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Chari A, Stark H. Prospects and Limitations of High-Resolution Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Annu Rev Biophys 2023; 52:391-411. [PMID: 37159297 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-111622-091300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has matured into a robust method for the determination of biological macromolecule structures in the past decade, complementing X-ray crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance. Constant methodological improvements in both cryo-EM hardware and image processing software continue to contribute to an exponential growth in the number of structures solved annually. In this review, we provide a historical view of the many steps that were required to make cryo-EM a successful method for the determination of high-resolution protein complex structures. We further discuss aspects of cryo-EM methodology that are the greatest pitfalls challenging successful structure determination to date. Lastly, we highlight and propose potential future developments that would improve the method even further in the near future.
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- Ashwin Chari
- Research Group for Structural Biochemistry and Mechanisms, Max-Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Structural Dynamics, Max-Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany;
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Puhl AC, Ekins S. Advancing the Research and Development of Enzyme Replacement Therapies for Lysosomal Storage Diseases. GEN BIOTECHNOLOGY 2022; 1:156-162. [PMID: 35706761 PMCID: PMC9192161 DOI: 10.1089/genbio.2021.0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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With the increasing interest in developing gene therapies for rare diseases, it is easy to overlook that there are numerous rare lysosomal storage diseases (LSD) with treatments that have been approved by regulatory agencies in the United States and Europe. These primarily consist of enzyme replacement therapies (ERT), which are recombinant human proteins that are delivered for the life of the patient via different routes and may have distinct safety and distribution advantages over gene therapies. The research and development of ERT is a lengthy and expensive process, which is usually performed in academic laboratories before transfer to pharmaceutical companies and is hence a process ripe for disruption. There may still be considerable scientific and investment potential for ERT, however we need to develop a pipeline of proteins analogous to what has been created in some open science efforts as well as apply technologies to decrease manufacturing costs. In this Perspective, we illustrate the opportunity to fill the rare LSD treatment gap with ERTs while gene therapies are in development for these life-shortening diseases.
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- Ana C. Puhl
- Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Address correspondence to: Ana C. Puhl, Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 840 Main Campus Drive, Lab 3510, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, USA.
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- Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
- Address correspondence to: Sean Ekins, Collaborations Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 840 Main Campus Drive, Lab 3510, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606, USA.
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Bruni R, Laguerre A, Kaminska A, McSweeney S, Hendrickson WA, Liu Q. High-throughput cell-free screening of eukaryotic membrane protein expression in lipidic mimetics. Protein Sci 2022; 31:639-651. [PMID: 34910339 PMCID: PMC8862427 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Membrane proteins play essential roles in cellular function and metabolism. Nonetheless, biophysical and structural studies of membrane proteins are impeded by the difficulty of their expression in and purification from heterologous cell-based systems. As an alternative to these cell-based systems, cell-free protein synthesis has proven to be an exquisite method for screening membrane protein targets in a variety of lipidic mimetics. Here we report a high-throughput screening workflow and apply it to screen 61 eukaryotic membrane protein targets. For each target, we tested its expression in lipidic mimetics: two detergents, two liposomes, and two nanodiscs. We show that 35 membrane proteins (57%) can be expressed in a soluble fraction in at least one of the mimetics with the two detergents performing significantly better than nanodiscs and liposomes, in that order. Using the established cell-free workflow, we studied the production and biophysical assays for mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) complexes. Our studies show that the complexes produced in cell-free are functionally competent in complex formation and substrate binding. Our results highlight the utility of using cell-free systems for screening and production of eukaryotic membrane proteins.
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- Renato Bruni
- Center on Membrane Protein Production and Analysis (COMPPÅ)New York Structural Biology CenterNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Center on Membrane Protein Production and Analysis (COMPPÅ)New York Structural Biology CenterNew YorkNew YorkUSA,Present address:
Roche DiagnosticsSanta ClaraCaliforniaUSA
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- Center on Membrane Protein Production and Analysis (COMPPÅ)New York Structural Biology CenterNew YorkNew YorkUSA,Present address:
New York Blood CenterNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- Center on Membrane Protein Production and Analysis (COMPPÅ)New York Structural Biology CenterNew YorkNew YorkUSA,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiophysicsColumbia UniversityNew YorkNew YorkUSA
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- NSLS‐II, Brookhaven National LaboratoryUptonNew YorkUSA,Biology DepartmentBrookhaven National LaboratoryUptonNew YorkUSA
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Mabashi-Asazuma H, Jarvis DL. A new insect cell line engineered to produce recombinant glycoproteins with cleavable N-glycans. J Biol Chem 2021; 298:101454. [PMID: 34838817 PMCID: PMC8689212 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Glycoproteins are difficult to crystallize because they have heterogeneous glycans composed of multiple monosaccharides with considerable rotational freedom about their O-glycosidic linkages. Crystallographers studying N-glycoproteins often circumvent this problem by using β1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (MGAT1)–deficient mammalian cell lines, which produce recombinant glycoproteins with immature N-glycans. These glycans support protein folding and quality control but can be removed using endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase H (Endo H). Many crystallographers also use the baculovirus-insect cell system (BICS) to produce recombinant proteins for their work but have no access to an MGAT1-deficient insect cell line to facilitate glycoprotein crystallization in this system. Thus, we used BICS-specific CRISPR–Cas9 vectors to edit the Mgat1 gene of a rhabdovirus-negative Spodoptera frugiperda cell line (Sf-RVN) and isolated a subclone with multiple Mgat1 deletions, which we named Sf-RVNLec1. We found that Sf-RVN and Sf-RVNLec1 cells had identical growth properties and served equally well as hosts for baculovirus-mediated recombinant glycoprotein production. N-glycan profiling showed that a total endogenous glycoprotein fraction isolated from Sf-RVNLec1 cells had only immature and high mannose-type N-glycans. Finally, N-glycan profiling and endoglycosidase analyses showed that the vast majority of the N-glycans on three recombinant glycoproteins produced by Sf-RVNLec1 cells were Endo H-cleavable Man5GlcNAc2 structures. Thus, this study yielded a new insect cell line for the BICS that can be used to produce recombinant glycoproteins with Endo H-cleavable N-glycans. This will enable researchers to combine the high productivity of the BICS with the ability to deglycosylate recombinant glycoproteins, which will facilitate efforts to determine glycoprotein structures by X-ray crystallography.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA; GlycoBac, LLC, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
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Fine Sampling of Sequence Space for Membrane Protein Structural Biology. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:167055. [PMID: 34022208 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We describe an enhancement of traditional genomics-based approaches to improve the success of structure determination of membrane proteins. Following a broad screen of sequence space to identify initial expression-positive targets, we employ a second step to select orthologs with closely related sequences to these hits. We demonstrate that a greater percentage of these latter targets express well and are stable in detergent, increasing the likelihood of identifying candidates that will ultimately yield structural information.
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Mishra V. A Comprehensive Guide to the Commercial Baculovirus Expression Vector Systems for Recombinant Protein Production. Protein Pept Lett 2020; 27:529-537. [PMID: 31721691 DOI: 10.2174/0929866526666191112152646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The Baculovirus Expression Vector System (BEVS) is a workhorse for recombinant protein expression for over thirty-five years. Ever since it was first used to overexpress the human IFN-β protein, the system has been engineered and modified several times for quick and easy expression and scale-up of the recombinant proteins. Multiple gene assemblies performed on the baculovirus genome using synthetic biology methods lead to optimized overexpression of the multiprotein complexes. Nowadays, several commercially available BEVS platforms offer a variety of customizable features, and often it is confusing which one to choose for a novice user. This short review is intended to be a one-stop guide to the commercially available baculovirus technology for heterologous protein expression in the insect cells, which users can refer to choose from popular and desirable BEVS products or services.
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- Vibhor Mishra
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, United States
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Tang Y, Saul J, Nagaratnam N, Martin-Garcia JM, Fromme P, Qiu J, LaBaer J. Construction of gateway-compatible baculovirus expression vectors for high-throughput protein expression and in vivo microcrystal screening. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13323. [PMID: 32770037 PMCID: PMC7414197 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70163-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Baculovirus mediated-insect cell expression systems have been widely used for producing heterogeneous proteins. However, to date, there is still the lack of an easy-to-manipulate system that enables the high-throughput protein characterization in insect cells by taking advantage of large existing Gateway clone libraries. To resolve this limitation, we have constructed a suite of Gateway-compatible pIEx-derived baculovirus expression vectors that allow the rapid and cost-effective construction of expression clones for mass parallel protein expression in insect cells. This vector collection also supports the attachment of a variety of fusion tags to target proteins to meet the needs for different research applications. We first demonstrated the utility of these vectors for protein expression and purification using a set of 40 target proteins of various sizes, cellular localizations and host organisms. We then established a scalable pipeline coupled with the SONICC and TEM techniques to screen for microcrystal formation within living insect cells. Using this pipeline, we successfully identified microcrystals for ~ 16% of the tested protein set, which can be potentially used for structure elucidation by X-ray crystallography. In summary, we have established a versatile pipeline enabling parallel gene cloning, protein expression and purification, and in vivo microcrystal screening for structural studies.
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- Yanyang Tang
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
- Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA
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- Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA
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- Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA.
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.
- Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA.
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Lee JY, Dang K, Liu A, Alba BM. Automated buffer preparation using quaternary valve in fast performance liquid chromatography for protein purification from a cell membrane. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2020; 1136:121849. [PMID: 31841981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2019.121849] [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: 04/21/2019] [Revised: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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There is a great need for high-throughput protein purification to produce protein molecules for research and therapeutics. Although there have been significant advancements made in automated multi-step chromatography and preparative in-process design-of-experiment (DOE) capabilities in commercial fast performance liquid chromatography (FPLC) instruments, almost all commercial FPLCs rely on a binary buffer mixing system, which hinders automated buffer preparation. Nevertheless, current-generation FPLCs are equipped with a quaternary mixer designed for limited in-line buffer preparation and preparative pH scouting DOE experiments. We decided to leverage the quaternary mixing capability by extending and re-programming AkTA Avant's quaternary valve into an automated in-process buffer preparation system to simplify automated purification requiring complex washing steps. We accomplished this by using two extra inlet valves, a sample valve, and versatile valve to split inputs of the quaternary valve into software-selectable stock solutions of pH buffers, salts, eluents, and additives. We also devised a new flow scheme to perform automated two-step chromatography using only one versatile valve. This was accomplished by using only stock parts and software to facilitate reproduction. To demonstrate the versatility and capability of the system, we purified a transmembrane protein that requires a detergent to stay soluble and needs an in-column, high-salt washing step to achieve high purity.
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- Jonas Y Lee
- Department of Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Research, 1120 Veterans Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States; Current address: Janssen Research and Development, 3210 Merryfield Row, San Diego, CA 92121, United States
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- Department of Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Research, 1120 Veterans Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States
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- Department of Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Research, 1120 Veterans Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States
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- Department of Therapeutic Discovery, Amgen Research, 1120 Veterans Blvd, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States.
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Xiong Y, Shapaval V, Kohler A, From PJ. A Laboratory-Built Fully Automated Ultrasonication Robot for Filamentous Fungi Homogenization. SLAS Technol 2019; 24:583-595. [DOI: 10.1177/2472630319861361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This article presents the design and development of a new hands-free ultrasonication robot for filamentous fungi homogenization. The platform was constructed with a modified inexpensive 3D printer, equipped with an upward-facing camera, a custom-designed wash station, and an add-on sonicator. While machine vision accomplished sample well screening based on image subtraction and color thresholding, it also determined the level of fungi homogeneity using color variance. Model fitting reveals that the process of filamentous fungi homogenization using ultrasonication included a period of significant exponential decay. Therefore, this procedure allowed for the rapid homogenization of the fungal samples during the initial stages of ultrasonication treatment followed by a deceleration in homogenization. Furthermore, a factorial experiment showed that higher sonicator power and temperature accelerated the homogenization process, while the cultivation time exhibited no effect on homogenization. In addition, the model parameters were varied between the wells, even when subjected to the same settings, meaning that the system cannot use the same asymptote of the homogeneity level to establish the termination time for different wells. Therefore, we used the standard deviation of the four most recent homogeneity level values to determine the termination time. This method was used for feedback control, forming a fully automated robot that did not require manual intervention during the experiment. A validation test on filamentous fungi demonstrated that the system was able to provide target quality of samples efficiently.
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- Ya Xiong
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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Louwagie M, Kieffer-Jaquinod S, Brun V. Ultrasensitive Quantification of Recombinant Proteins Using AAA-MS. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2030:1-10. [PMID: 31347105 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9639-1_1] [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: 06/10/2023]
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Recombinant proteins are essential components of therapeutic, biotechnological, food, and household products. In some cases, recombinant proteins must be purified and their quantity and/or concentration precisely determined. In this chapter, we describe a protocol for the quantification of purified recombinant proteins. The protocol is based on a microwave-assisted acidic hydrolysis of the target protein followed by high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analysis of the hydrolytic products. Absolute quantification is obtained by adding controlled amounts of labeled amino acids that serve as standards.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Inserm, U1038 BIG-BGE, Grenoble, France.
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A multi-column plate adapter provides an economical and versatile high-throughput protein purification system. Protein Expr Purif 2018; 152:84-91. [PMID: 30041031 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2018.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Protein purification is essential in the study of protein structure and function, and the development of novel therapeutics. Many studies require purifying multiple proteins at once, increasing the demand for improved purification methods. We hypothesized that multiple chromatography columns could be interfaced with a multi-well collection plate for rapid and convenient protein purification without the need of expensive instrumentation. As such, we developed a multi-column plate adapter (MCPA), which provides an economical yet versatile and time efficient, high-throughput protein purification system. The MCPA system simultaneously purified milligrams of different proteins under gravity or under vacuum for faster purification. The MCPA handles up to twenty-four 12 mL columns and multiple MCPA's in sequence allow milligram-scale purification of 96 different samples with relative ease. We also used the MCPA system for large scale affinity purification of four proteins, providing sufficient yields and purity for protein crystallization and biophysical characterization. The MCPA system is ideal for optimizing resin type and volume or any other purification parameter by customizing individual columns during the same purification. The high-throughput and versatile nature of this system should prove to be useful in obtaining adequate amounts of protein for subsequent analyses in any laboratory setting.
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Wernike K, Aebischer A, Roman-Sosa G, Beer M. The N-terminal domain of Schmallenberg virus envelope protein Gc is highly immunogenic and can provide protection from infection. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42500. [PMID: 28211908 PMCID: PMC5304187 DOI: 10.1038/srep42500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is transmitted by insect vectors, and therefore vaccination is one of the most important tools of disease control. In our study, novel subunit vaccines on the basis of an amino-terminal domain of SBV Gc of 234 amino acids (“Gc Amino”) first were tested and selected using a lethal small animal challenge model and then the best performing formulations also were tested in cattle. We could show that neither E. coli expressed nor the reduced form of “Gc Amino” protected from SBV infection. In contrast, both, immunization with “Gc Amino”-encoding DNA plasmids and “Gc-amino” expressed in a mammalian system, conferred protection in up to 66% of the animals. Interestingly, the best performance was achieved with a multivalent antigen containing the covalently linked Gc domains of both, SBV and the related Akabane virus. All vaccinated cattle and mice were fully protected against SBV challenge infection. Furthermore, in the absence of antibodies against the viral N-protein, differentiation between vaccinated and field-infected animals allows an SBV marker vaccination concept. Moreover, the presented vaccine design also could be tested for other members of the Simbu serogroup and might allow the inclusion of additional immunogenic domains.
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- Kerstin Wernike
- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
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Coolbaugh M, Shakalli Tang M, Wood D. High-throughput purification of recombinant proteins using self-cleaving intein tags. Anal Biochem 2017; 516:65-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2016] [Revised: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Since its inception more than 30 years ago, the baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS) has been used prolifically to produce heterologous proteins for research and development. In the cell, a cornerstone of biological activity are multiprotein complexes, catalyzing essential functions. BEVS has been uniquely successful to unlock such complex assemblies for high-resolution structural and functional analysis. Synthetic biology approaches have been implemented to optimize multigene assembly methods, accelerating upstream processes. Specialized baculoviral genomes are being created with functions tailored to enhance production of particular target protein classes. Here we comment on current and emerging developments in the field and their potential to accelerate protein complex research.
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- Imre Berger
- a The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL); Grenoble Outstation and Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions (UVHCI); Université Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS ; UMR 5233; Grenoble , France.,b The School of Biochemistry; University of Bristol ; Clifton , United Kingdom
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- c Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC); Center for Integrative Biology (CBI) ; Department of Integrated Structural Biology ; Illkirch ; France.,d Center National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104 ; Illkirch , France.,e Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964 ; Illkirch , France.,f Université de Strasbourg ; Strasbourg , France
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The impact of structural genomics: the first quindecennial. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 17:1-16. [PMID: 26935210 DOI: 10.1007/s10969-016-9201-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The period 2000-2015 brought the advent of high-throughput approaches to protein structure determination. With the overall funding on the order of $2 billion (in 2010 dollars), the structural genomics (SG) consortia established worldwide have developed pipelines for target selection, protein production, sample preparation, crystallization, and structure determination by X-ray crystallography and NMR. These efforts resulted in the determination of over 13,500 protein structures, mostly from unique protein families, and increased the structural coverage of the expanding protein universe. SG programs contributed over 4400 publications to the scientific literature. The NIH-funded Protein Structure Initiatives alone have produced over 2000 scientific publications, which to date have attracted more than 93,000 citations. Software and database developments that were necessary to handle high-throughput structure determination workflows have led to structures of better quality and improved integrity of the associated data. Organized and accessible data have a positive impact on the reproducibility of scientific experiments. Most of the experimental data generated by the SG centers are freely available to the community and has been utilized by scientists in various fields of research. SG projects have created, improved, streamlined, and validated many protocols for protein production and crystallization, data collection, and functional analysis, significantly benefiting biological and biomedical research.
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Niedzialkowska E, Gasiorowska O, Handing KB, Majorek KA, Porebski PJ, Shabalin IG, Zasadzinska E, Cymborowski M, Minor W. Protein purification and crystallization artifacts: The tale usually not told. Protein Sci 2016; 25:720-33. [PMID: 26660914 PMCID: PMC4815408 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Revised: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The misidentification of a protein sample, or contamination of a sample with the wrong protein, may be a potential reason for the non-reproducibility of experiments. This problem may occur in the process of heterologous overexpression and purification of recombinant proteins, as well as purification of proteins from natural sources. If the contaminated or misidentified sample is used for crystallization, in many cases the problem may not be detected until structures are determined. In the case of functional studies, the problem may not be detected for years. Here several procedures that can be successfully used for the identification of crystallized protein contaminants, including: (i) a lattice parameter search against known structures, (ii) sequence or fold identification from partially built models, and (iii) molecular replacement with common contaminants as search templates have been presented. A list of common contaminant structures to be used as alternative search models was provided. These methods were used to identify four cases of purification and crystallization artifacts. This report provides troubleshooting pointers for researchers facing difficulties in phasing or model building.
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- Ewa Niedzialkowska
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological PhysicsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Room 4223CharlottesvilleVirginia22908
- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface ChemistryPolish Academy of SciencesNiezapominajek 8Krakow30‐239Poland
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG)ArgonneIllinois60439
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological PhysicsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Room 4223CharlottesvilleVirginia22908
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG)ArgonneIllinois60439
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological PhysicsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Room 4223CharlottesvilleVirginia22908
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG)ArgonneIllinois60439
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological PhysicsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Room 4223CharlottesvilleVirginia22908
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG)ArgonneIllinois60439
- Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID)ChicagoIllinois60611
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological PhysicsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Room 4223CharlottesvilleVirginia22908
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG)ArgonneIllinois60439
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological PhysicsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Room 4223CharlottesvilleVirginia22908
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG)ArgonneIllinois60439
- Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID)ChicagoIllinois60611
- New York Structural Genomics Research Consortium (NYSGRC)BronxNew York10461
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular GeneticsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Room 6044CharlottesvilleVirginia22908
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological PhysicsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Room 4223CharlottesvilleVirginia22908
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG)ArgonneIllinois60439
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological PhysicsUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Room 4223CharlottesvilleVirginia22908
- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics (MCSG)ArgonneIllinois60439
- Center for Structural Genomics of Infectious Diseases (CSGID)ChicagoIllinois60611
- New York Structural Genomics Research Consortium (NYSGRC)BronxNew York10461
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Baser B, van den Heuvel J. Assembling Multi-subunit Complexes Using Mammalian Expression. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROTEIN COMPLEX PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION 2016; 896:225-38. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27216-0_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Vincentelli R, Romier C. Complex Reconstitution and Characterization by Combining Co-expression Techniques in Escherichia coli with High-Throughput. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 896:43-58. [PMID: 27165318 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27216-0_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Single protein expression technologies have strongly benefited from the Structural Genomics initiatives that have introduced parallelization at the laboratory level. Specifically, the developments made in the wake of these initiatives have revitalized the use of Escherichia coli as major host for heterologous protein expression. In parallel to these improvements for single expression, technologies for complex reconstitution by co-expression in E. coli have been developed. Assessments of these co-expression technologies have highlighted the need for combinatorial experiments requiring automated protocols. These requirements can be fulfilled by adapting the high-throughput approaches that have been developed for single expression to the co-expression technologies. Yet, challenges are laying ahead that further need to be addressed and that are only starting to be taken into account in the case of single expression. These notably include the biophysical characterization of the samples at the small-scale level. Specifically, these approaches aim at discriminating the samples at an early stage of their production based on various biophysical criteria leading to cost-effectiveness and time-saving. This chapter addresses these various issues to provide the reader with a broad and comprehensive overview of complex reconstitution and characterization by co-expression in E. coli.
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- Renaud Vincentelli
- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (A.F.M.B), UMR7257 CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille, Case 932, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288, Marseille cedex 9, France.
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- Département de Biologie Structurale Intégrative, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Institut de Génétique et Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Université de Strasbourg (UDS), CNRS, INSERM, 1 rue Laurent Fries, B.P. 10142, 67404, Illkirch Cedex, France.
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ACEMBL Tool-Kits for High-Throughput Multigene Delivery and Expression in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Hosts. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 896:27-42. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27216-0_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Stark H, Chari A. Sample preparation of biological macromolecular assemblies for the determination of high-resolution structures by cryo-electron microscopy. Microscopy (Oxf) 2015; 65:23-34. [PMID: 26671943 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfv367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Single particle cryo-EM has recently developed into a powerful tool to determine the 3D structure of macromolecular complexes at near-atomic resolution, which allows structural biologists to build atomic models of proteins. All technical aspects of cryo-EM technology have been considerably improved over the last two decades, including electron microscopic hardware, image processing software and the ever growing speed of computers. This leads to a more widespread use of the technique, and it can be anticipated that further automation of electron microscopes and image processing tools will soon fully shift the focus away from the technological aspects, onto biological questions that can be answered. In single particle cryo-EM, no crystals of a macromolecule are required. In contrast to X-ray crystallography, this significantly facilitates structure determination by cryo-EM. Nevertheless, a relatively high level of biochemical control is still essential to obtain high-resolution structures by cryo-EM, and it can be anticipated that the success of the cryo-EM technology goes hand in hand with further developments of sample purification and preparation techniques. This will allow routine high-resolution structure determination of the many macromolecular complexes of the cell that until now represent evasive targets for X-ray crystallographers. Here we discuss the various biochemical tools that are currently available and the existing sample purification and preparation techniques for cryo-EM grid preparation that are needed to obtain high-resolution images for structure determination.
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- Holger Stark
- Research Group of 3D Electron Cryomicroscopy, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen D-37070, Germany
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- Research Group of 3D Electron Cryomicroscopy, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen D-37070, Germany
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Sari D, Gupta K, Thimiri Govinda Raj DB, Aubert A, Drncová P, Garzoni F, Fitzgerald D, Berger I. The MultiBac Baculovirus/Insect Cell Expression Vector System for Producing Complex Protein Biologics. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 896:199-215. [PMID: 27165327 PMCID: PMC7122245 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27216-0_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Multiprotein complexes regulate most if not all cellular functions. Elucidating the structure and function of these complex cellular machines is essential for understanding biology. Moreover, multiprotein complexes by themselves constitute powerful reagents as biologics for the prevention and treatment of human diseases. Recombinant production by the baculovirus/insect cell expression system is particularly useful for expressing proteins of eukaryotic origin and their complexes. MultiBac, an advanced baculovirus/insect cell system, has been widely adopted in the last decade to produce multiprotein complexes with many subunits that were hitherto inaccessible, for academic and industrial research and development. The MultiBac system, its development and numerous applications are presented. Future opportunities for utilizing MultiBac to catalyze discovery are outlined.
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- Duygu Sari
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Geneva Biotech SARL, Avenue de la Roseraie 64, 1205, Genève, Switzerland
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
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Automated harvesting and 2-step purification of unclarified mammalian cell-culture broths containing antibodies. J Chromatogr A 2015; 1418:103-109. [PMID: 26431859 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2015.09.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2015] [Revised: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies represent one of the fastest growing segments in the pharmaceutical market. The growth of the segment has necessitated development of new efficient and cost saving platforms for the preparation and analysis of early candidates for faster and better antibody selection and characterization. We report on a new integrated platform for automated harvesting of whole unclarified cell-culture broths, followed by in-line tandem affinity-capture, pH neutralization and size-exclusion chromatography of recombinant antibodies expressed transiently in mammalian human embryonic kidney 293T-cells at the 1-L scale. The system consists of two bench-top chromatography instruments connected to a central unit with eight disposable filtration devices used for loading and filtering the cell cultures. The staggered parallel multi-step configuration of the system allows unattended processing of eight samples in less than 24h. The system was validated with a random panel of 45 whole-cell culture broths containing recombinant antibodies in the early profiling phase. The results showed that the overall performances of the preparative automated system were higher compared to the conventional downstream process including manual harvesting and purification. The mean recovery of purified material from the culture-broth was 66.7%, representing a 20% increase compared to that of the manual process. Moreover, the automated process reduced by 3-fold the amount of residual aggregates in the purified antibody fractions, indicating that the automated system allows the cost-efficient and timely preparation of antibodies in the 20-200mg range, and covers the requirements for early in vitro and in vivo profiling and formulation of these drug candidates.
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Zheng H, Handing KB, Zimmerman MD, Shabalin IG, Almo SC, Minor W. X-ray crystallography over the past decade for novel drug discovery - where are we heading next? Expert Opin Drug Discov 2015; 10:975-89. [PMID: 26177814 DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2015.1061991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Macromolecular X-ray crystallography has been the primary methodology for determining the three-dimensional structures of proteins, nucleic acids and viruses. Structural information has paved the way for structure-guided drug discovery and laid the foundations for structural bioinformatics. However, X-ray crystallography still has a few fundamental limitations, some of which may be overcome and complemented using emerging methods and technologies in other areas of structural biology. AREAS COVERED This review describes how structural knowledge gained from X-ray crystallography has been used to advance other biophysical methods for structure determination (and vice versa). This article also covers current practices for integrating data generated by other biochemical and biophysical methods with those obtained from X-ray crystallography. Finally, the authors articulate their vision about how a combination of structural and biochemical/biophysical methods may improve our understanding of biological processes and interactions. EXPERT OPINION X-ray crystallography has been, and will continue to serve as, the central source of experimental structural biology data used in the discovery of new drugs. However, other structural biology techniques are useful not only to overcome the major limitation of X-ray crystallography, but also to provide complementary structural data that is useful in drug discovery. The use of recent advancements in biochemical, spectroscopy and bioinformatics methods may revolutionize drug discovery, albeit only when these data are combined and analyzed with effective data management systems. Accurate and complete data management is crucial for developing experimental procedures that are robust and reproducible.
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- Heping Zheng
- University of Virginia, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics , 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908 , USA +1 434 243 6865 ; +1 434 243 2981 ;
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Boock JT, King BC, Taw MN, Conrado RJ, Siu KH, Stark JC, Walker LP, Gibson DM, DeLisa MP. Repurposing a bacterial quality control mechanism to enhance enzyme production in living cells. J Mol Biol 2015; 427:1451-1463. [PMID: 25591491 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Revised: 12/30/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Heterologous expression of many proteins in bacteria, yeasts, and plants is often limited by low titers of functional protein. To address this problem, we have created a two-tiered directed evolution strategy in Escherichia coli that enables optimization of protein production while maintaining high biological activity. The first tier involves a genetic selection for intracellular protein stability that is based on the folding quality control mechanism inherent to the twin-arginine translocation pathway, while the second is a semi-high-throughput screen for protein function. To demonstrate the utility of this strategy, we isolated variants of the endoglucanase Cel5A, from the plant-pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum, whose production was increased by as much as 30-fold over the parental enzyme. This gain in production was attributed to just two amino acid substitutions, and it was isolated after two iterations through the two-tiered approach. There was no significant tradeoff in activity on soluble or insoluble cellulose substrates. Importantly, by combining the folding filter afforded by the twin-arginine translocation quality control mechanism with a function-based screen, we show enrichment for variants with increased protein abundance in a manner that does not compromise catalytic activity, providing a highly soluble parent for engineering of improved or new function.
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- Jason T Boock
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Agricultural Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Regulated interactions between proteins govern signaling pathways within and between cells. Structural studies on protein complexes formed reversibly and/or transiently illustrate the remarkable diversity of interactions, both in terms of interfacial size and nature. In recent years, "domain-peptide" interactions have gained much greater recognition and may be viewed as both pre-translational and posttranslational-dependent functional switches. Our understanding of the multistep regulation of auto-inhibited multidomain proteins has also grown. Their activity may be understood as the "combinatorial" output of multiple input signals, including phosphorylation, location, and mechanical force. The prospects for bridging the gap between the new "systems biology" data and the traditional "reductionist" data are also discussed.
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- Robert C Liddington
- Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, 10901 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA,
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MemStar: A one-shotEscherichia coli-based approach for high-level bacterial membrane protein production. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:3761-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Revised: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Almo SC, Guha C. Considerations for combined immune checkpoint modulation and radiation treatment. Radiat Res 2014; 182:230-8. [PMID: 25003312 DOI: 10.1667/rr13667.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Recent advances indicate that new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of malignancies will be realized from combined radiation treatment and immune checkpoint modulation. Numerous biophysical properties must be considered for effective biologic development, including affinity, selectivity, oligomeric state and valency. High-resolution structural characterization contributes to our understanding of these properties and can lead to the realization of proteins with unique in vitro activities and novel in vivo therapeutic functions. In this article we focus on the importance of these factors for new potential biologics and consider these in the context of combination therapies with physical modalities, including radiation therapy. In particular, we examine the consequences of altered avidities and subset-specific ligand density on the rational modification of biological function in the immunoglobulin and tumor necrosis factor superfamilies and for new optimized combination therapies.
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- Steven C Almo
- a Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
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Trends in structural coverage of the protein universe and the impact of the Protein Structure Initiative. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:3733-8. [PMID: 24567391 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321614111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The exponential growth of protein sequence data provides an ever-expanding body of unannotated and misannotated proteins. The National Institutes of Health-supported Protein Structure Initiative and related worldwide structural genomics efforts facilitate functional annotation of proteins through structural characterization. Recently there have been profound changes in the taxonomic composition of sequence databases, which are effectively redefining the scope and contribution of these large-scale structure-based efforts. The faster-growing bacterial genomic entries have overtaken the eukaryotic entries over the last 5 y, but also have become more redundant. Despite the enormous increase in the number of sequences, the overall structural coverage of proteins--including proteins for which reliable homology models can be generated--on the residue level has increased from 30% to 40% over the last 10 y. Structural genomics efforts contributed ∼50% of this new structural coverage, despite determining only ∼10% of all new structures. Based on current trends, it is expected that ∼55% structural coverage (the level required for significant functional insight) will be achieved within 15 y, whereas without structural genomics efforts, realizing this goal will take approximately twice as long.
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Bandaranayake AD, Almo SC. Recent advances in mammalian protein production. FEBS Lett 2013; 588:253-60. [PMID: 24316512 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.11.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2013] [Revised: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mammalian protein production platforms have had a profound impact in many areas of basic and applied research, and an increasing number of blockbuster drugs are recombinant mammalian proteins. With global sales of these drugs exceeding US$120 billion per year, both industry and academic research groups continue to develop cost effective methods for producing mammalian proteins to support pre-clinical and clinical evaluations of potential therapeutics. While a wide range of platforms have been successfully exploited for laboratory use, the bulk of recent biologics have been produced in mammalian cell lines due to the requirement for post translational modification and the biosynthetic complexity of the target proteins. In this review we highlight the range of mammalian expression platforms available for recombinant protein production, as well as advances in technologies for the rapid and efficient selection of highly productive clones.
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- Ashok D Bandaranayake
- Departments of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, United States.
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, United States; Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, United States
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Tanramluk D, Akavipat R, Charoensawan V. Toward mobile 3D visualization for structural biologists. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2013; 9:2956-60. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mb70361d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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