a mild, non-denaturing condition, which is useful for subsequent refolding. Here, we describe the expression of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli using a rich medium to obtain high expression levels, bacterial lysis, and washing of the IB to obtain products of high purity, and, finally, the solubilization and high yield of refolded proteins using high pressure and alkaline pH.
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- Ligia Morganti
- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Chang P, Li X, Lin J, Li C, Li S. scFv-oligopeptide chaperoning system-assisted on-column refolding and purification of human muscle creatine kinase from inclusion bodies. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2022; 1209:123410. [PMID: 35994994 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2022.123410] [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: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The formation of inclusion bodies in bacterial hosts poses a major challenge for the large-scale recovery of bioactive proteins. The process of obtaining bioactive protein from inclusion bodies is labor intensive, and the yields of recombinant protein are often low. Here, we describe a novel method for the renaturation and purification of inclusion bodies. This method combines a scFv-oligopeptide chaperoning system and an on-column refolding system to help refold human muscle creatine kinase (HCK) inclusion bodies. This method could significantly increase the activity recovery of denatured HCK inclusion bodies and provides an effective method for the production of bioactive proteins from inclusion bodies.
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- Peipei Chang
- College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Gene Engineering and Biotechnology Beijing Key Laboratory, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Life Sciences & Biotechnology Education, Beijing, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Gene Engineering and Biotechnology Beijing Key Laboratory, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Life Sciences & Biotechnology Education, Beijing, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Gene Engineering and Biotechnology Beijing Key Laboratory, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Life Sciences & Biotechnology Education, Beijing, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Gene Engineering and Biotechnology Beijing Key Laboratory, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Life Sciences & Biotechnology Education, Beijing, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Gene Engineering and Biotechnology Beijing Key Laboratory, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Life Sciences & Biotechnology Education, Beijing, PR China.
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Clénet D, Clavier L, Strobbe B, Le Bon C, Zoonens M, Saulnier A. Full-length G glycoprotein directly extracted from rabies virus with detergent and then stabilized by amphipols in liquid and freeze-dried forms. Biotechnol Bioeng 2021; 118:4317-4330. [PMID: 34297405 PMCID: PMC9291542 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pathogen surface antigens are at the forefront of the viral strategy when invading host organisms. These antigens, including membrane proteins (MPs), are broadly targeted by the host immune response. Obtaining these MPs in a soluble and stable form constitutes a real challenge, regardless of the application purposes (e.g. quantification/characterization assays, diagnosis, and preventive and curative strategies). A rapid process to obtain a native-like antigen by solubilization of a full-length MP directly from a pathogen is reported herein. Rabies virus (RABV) was used as a model for this demonstration and its full-length G glycoprotein (RABV-G) was stabilized with amphipathic polymers, named amphipols (APols). The stability of RABV-G trapped in APol A8-35 (RABV-G/A8-35) was evaluated under different stress conditions (temperature, agitation, and light exposure). RABV-G/A8-35 in liquid form exhibited higher unfolding temperature (+6°C) than in detergent and was demonstrated to be antigenically stable over 1 month at 5°C and 25°C. Kinetic modeling of antigenicity data predicted antigenic stability of RABV-G/A8-35 in a solution of up to 1 year at 5°C. The RABV-G/A8-35 complex formulated in an optimized buffer composition and subsequently freeze-dried displayed long-term stability for 2-years at 5, 25, and 37°C. This study reports for the first time that a natural full-length MP extracted from a virus, complexed to APols and subsequently freeze-dried, displayed long-term antigenic stability, without requiring storage under refrigerated conditions.
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- Didier Clénet
- Bioprocess R&D DepartmentSanofi PasteurMarcy l'EtoileFrance
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- Bioprocess R&D DepartmentSanofi PasteurMarcy l'EtoileFrance
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- Bioprocess R&D DepartmentSanofi PasteurMarcy l'EtoileFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Physico‐Chimique des Protéines Membranaires, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Physico‐ChimiqueUniversité de ParisParisFrance
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Physico‐Chimique des Protéines Membranaires, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Physico‐ChimiqueUniversité de ParisParisFrance
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- Bioprocess R&D DepartmentSanofi PasteurMarcy l'EtoileFrance
- Department of Analytical SciencesSanofi PasteurMarcy l'EtoileFrance
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Pauk JN, Raju Palanisamy J, Kager J, Koczka K, Berghammer G, Herwig C, Veiter L. Advances in monitoring and control of refolding kinetics combining PAT and modeling. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:2243-2260. [PMID: 33598720 PMCID: PMC7954745 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11151-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Overexpression of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli results in misfolded and non-active protein aggregates in the cytoplasm, so-called inclusion bodies (IB). In recent years, a change in the mindset regarding IBs could be observed: IBs are no longer considered an unwanted waste product, but a valid alternative to produce a product with high yield, purity, and stability in short process times. However, solubilization of IBs and subsequent refolding is necessary to obtain a correctly folded and active product. This protein refolding process is a crucial downstream unit operation-commonly done as a dilution in batch or fed-batch mode. Drawbacks of the state-of-the-art include the following: the large volume of buffers and capacities of refolding tanks, issues with uniform mixing, challenging analytics at low protein concentrations, reaction kinetics in non-usable aggregates, and generally low re-folding yields. There is no generic platform procedure available and a lack of robust control strategies. The introduction of Quality by Design (QbD) is the method-of-choice to provide a controlled and reproducible refolding environment. However, reliable online monitoring techniques to describe the refolding kinetics in real-time are scarce. In our view, only monitoring and control of re-folding kinetics can ensure a productive, scalable, and versatile platform technology for re-folding processes. For this review, we screened the current literature for a combination of online process analytical technology (PAT) and modeling techniques to ensure a controlled refolding process. Based on our research, we propose an integrated approach based on the idea that all aspects that cannot be monitored directly are estimated via digital twins and used in real-time for process control. KEY POINTS: • Monitoring and a thorough understanding of refolding kinetics are essential for model-based control of refolding processes. • The introduction of Quality by Design combining Process Analytical Technology and modeling ensures a robust platform for inclusion body refolding.
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- Jan Niklas Pauk
- Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gumpendorferstrasse 1a/166, 1060, Vienna, Austria
- Competence Center CHASE GmbH, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gumpendorferstrasse 1a/166, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gumpendorferstrasse 1a/166, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Bilfinger Industrietechnik Salzburg GmbH, Mooslackengasse 17, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- Bilfinger Industrietechnik Salzburg GmbH, Mooslackengasse 17, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gumpendorferstrasse 1a/166, 1060, Vienna, Austria.
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- Research Area Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Gumpendorferstrasse 1a/166, 1060, Vienna, Austria
- Competence Center CHASE GmbH, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
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Oyeleye AO, Mohd Yusoff SF, Abd Rahim IN, Leow ATC, Saidi NB, Normi YM. Effective refolding of a cysteine rich glycoside hydrolase family 19 recombinant chitinase from Streptomyces griseus by reverse dilution and affinity chromatography. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241074. [PMID: 33091044 PMCID: PMC7580917 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Conventional refolding methods are associated with low yields due to misfolding and high aggregation rates or very dilute proteins. In this study, we describe the optimization of the conventional methods of reverse dilution and affinity chromatography for obtaining high yields of a cysteine rich recombinant glycoside hydrolase family 19 chitinase from Streptomyces griseus HUT6037 (SgChiC). SgChiC is a potential biocontrol agent and a reference enzyme in the study and development of chitinases for various applications. The overexpression of SgChiC was previously achieved by periplasmic localization from where it was extracted by osmotic shock and then purified by hydroxyapatite column chromatography. In the present study, the successful refolding and recovery of recombinant SgChiC (r-SgChiC) from inclusion bodies (IB) by reverse dilution and column chromatography methods is respectively described. Approximately 8 mg of r-SgChiC was obtained from each method with specific activities of 28 and 52 U/mg respectively. These yields are comparable to that obtained from a 1 L culture volume of the same protein isolated from the periplasmic space of E. coli BL21 (DE3) as described in previous studies. The higher yields obtained are attributed to the successful suppression of aggregation by a stepwise reduction of denaturant from high, to intermediate, and finally to low concentrations. These methods are straight forward, requiring the use of fewer refolding agents compared with previously described refolding methods. They can be applied to the refolding of other cysteine rich proteins expressed as inclusion bodies to obtain high yields of actively folded proteins. This is the first report on the recovery of actively folded SgChiC from inclusion bodies.
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- Ayokunmi Omolola Oyeleye
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Center, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Center, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Enzyme and Microbial Technology Research Center, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
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Alaksandr Ž, Sergey G, Maksim P, Sergey K, Niyaz S, Uladzimir P, Mikhail S. Efficient matrix-assisted refolding of the recombinant anti-staphylococcal truncated endolysin LysKCA and its structural and enzymatic description. Protein Expr Purif 2020; 174:105683. [PMID: 32534980 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2020.105683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The recombinant truncated endolysin LysK consisting of two catalytic domains, N-terminal CHAP and amidase-2 (LysKCA) was overexpressed in E. coli in the form of inclusion bodies (IBs). These IBs were dissolved in 6 M solution of urea followed by the refolding process. The refolding efficacy of the dilution and matrix-assisted renaturation method on SP Sepharose was compared at different purification stages of LysKCA. Solubilizate of IBs, DEAE Sepharose flowthrough, and SP Sepharose elution fractions were examined. The presence of negatively charged nucleic acids (NA) in the solution has shown a decrease in the recombinant LysKCA refolding yield (less than 11.5 ± 1.3% for both renaturation methods) due to their non-specific interaction with the positively charged endolysin. The renaturation efficiency of the enzyme purified from NA (SP elution fraction) was about 29.5 ± 6.7% and 28.2 ± 3.75% for dilution and matrix-assisted methods respectively. The later approach allows conducting one-step LysKCA refolding, purification and collection, and also noticeably cuts time and material expenses. The analysis of CD spectroscopy data of LysKCA, renatured on the resin matrix, revealed alpha helices and beta strands content similar to that of the modeled 3D structure. The theoretical 3D model with two predicted domains (CHAP and amidase-2) agrees well with the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results of the renatured LysKCA showing two well-resolved peaks corresponding to the two calorimetrically-revealed domains with the midpoint transition temperature (Tm) of 40.1 and 65.3°С. The enzyme so obtained exhibited in vitro anti-staphylococcal activity with 2.3 ± 0.45 × 103 U/mg and retained it for at least one year.
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- Žydziecki Alaksandr
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, 220030, Belarus.
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- Department of Microbiology Faculty of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, 220030, Belarus
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- Department of Microbiology Faculty of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, 220030, Belarus
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 119071, Russia; Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Baku State University, Baku, AZ, 1148, Azerbaijan
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- Department of Microbiology Faculty of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, 220030, Belarus
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, 220030, Belarus
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Žydziecki AV, Golenchenko SG, Prakulevich UA, Sholukh MV. The Screening of Refolding Conditions and Obtainment of the Recombinant Antistaphylococcal Endolysin LysKCA in Active Form from E. coli Inclusion Bodies. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683820010160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Chura-Chambi RM, da Silva CMR, Pereira LR, Bartolini P, Ferreira LCDS, Morganti L. Protein refolding based on high hydrostatic pressure and alkaline pH: Application on a recombinant dengue virus NS1 protein. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211162. [PMID: 30682103 PMCID: PMC6347194 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In this study we evaluated the association of high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) and alkaline pH as a minimally denaturing condition for the solubilization of inclusion bodies (IBs) generated by recombinant proteins expressed by Escherichia coli strains. The method was successfully applied to a recombinant form of the dengue virus (DENV) non-structural protein 1 (NS1). The minimal pH for IBs solubilization at 1 bar was 12 while a pH of 10 was sufficient for solubilization at HHP: 2.4 kbar for 90 min and 0.4 kbar for 14 h 30 min. An optimal refolding condition was achieved by compression of IBs at HHP and pH 10.5 in the presence of arginine, oxidized and reduced glutathiones, providing much higher yields (up to 8-fold) than association of HHP and GdnHCl via an established protocol. The refolded NS1, 109 ± 9.5 mg/L bacterial culture was recovered mainly as monomer and dimer, corresponding up to 90% of the total protein and remaining immunologically active. The proposed conditions represent an alternative for the refolding of immunologically active recombinant proteins expressed as IBs.
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- Rosa Maria Chura-Chambi
- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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In vitro protein folding can be employed to produce complex proteins expressed as insoluble inclusion bodies in E. coli from laboratory to commercial scale. Often the most challenging step is identification of renaturation conditions that will enable the denatured protein to form the native structure at an acceptable yield. Generally this requires screening a matrix of buffers and stabilizers to find an appropriate solution. Herein, we describe an automated and quantitative method to identify optimal in vitro protein folding parameters with a high rate of success.
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- Kenneth W Walker
- Amgen Research, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.
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- Amgen Research, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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- Amgen Research, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
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Chura-Chambi RM, Fraga TR, da Silva LB, Yamamoto BB, Isaac L, Barbosa AS, Morganti L. Leptospira interrogans thermolysin refolded at high pressure and alkaline pH displays proteolytic activity against complement C3. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 19:e00266. [PMID: 29992100 PMCID: PMC6036645 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2018.e00266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Enzymes from the thermolysin family are crucial factors in the pathogenesis of several diseases caused by bacteria and are potential targets for therapeutic interventions. Thermolysin encoded by the gene LIC13322 of the causative agent of leptospirosis, Leptospira interrogans, was shown to cleave proteins from the Complement System. However, the production of this recombinant protein using traditional refolding processes with high levels of denaturing reagents for thermolysin inclusion bodies (TL-IBs) solubilization results in poor recovery and low proteolytic activity probably due to improper refolding of the protein. Based on the assumption that leptospiral proteases play a crucial role during infection, the aim of this work was to obtain a functional recombinant thermolysin for future studies on the role of these metalloproteases on leptospiral infection. The association of high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) and alkaline pH was utilized for thermolysin refolding. Incubation of a suspension of TL-IBs at HHP and a pH of 11.0 is non-denaturing but effective for thermolysin solubilization. Soluble protein does not reaggregate by dialysis to pH 8.0. A volumetric yield of 46 mg thermolysin/L of bacterial culture and a yield of near 100% in relation to the total thermolysin present in TL-IBs were obtained. SEC-purified thermolysin suffers fragmentation, likely due to autoproteolysis and presents proteolytic activity against complement C3 α-chain, possibly by a generation of a C3b-like molecule. The proteolytic activity of thermolysin against C3 was time and dose-dependent. The experience gained in this study shall help to establish efficient HHP-based processes for refolding of bioactive proteins from IBs.
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- Rosa Maria Chura-Chambi
- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2242, CEP 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Imunologia, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Imunologia, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto Butantan, Laboratório de Bacteriologia, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2242, CEP 05508-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Wang Q, Zhang C, Guo F, Li Z, Liu Y, Su Z. Novel Bioconjugation Strategy Using Elevated Hydrostatic Pressure: A Case Study for the Site-Specific Attachment of Polyethylene Glycol (PEGylation) of Recombinant Human Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:2841-2848. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Qi Wang
- State
Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 North Second Street, Zhong-Guan
Village, Beijing 100190, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 North Second Street, Zhong-Guan
Village, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 North Second Street, Zhong-Guan
Village, Beijing 100190, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 North Second Street, Zhong-Guan
Village, Beijing 100190, PR China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 North Second Street, Zhong-Guan
Village, Beijing 100190, PR China
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Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 North Second Street, Zhong-Guan
Village, Beijing 100190, PR China
- Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials (SICAM), Nanjing, 210023, PR China
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König N, Paulus M, Julius K, Schulze J, Voetz M, Tolan M. Antibodies under pressure: A Small-Angle X-ray Scattering study of Immunoglobulin G under high hydrostatic pressure. Biophys Chem 2017. [PMID: 28622937 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In the present work two subclasses of the human antibody Immunoglobulin G (IgG) have been investigated by Small-Angle X-ray Scattering under high hydrostatic pressures up to 5kbar. It is shown that IgG adopts a symmetric T-shape in solution which differs significantly from available crystal structures. Moreover, high-pressure experiments verify the high stability of the IgG molecule. It is not unfolded by hydrostatic pressures of up to 5kbar but a slight increase of the radius of gyration was observed at elevated pressures.
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- Nico König
- Fakultät Physik/DELTA, TU Dortmund, Dortmund 44221, Germany; Bayer AG, Leverkusen 51368, Germany.
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- Fakultät Physik/DELTA, TU Dortmund, Dortmund 44221, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik/DELTA, TU Dortmund, Dortmund 44221, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik/DELTA, TU Dortmund, Dortmund 44221, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik/DELTA, TU Dortmund, Dortmund 44221, Germany
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Impact of high hydrostatic pressure on bacterial proteostasis. Biophys Chem 2017; 231:3-9. [PMID: 28365058 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) is an important factor that limits microbial growth in deep-sea ecosystems to specifically adapted piezophiles. Furthermore, HHP treatment is used as a novel food preservation technique because of its ability to inactivate pathogenic and spoilage bacteria while minimizing the loss of food quality. Disruption of protein homeostasis (i.e. proteostasis) as a result of HHP-induced conformational changes in ribosomes and proteins has been considered as one of the limiting factors for both microbial growth and survival under HHP conditions. This work therefore reviews the effects of sublethal (≤100MPa) and lethal (>100MPa) pressures on protein synthesis, structure, and functionality in bacteria. Furthermore, current understanding on the mechanisms adopted by piezophiles to maintain proteostasis in HHP environments and responses developed by atmospheric-adapted bacteria to protect or restore proteostasis after HHP exposure are discussed.
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Wang Q, Liu Y, Zhang C, Guo F, Feng C, Li X, Shi H, Su Z. High hydrostatic pressure enables almost 100% refolding of recombinant human ciliary neurotrophic factor from inclusion bodies at high concentration. Protein Expr Purif 2017; 133:152-159. [PMID: 28323167 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2017.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Protein refolding from inclusion bodies (IBs) often encounters a problem of low recovery at high protein concentration. In this study, we demonstrated that high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) could simultaneously achieve high refolding concentration and high refolding yield for IBs of recombinant human ciliary neurotrophic factor (rhCNTF), a potential therapeutic for neurodegenerative diseases. The use of dilution refolding obtained 18% recovery at 3 mg/mL, even in the presence of 4 M urea. In contrast, HHP refolding could efficiently increase the recovery up to almost 100% even at 4 mg/mL. It was found that in the dilution, hydrophobic aggregates were the off-path products and their amount increased with the protein concentration. However, HHP could effectively minimize the formation of hydrophobic aggregates, leading to almost complete conversion of the rhCNTF IBs to the correct configuration. The stable operation range of concentration is 0.5-4.0 mg/mL, in which the refolding yield was almost 100%. Compared with the literatures where HHP failed to increase the refolding yield beyond 90%, the reason could be attributed to the structural difference that rhCNTF has no disulfide bond and is a monomeric protein. After purification by one-step of anionic chromatography, the purity of rhCNTF reached 95% with total process recovery of 54.1%. The purified rhCNTF showed similar structure and in vitro bioactivity to the native species. The whole process featured integration of solubilization/refolding, a high refolding yield of 100%, a high concentration of 4 mg/mL, and a simple chromatography to ensure a high productivity.
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- Qi Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beierjie Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beierjie Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beierjie Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beierjie Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beierjie Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beierjie Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beierjie Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beierjie Street, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, PR China.
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Sadavarte R, Filipe CDM, Ghosh R. Recovery of functionally-active protein from inclusion bodies using a thermal-cycling method. Biotechnol Prog 2016; 33:133-139. [PMID: 27690284 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2376] [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: 04/01/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Heterologous overexpression of genes in Escherichia coli has made it possible to obtain high titers of recombinant proteins. However, this can result in the formation of aggregated protein particles known as 'inclusion bodies'. Protein sequestered as inclusion body is inactive and needs to be converted back to its functional form by refolding using appropriate techniques. In the current study inclusion bodies of the enzyme aminoglycoside nucleotidyl transferase (or ANT(2″)-Ia) were first solubilized in urea and subsequently subjected to thermal cycling under controlled conditions as part of the refolding strategy. Thermal cycling led to disaggregation of the individual protein chains and simultaneously refolding the released protein molecules to their native state. The optimum condition was identified as 10-80°C thermal cycling at 3°C s-1 for 2 h. Enzyme activity measurements showed that thermal cycling under optimized conditions resulted in 257% activity recovery when compared with nonrefolded protein. © 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 33:133-139, 2017.
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- Rahul Sadavarte
- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L7, Canada
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L7, Canada
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L7, Canada
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Automated high-throughput dense matrix protein folding screen using a liquid handling robot combined with microfluidic capillary electrophoresis. Protein Expr Purif 2015; 120:138-47. [PMID: 26678961 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2015.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Revised: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Modern molecular genetics technology has made it possible to swiftly sequence, clone and mass-produce recombinant DNA for the purpose of expressing heterologous genes of interest; however, recombinant protein production systems have struggled to keep pace. Mammalian expression systems are typically favored for their ability to produce and secrete proteins in their native state, but bacterial systems benefit from rapid cell line development and robust growth. The primary drawback to prokaryotic expression systems are that recombinant proteins are generally not secreted at high levels or correctly folded, and are often insoluble, necessitating post-expression protein folding to obtain the active product. In order to harness the advantages of prokaryotic expression, high-throughput methods for executing protein folding screens and the subsequent analytics to identify lead conditions are required. Both of these tasks can be accomplished using a Biomek 3000 liquid handling robot to prepare the folding screen and to subsequently prepare the reactions for assessment using Caliper microfluidic capillary electrophoresis. By augmenting a protein folding screen with automation, the primary disadvantage of Escherichia coli expression has been mitigated, namely the labor intensive identification of the required protein folding conditions. Furthermore, a rigorous, quantitative method for identifying optimal protein folding buffer aids in the rapid development of an optimal production process.
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Zakharova GS, Poloznikov AA, Chubar TA, Gazaryan IG, Tishkov VI. High-yield reactivation of anionic tobacco peroxidase overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif 2015; 113:85-93. [PMID: 25986322 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2015.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Anionic tobacco peroxidase (TOP) is extremely active in chemiluminescence reaction of luminol oxidation without addition of enhancers and more stable than horseradish peroxidase under antibody conjugation conditions. In addition, recombinant TOP (rTOP) produced in Escherichia coli is known to be a perfect direct electron transfer catalyst on electrodes of various origin. These features make the task of development of a high-yield reactivation protocol for rTOP practically important. Previous attempts to reactivate the enzyme from E. coli inclusion bodies were successful, but the reported reactivation yield was only 14%. In this work, we thoroughly screened the refolding conditions for dilution protocol and compared it with gel-filtration chromatography. The impressive reactivation yield in the dilution protocol (85%) was achieved for 8 μg/mL solubilized rTOP protein and the refolding medium containing 0.3 mM oxidized glutathione, 0.05 mM dithiothreitol, 5 mM CaCl2, 5% glycerol in 50 mM Tris-HCl buffer, pH 9.6, with 1 μM hemin added at the 24th hour of incubation. A practically important discovery was a 30-40% increase in the reactivation yield upon delayed addition of hemin. The reactivation yield achieved is one of the highest reported in the literature on protein refolding by dilution. The final yield of purified active non-glycosylated rTOP was ca. 60 mg per L of E. coli culture, close to the yield reported before for tomato and tobacco plants overexpressing glycosylated TOP (60 mg/kg biomass) and much higher than for the previously reported refolding protocol (2.6 mg per L of E. coli culture).
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- G S Zakharova
- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, RAS, 119071 Moscow, Russia; Innovations and High Technologies MSU Ltd, 109559 Moscow, Russia.
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- Innovations and High Technologies MSU Ltd, 109559 Moscow, Russia; M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Chemistry Faculty, Department of Chemical Enzymology, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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- M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Chemistry Faculty, Department of Chemical Enzymology, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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- M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Chemistry Faculty, Department of Chemical Enzymology, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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- A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, RAS, 119071 Moscow, Russia; Innovations and High Technologies MSU Ltd, 109559 Moscow, Russia; M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Chemistry Faculty, Department of Chemical Enzymology, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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Yuan TZ, Ormonde CFG, Kudlacek ST, Kunche S, Smith JN, Brown WA, Pugliese KM, Olsen TJ, Iftikhar M, Raston CL, Weiss GA. Shear-stress-mediated refolding of proteins from aggregates and inclusion bodies. Chembiochem 2015; 16:393-6. [PMID: 25620679 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Recombinant protein overexpression of large proteins in bacteria often results in insoluble and misfolded proteins directed to inclusion bodies. We report the application of shear stress in micrometer-wide, thin fluid films to refold boiled hen egg white lysozyme, recombinant hen egg white lysozyme, and recombinant caveolin-1. Furthermore, the approach allowed refolding of a much larger protein, cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA). The reported methods require only minutes, which is more than 100 times faster than conventional overnight dialysis. This rapid refolding technique could significantly shorten times, lower costs, and reduce waste streams associated with protein expression for a wide range of industrial and research applications.
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- Tom Z Yuan
- University of California, Irvine, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Irvine, CA, 92697-2025 (USA)
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Calçada EO, Korsak M, Kozyreva T. Recombinant Intrinsically Disordered Proteins for NMR: Tips and Tricks. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 870:187-213. [PMID: 26387103 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20164-1_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The growing recognition of the several roles that intrinsically disordered proteins play in biology places an increasing importance on protein sample availability to allow the characterization of their structural and dynamic properties. The sample preparation is therefore the limiting step to allow any biophysical method being able to characterize the properties of an intrinsically disordered protein and to clarify the links between these properties and the associated biological functions. An increasing array of tools has been recruited to help prepare and characterize the structural and dynamic properties of disordered proteins. This chapter describes their sample preparation, covering the most common drawbacks/barriers usually found working in the laboratory bench. We want this chapter to be the bedside book of any scientist interested in preparing intrinsically disordered protein samples for further biophysical analysis.
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- Eduardo O Calçada
- Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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- Giotto Biotech, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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- Giotto Biotech, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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Yang XX, Hou XN, Xu B, Hao X, Jiang GJ, Fan TJ. Cell-penetrating peptide delivery of biologically active oct4 protein into cultured Takifugu rubripes spermary cells. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2014; 85:1369-1380. [PMID: 25199543 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Continuous cell culture of a puffer fish Takifugu rubripes has been established for efficient delivery of exogenous genes or proteins to cultured fish cells. Transcription factor oct4 was chosen for transduction into cultured fish cells because of its conserved structure and function between fish and mammals. In this work, the T. rubripes oct4 gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli as a recombinant protein by introducing cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) poly-arginine (11R) and 6His-tag at the C-terminus. After purification, recombinant proteins were added to the growth medium and incubated with T. rubripes spermary cells. Recombinant proteins that crossed the cell membrane were detected in the cytoplasm and nucleus by western blot and immunofluorescent observation. The function of transduced oct4 as a transcription factor in fish cells was confirmed by driving green fluorescent protein expression in the pEGFP-1 reporter construct with the conserved specific oct4-binding sequence from mouse Mus musculus. Taken together, 11R can be an efficient CPP in delivering fusion proteins to cultured fish cells.
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- X X Yang
- Department of Marine Biology, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
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Lemke LS, Chura-Chambi RM, Rodrigues D, Cussiol JRR, Malavasi NV, Alegria TGP, Netto LES, Morganti L. Investigation on solubilization protocols in the refolding of the thioredoxin TsnC from Xylella fastidiosa by high hydrostatic pressure approach. Protein Expr Purif 2014; 106:72-7. [PMID: 25448595 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The lack of efficient refolding methodologies must be overcome to take full advantage of the fact that bacteria express high levels of aggregated recombinant proteins. High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) impairs intermolecular hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions, dissociating aggregates, which makes HHP a useful tool to solubilize proteins for subsequent refolding. A process of refolding was set up by using as a model TsnC, a thioredoxin that catalyzes the disulfide reduction to a dithiol, a useful indication of biological activity. The inclusion bodies (IB) were dissociated at 2.4 kbar. The effect of incubation of IB suspensions at 1-800 bar, the guanidine hydrochloride concentration, the oxidized/reduced glutathione (GSH/GSSG) ratios, and the additives in the refolding buffer were analyzed. To assess the yields of fully biologically active protein obtained for each tested condition, it was crucial to analyze both the TsnC solubilization yield and its enzymatic activity. Application of 2.4 kbar to the IB suspension in the presence of 9 mM GSH, 1mM GSSG, 0.75 M guanidine hydrochloride, and 0.5M arginine with subsequent incubation at 1 bar furnished high refolding yield (81%). The experience gained in this study shall help to establish efficient HHP-based protein refolding processes for other proteins.
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- Laura Simoni Lemke
- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, IPEN-CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Miyazono KI, Tsutsumi K, Ishino Y, Tanokura M. Expression, high-pressure refolding, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of a novel single-strand-specific 3'-5' exonuclease PhoExo I from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2014; 70:1076-9. [PMID: 25084386 PMCID: PMC4118808 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x14012734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 06/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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PhoExo I is a single-strand-specific 3'-5' exonuclease from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 and is thought to be involved in a Thermococcales-specific DNA-repair pathway. The recombinant PhoExo I protein was produced as inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli cells. Solubilization of the inclusion bodies was performed by the high-pressure refolding method and highly purified protein was subjected to crystallization by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method at 20°C. A crystal of PhoExo I was obtained in a reservoir solution consisting of 0.1 M Tris-HCl pH 8.9, 27% PEG 6000 and diffracted X-rays to 1.52 Å resolution. The crystal of PhoExo I belonged to space group H32, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 112.07, c = 202.28 Å. The crystal contained two PhoExo I molecules in the asymmetric unit.
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- Ken-ichi Miyazono
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, and Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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Lopes APY, Lopes LM, Fraga TR, Chura-Chambi RM, Sanson AL, Cheng E, Nakajima E, Morganti L, Martins EAL. VapC from the leptospiral VapBC toxin-antitoxin module displays ribonuclease activity on the initiator tRNA. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101678. [PMID: 25047537 PMCID: PMC4105405 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 06/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The prokaryotic ubiquitous Toxin-Antitoxin (TA) operons encode a stable toxin and an unstable antitoxin. The most accepted hypothesis of the physiological function of the TA system is the reversible cessation of cellular growth under stress conditions. The major TA family, VapBC is present in the spirochaete Leptospira interrogans. VapBC modules are classified based on the presence of a predicted ribonucleasic PIN domain in the VapC toxin. The expression of the leptospiral VapC in E. coli promotes a strong bacterial growth arrestment, making it difficult to express the recombinant protein. Nevertheless, we showed that long term induction of expression in E. coli enabled the recovery of VapC in inclusion bodies. The recombinant protein was successfully refolded by high hydrostatic pressure, providing a new method to obtain the toxin in a soluble and active form. The structural integrity of the recombinant VapB and VapC proteins was assessed by circular dichroism spectroscopy. Physical interaction between the VapC toxin and the VapB antitoxin was demonstrated in vivo and in vitro by pull down and ligand affinity blotting assays, respectively, thereby indicating the ultimate mechanism by which the activity of the toxin is regulated in bacteria. The predicted model of the leptospiral VapC structure closely matches the Shigella's VapC X-ray structure. In agreement, the ribonuclease activity of the leptospiral VapC was similar to the activity described for Shigella's VapC, as demonstrated by the cleavage of tRNAfMet and by the absence of unspecific activity towards E. coli rRNA. This finding suggests that the cleavage of the initiator transfer RNA may represent a common mechanism to a larger group of bacteria and potentially configures a mechanism of post-transcriptional regulation leading to the inhibition of global translation.
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Rodrigues D, Farinha-Arcieri LE, Ventura AM, Chura-Chambi RM, Malavasi NV, Lemke LS, Guimarães JS, Ho PL, Morganti L. Effect of pressure on refolding of recombinant pentameric cholera toxin B. J Biotechnol 2014; 173:98-105. [PMID: 24445168 PMCID: PMC7114129 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Revised: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The production of recombinant proteins is an essential tool for the expansion of modern biological research and biotechnology. The expression of heterologous proteins in Escherichia coli often results in an incomplete folding process that leads to the accumulation of inclusion bodies (IB), aggregates that hold a certain degree of native-like secondary structure. High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) impairs intermolecular hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions, leading to dissociation of aggregates under non-denaturing conditions and is therefore a useful tool to solubilize proteins for posterior refolding. Cholera toxin (CT) is composed of a non-toxic pentamer of B subunits (CTB), a useful adjuvant in vaccines, and a toxic subunit A (CTA). We studied the process of refolding of CTB using HHP. HHP was shown to be effective for dissociation of CTB monomers from IB. Posterior incubation at atmospheric pressure of concentrated CTB (1mg/ml) is necessary for the association of the monomers. Pentameric CTB was obtained when suspensions of CTB IB were compressed at 2.4kbar for 16h in the presence of Tween 20 and incubated at 1bar for 120h. Soluble and biologically active pentameric CTB was obtained, with a yield of 213mg CTB/liter of culture. The experience gained in this study can be important to improve the refolding of proteins with quaternary structure.
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- D Rodrigues
- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN - CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Microbiologia do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Departamento de Microbiologia do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN - CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN - CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN - CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN - CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto Butantan, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN - CNEN/SP, Centro de Biotecnologia, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Chura-Chambi RM, Nakajima E, de Carvalho RR, Miyasato PA, Oliveira SC, Morganti L, Martins EAL. Refolding of the recombinant protein Sm29, a step toward the production of the vaccine candidate against schistosomiasis. J Biotechnol 2013; 168:511-9. [PMID: 24084635 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2013.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2013] [Revised: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Schistosomiasis is an important parasitic disease, with about 240 million people infected worldwide. Humans and animals can be infected, imposing an enormous social and economic burden. The only drug available for chemotherapy, praziquantel, does not control reinfections, and an efficient vaccine for prophylaxis is still missing. However, the tegumental protein Sm29 of Schistosoma mansoni was shown to be a promising antigen to compose an anti-schistosomiasis vaccine. Though, recombinant Sm29 is expressed in Escherichia coli as insoluble inclusion bodies requiring an efficient process of refolding, thus, hampering its production in large scale. We present in this work studies to refold the recombinant Sm29 using high hydrostatic pressure, a mild condition to dissociate aggregated proteins, leading to refolding on a soluble conformation. Our studies resulted in high yield of rSm29 (73%) as a stably soluble and structured protein. The refolded antigen presented protective effect against S. mansoni development in immunized mice. We concluded that the refolding process by application of high hydrostatic pressure succeeded, and the procedure can be scaled-up, allowing industrial production of Sm29.
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- Rosa M Chura-Chambi
- Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Assenberg R, Wan PT, Geisse S, Mayr LM. Advances in recombinant protein expression for use in pharmaceutical research. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2013; 23:393-402. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2013.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Revised: 03/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zheng H, Miyakawa T, Sawano Y, Yamagoe S, Tanokura M. Expression, high-pressure refolding and purification of human leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin 2 (LECT2). Protein Expr Purif 2013; 88:221-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2013.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2012] [Revised: 12/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Gao F, Shi L, Xu LX. Refolding of recombinant human interferon α-2a from Escherichia coli by urea gradient size exclusion chromatography. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2012. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683813010055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Okai M, Ohtsuka J, Asano A, Guo L, Miyakawa T, Miyazono KI, Nakamura A, Okada A, Zheng H, Kimura K, Nagata K, Tanokura M. High pressure refolding, purification, and crystallization of flavin reductase from Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7. Protein Expr Purif 2012; 84:214-8. [PMID: 22722101 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2012.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2012] [Revised: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Flavin reductase HpaC(St) catalyzes the reduction of free flavins using NADH or NADPH. High hydrostatic pressure was used for the solubilization and refolding of HpaC(St), which was expressed as inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli to achieve high yield in a flavin-free form. The refolded HpaC(St) was purified using Ni-affinity chromatography followed by a heat treatment, which gave a single band on SDS-PAGE. The purified refolded HpaC(St) did not contain FMN, unlike the same enzyme expressed as a soluble protein. After the addition of FMN to the protein solution, the refolded enzyme showed a higher activity than the enzyme expressed as the soluble protein. Crystals of the refolded enzyme were obtained by adding FMN, FAD, or riboflavin to the protein solution and without the addition of flavin compound.
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- Masahiko Okai
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Kobashigawa Y, Saio T, Ushio M, Sekiguchi M, Yokochi M, Ogura K, Inagaki F. Convenient method for resolving degeneracies due to symmetry of the magnetic susceptibility tensor and its application to pseudo contact shift-based protein-protein complex structure determination. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2012; 53:53-63. [PMID: 22487935 PMCID: PMC3351616 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-012-9623-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Pseudo contact shifts (PCSs) induced by paramagnetic lanthanide ions fixed in a protein frame provide long-range distance and angular information, and are valuable for the structure determination of protein-protein and protein-ligand complexes. We have been developing a lanthanide-binding peptide tag (hereafter LBT) anchored at two points via a peptide bond and a disulfide bond to the target proteins. However, the magnetic susceptibility tensor displays symmetry, which can cause multiple degenerated solutions in a structure calculation based solely on PCSs. Here we show a convenient method for resolving this degeneracy by changing the spacer length between the LBT and target protein. We applied this approach to PCS-based rigid body docking between the FKBP12-rapamycin complex and the mTOR FRB domain, and demonstrated that degeneracy could be resolved using the PCS restraints obtained from two-point anchored LBT with two different spacer lengths. The present strategy will markedly increase the usefulness of two-point anchored LBT for protein complex structure determination.
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- Yoshihiro Kobashigawa
- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Analysis and Pharmacokinetics Research Labs, Department of Drug Discovery, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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- Department of Structural Biology, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, N-21, W-11, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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Follonier S, Panke S, Zinn M. Pressure to kill or pressure to boost: a review on the various effects and applications of hydrostatic pressure in bacterial biotechnology. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 93:1805-15. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3854-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Revised: 12/17/2011] [Accepted: 12/19/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Refolding of proteins from inclusion bodies: rational design and recipes. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 92:241-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3513-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Revised: 07/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Wang JM, Yang XQ, Yin SW, Zhang Y, Tang CH, Li BS, Yuan DB, Guo J. Structural rearrangement of ethanol-denatured soy proteins by high hydrostatic pressure treatment. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2011; 59:7324-7332. [PMID: 21609024 DOI: 10.1021/jf201957r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The effects of high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) treatment (100-500 MPa) on solubility and structural properties of ethanol (EtOH)-denatured soy β-conglycinin and glycinin were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry, Fourier transform infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopy. HHP treatment above 200 MPa, especially at neutral and alkaline pH as well as low ionic strength, significantly improved the solubility of denatured soy proteins. Structural rearrangements of denatured β-conglycinin subjected to high pressure were confirmed, as evidenced by the increase in enthalpy value (ΔH) and the formation of the ordered supramolecular structure with stronger intramolecular hydrogen bond. HHP treatment (200-400 MPa) caused an increase in surface hydrophobicity (F(max)) of β-conglycinin, partially attributable to the exposure of the Tyr and Phe residues, whereas higher pressure (500 MPa) induced the decrease in F(max) due to hydrophobic rearrangements. The Trp residues in β-conglycinin gradually transferred into a hydrophobic environment, which might further support the finding of structural rearrangements. In contrast, increasing pressure induced the progressive unfolding of denatured glycinin, accompanied by the movement of the Tyr and Phe residues to the molecular surface of protein. These results suggested that EtOH-denatured β-conglycinin and glycinin were involved in different pathways of structural changes during HHP treatment.
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- Jin-Mei Wang
- Department of Food Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, People's Republic of China
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Quantitative investigation of non-hydrolytic disruptive activity on crystalline cellulose and application to recombinant swollenin. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 91:1353-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3421-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 05/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cothran A, John RJS, Schmelzer CH, Pizarro SA. High-pressure refolding of human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) recombinantly expressed in bacterial inclusion bodies: Refolding optimization, and feasibility assessment. Biotechnol Prog 2011; 27:1273-81. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Revised: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Fazeli A, Shojaosadati SA, Fazeli MR, Ilka H. Effect of parallel feeding of oxidizing agent and protein on fed-batch refolding process of recombinant interferon beta-1b. Process Biochem 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2010.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Anselment B, Baerend D, Mey E, Buchner J, Weuster-Botz D, Haslbeck M. Experimental optimization of protein refolding with a genetic algorithm. Protein Sci 2010; 19:2085-95. [PMID: 20799347 PMCID: PMC3005780 DOI: 10.1002/pro.488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2010] [Revised: 08/16/2010] [Accepted: 08/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Refolding of proteins from solubilized inclusion bodies still represents a major challenge for many recombinantly expressed proteins and often constitutes a major bottleneck. As in vitro refolding is a complex reaction with a variety of critical parameters, suitable refolding conditions are typically derived empirically in extensive screening experiments. Here, we introduce a new strategy that combines screening and optimization of refolding yields with a genetic algorithm (GA). The experimental setup was designed to achieve a robust and universal method that should allow optimizing the folding of a variety of proteins with the same routine procedure guided by the GA. In the screen, we incorporated a large number of common refolding additives and conditions. Using this design, the refolding of four structurally and functionally different model proteins was optimized experimentally, achieving 74-100% refolding yield for all of them. Interestingly, our results show that this new strategy provides optimum conditions not only for refolding but also for the activity of the native enzyme. It is designed to be generally applicable and seems to be eligible for all enzymes.
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- Bernd Anselment
- Lehrstuhl für Bioverfahrenstechnik, Technische Universität MünchenBoltzmannstr. 15, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department Chemie and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Technische Universität MünchenD-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department Chemie and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Technische Universität MünchenD-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department Chemie and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Technische Universität MünchenD-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Bioverfahrenstechnik, Technische Universität MünchenBoltzmannstr. 15, D-85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department Chemie and Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Technische Universität MünchenD-85748 Garching, Germany
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Mechanism of Gemini Disulfide Detergent Mediated Oxidative Refolding of Lysozyme in a New Artificial Chaperone System. Protein J 2010; 29:457-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s10930-010-9279-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Fraga TR, Chura-Chambi RM, Gonçales AP, Morais ZM, Vasconcellos SA, Morganti L, Martins EA. Refolding of the recombinant protein OmpA70 from Leptospira interrogans from inclusion bodies using high hydrostatic pressure and partial characterization of its immunological properties. J Biotechnol 2010; 148:156-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2009] [Revised: 02/04/2010] [Accepted: 04/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The role of osmolytes, and especially trehalose, in stabilizing proteins under stress conditions is now a widely accepted fact. The physical and chemical properties of trehalose, i.e., low chemical reactivity, nonreducing nature, high glass transition temperature, high affinity for water molecules, existence of a number of polymorphs, etc., make it uniquely suitable for stabilizing partially unfolded protein molecules and inhibiting protein aggregation. This article discusses the various adverse situations that protein molecules face, both within the cell and outside, leading to their aggregation and inactivation. The use of trehalose in stabilizing protein molecules and helping them retain their functionally active forms under such conditions is examined. The various theories and mechanisms used to explain the protective action of trehalose are briefly presented. The experimental tools that can be used to decipher the mechanism of aggregation and the role of trehalose are also discussed.
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- Nishant Kumar Jain
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab, India
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Saio T, Yokochi M, Kumeta H, Inagaki F. PCS-based structure determination of protein-protein complexes. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2010; 46:271-80. [PMID: 20300805 PMCID: PMC2844537 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-010-9401-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2009] [Accepted: 02/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A simple and fast nuclear magnetic resonance method for docking proteins using pseudo-contact shift (PCS) and (1)H(N)/(15)N chemical shift perturbation is presented. PCS is induced by a paramagnetic lanthanide ion that is attached to a target protein using a lanthanide binding peptide tag anchored at two points. PCS provides long-range (approximately 40 A) distance and angular restraints between the lanthanide ion and the observed nuclei, while the (1)H(N)/(15)N chemical shift perturbation data provide loose contact-surface information. The usefulness of this method was demonstrated through the structure determination of the p62 PB1-PB1 complex, which forms a front-to-back 20 kDa homo-oligomer. As p62 PB1 does not intrinsically bind metal ions, the lanthanide binding peptide tag was attached to one subunit of the dimer at two anchoring points. Each monomer was treated as a rigid body and was docked based on the backbone PCS and backbone chemical shift perturbation data. Unlike NOE-based structural determination, this method only requires resonance assignments of the backbone (1)H(N)/(15)N signals and the PCS data obtained from several sets of two-dimensional (15)N-heteronuclear single quantum coherence spectra, thus facilitating rapid structure determination of the protein-protein complex.
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- Tomohide Saio
- Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 001-0021 Japan
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Ladner CL, Chen M, Smith DP, Platt GW, Radford SE, Langen R. Stacked sets of parallel, in-register beta-strands of beta2-microglobulin in amyloid fibrils revealed by site-directed spin labeling and chemical labeling. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:17137-47. [PMID: 20335170 PMCID: PMC2878032 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.117234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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β2-microglobulin (β2m) is a 99-residue protein with an immunoglobulin fold that forms β-sheet-rich amyloid fibrils in dialysis-related amyloidosis. Here the environment and accessibility of side chains within amyloid fibrils formed in vitro from β2m with a long straight morphology are probed by site-directed spin labeling and accessibility to modification with N-ethyl maleimide using 19 site-specific cysteine variants. Continuous wave electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of these fibrils reveals a core predominantly organized in a parallel, in-register arrangement, by contrast with other β2m aggregates. A continuous array of parallel, in-register β-strands involving most of the polypeptide sequence is inconsistent with the cryoelectron microscopy structure, which reveals an architecture based on subunit repeats. To reconcile these data, the number of spins in close proximity required to give rise to spin exchange was determined. Systematic studies of a model protein system indicated that juxtaposition of four spin labels is sufficient to generate exchange narrowing. Combined with information about side-chain mobility and accessibility, we propose that the amyloid fibrils of β2m consist of about six β2m monomers organized in stacks with a parallel, in-register array. The results suggest an organization more complex than the accordion-like β-sandwich structure commonly proposed for amyloid fibrils.
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- Carol L Ladner
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Fradkin AH, Boand CS, Eisenberg SP, Rosendahl MS, Randolph TW. Recombinant murine growth hormone from E. coli inclusion bodies: Expression, high-pressure solubilization and refolding, and characterization of activity and structure. Biotechnol Prog 2010; 26:743-9. [DOI: 10.1002/btpr.393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Vagenende V, Yap MGS, Trout BL. Mechanisms of Protein Stabilization and Prevention of Protein Aggregation by Glycerol. Biochemistry 2009; 48:11084-96. [DOI: 10.1021/bi900649t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Vincent Vagenende
- Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576
- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, 20 Biopolis Way #06-01, Centros, Singapore 138668
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- Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576
- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, 20 Biopolis Way #06-01, Centros, Singapore 138668
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- Singapore-MIT Alliance, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Arana ME, Powell GK, Edwards LL, Kunkel TA, Petrovich RM. Refolding active human DNA polymerase nu from inclusion bodies. Protein Expr Purif 2009; 70:163-71. [PMID: 19853037 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human DNA polymerase nu (Pol nu) is a conserved family A DNA polymerase of uncertain biological function. Physical and biochemical characterization aimed at understanding Pol nu function is hindered by the fact that, when over-expressed in Escherichia coli, Pol nu is largely insoluble, and the small amount of soluble protein is difficult to purify. Here we describe the use of high hydrostatic pressure to refold Pol nu from inclusion bodies, in soluble and active form. The refolded Pol nu has properties comparable to those of the small amount of Pol nu that was purified from the soluble fraction. The approach described here may be applicable to other DNA polymerases that are expressed as insoluble inclusion bodies in E. coli.
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- Mercedes E Arana
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Aertsen A, Meersman F, Hendrickx ME, Vogel RF, Michiels CW. Biotechnology under high pressure: applications and implications. Trends Biotechnol 2009; 27:434-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2009] [Revised: 04/15/2009] [Accepted: 04/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wang C, Wang L, Geng X. Optimization of refolding with simultaneous purification of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor from Escherichia coli by immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography. Biochem Eng J 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2008.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The vast majority of protein purification is now done with cloned, recombinant proteins expressed in a suitable host. The predominant host is Escherichia coli. Many, if not most, expressed proteins are found in an insoluble form called an inclusion body (IB). Since the target protein is often relatively pure in a washed IB, the challenge is not so much to purify the target, but rather to solubilize an IB and refold the protein into its native structure, regaining full biological activity. While many of the operations of this process are quite general (expression, cell disruption, IB isolation and washing, and IB solubilization), the precise conditions that give efficient refolding differ for each protein. This chapter describes the main techniques and strategies for achieving successful refolding.
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