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Coutard B Gagnaire M Guilhon AA Berro M Canaan S Bignon C 《Protein expression and purification》2008,61(2):184-190
We report how the combined use of protein expression reporter green fluorescent protein (GFP), and of an incomplete factorial approach (“InFFact”) made of 12 combinations of different states of three expression variables (bacterial strains, culture media and expression temperatures) created a convenient tool for screening the soluble expression of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli (E. coli).In the first part of this work, we used two recombinant proteins that could be easily detected by Western blotting in the soluble fraction of E. coli lysate in most of the 12 InFFact combinations. When these proteins were fused to GFP and used in the same experiment (“InFFact-GFP”), fluorescence signals proved as sensitive and reliable as those provided by Western blotting. A trend analysis based on Western blot signals or on fluorescence allowed finding expression conditions for successfully scaling up the production of both proteins. Thus, GFP allowed InFFact trend analysis to be performed without gel electrophoresis or Western blotting.In the second part, we compared the results obtained by InFFact and InFFact-GFP when two other recombinant proteins were used which, in contrast with the proteins used in the first part, were barely detectable by Western blotting. Surprisingly, InFFact-GFP but not InFFact was able to find expression conditions for successfully scaling up the production of both proteins, suggesting that GFP could increase the solubility of the fusion partner.In conclusion, GFP allowed InFFact to be performed without gel electrophoresis and with at least the same sensitivity and specificity as that of Western blotting. 相似文献
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Pawel Listwan Thomas C. Terwilliger Geoffrey S. Waldo 《Journal of structural and functional genomics》2009,10(1):47-55
Overproduction of soluble and stable proteins for functional and structural studies is a major bottleneck for structural genomics
programs and traditional biochemistry laboratories. Many high-payoff proteins that are important in various biological processes
are “difficult to handle” as protein reagents in their native form. We have recently made several advances in enabling biochemical
technologies for improving protein stability (), allowing stratagems for efficient protein domain trapping, solubility-improving mutations, and finding protein folding
partners. In particular split-GFP protein tags are a very powerful tool for detection of stable protein domains. Soluble,
stable proteins tagged with the 15 amino acid GFP fragment (amino acids 216–228) can be detected in vivo and in vitro using
the engineered GFP 1–10 “detector” fragment (amino acids 1–215). If the small tag is accessible, the detector fragment spontaneously
binds resulting in fluorescence. Here, we describe our current and on-going efforts to move this process from the bench (manual
sample manipulation) to an automated, high-throughput, liquid-handling platform. We discuss optimization and validation of
bacterial culture growth, lysis protocols, protein extraction, and assays of soluble and insoluble protein in multiple 96
well plate format. The optimized liquid-handling protocol can be used for rapid determination of the optimal, compact domains
from single ORFS, collections of ORFS, or cDNA libraries. 相似文献
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Rapid screening for improved solubility of small human proteins produced as fusion proteins in Escherichia coli 下载免费PDF全文
Martin Hammarstrm Niklas Hellgren Susanne van den Berg Helena Berglund Torleif Hrd 《Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society》2002,11(2):313-321
A prerequisite for structural genomics and related projects is to standardize the process of gene overexpression and protein solubility screening to enable automation for higher throughput. We have tested a methodology to rapidly subclone a large number of human genes and screen these for expression and protein solubility in Escherichia coli. The methodology, which can be partly automated, was used to compare the effect of six different N-terminal fusion proteins and an N-terminal 6*His tag. As a realistic test set we selected 32 potentially interesting human proteins with unknown structures and sizes suitable for NMR studies. The genes were transferred from cDNA to expression vectors using subcloning by recombination. The subcloning yield was 100% for 27 (of 32) genes for which a PCR fragment of correct size could be obtained. Of these, 26 genes (96%) could be overexpressed at detectable levels and 23 (85%) are detected in the soluble fraction with at least one fusion tag. We find large differences in the effects of fusion protein or tag on expression and solubility. In short, four of seven fusions perform very well, and much better than the 6*His tag, but individual differences motivate the inclusion of several fusions in expression and solubility screening. We also conclude that our methodology and expression vectors can be used for screening of genes for structural studies, and that it should be possible to obtain a large fraction of all NMR-sized and nonmembrane human proteins as soluble fusion proteins in E. coli. 相似文献
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His tag effect on solubility of human proteins produced in Escherichia coli: a comparison between four expression vectors 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Woestenenk EA Hammarström M van den Berg S Härd T Berglund H 《Journal of structural and functional genomics》2004,5(3):217-229
We have compared four different vectors for expression of proteins with N- or C-terminal hexahistidine (His6) tags in Escherichia coli by testing these on 20 human proteins. We looked at a total recombinant protein production levels per gram dry cell weight, solubility of the target proteins, and yield of soluble and total protein when purified by immobilized metal ion affinity purification. It was found that, in general, both N- and C-terminal His6 tags have a noticeable negative affect on protein solubility, but the effect is target protein specific. A solubilizing fusion tag was able to partly counteract this negative effect. Most target proteins could be purified under denaturing conditions and about half of the proteins could be purified under physiological conditions. The highest protein production levels and yield of purified protein were obtained from a construct with C-terminal His tag. We also observe a large variation in cell growth rate, which we determined to be partly caused by the expression vectors and partly by the targets. This variation was found to be independent of the production level, solubility and tertiary structure content of the target proteins. 相似文献
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Gateway vectors for the production of combinatorially-tagged His6-MBP fusion proteins in the cytoplasm and periplasm of Escherichia coli 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Nallamsetty S Austin BP Penrose KJ Waugh DS 《Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society》2005,14(12):2964-2971
Many proteins that accumulate in the form of insoluble aggregates when they are overproduced in Escherichia coli can be rendered soluble by fusing them to E. coli maltose binding protein (MBP), and this will often enable them to fold in to their biologically active conformations. Yet, although it is an excellent solubility enhancer, MBP is not a particularly good affinity tag for protein purification. To compensate for this shortcoming, we have engineered and successfully tested Gateway destination vectors for the production of dual His6MBP-tagged fusion proteins in the cytoplasm and periplasm of E. coli. The MBP moiety improves the yield and solubility of its fusion partners while the hexahistidine tag (His-tag) serves to facilitate their purification. The availability of a vector that targets His6MBP fusion proteins to the periplasm expands the utility of this dual tagging approach to include proteins that contain disulfide bonds or are toxic in the bacterial cytoplasm. 相似文献
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A novel multi-affinity tag system to produce high levels of soluble and biotinylated proteins in Escherichia coli 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Ashraf SS Benson RE Payne ES Halbleib CM Grøn H 《Protein expression and purification》2004,33(2):238-245
We describe here a novel multi-affinity tag vector that can be used to produce high levels of soluble, in vivo biotinylated proteins in Escherichia coli. This system combines the solubility-enhancing ability of maltose-binding protein (MBP), the versatility of the hexahistidine tag (His(6)), and the site-specific in vivo biotinylation of a 15-amino acid tag (AviTag). We used this multi-tag system in an attempt to improve expression levels of two prokaryotic proteins-elongation factor Tu (TufB) and DNA gyrase subunit A (GyrA)-as well as two eukaryotic nuclear receptors-glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and small heterodimer partner (SHP). The multi-tag system not only vastly improved the expression of the two prokaryotic proteins tested, but also yielded complete, site-specific, in vivo biotinylation of these proteins. The results obtained from the TufB expression and purification are presented and discussed in detail. The nuclear receptors, though soluble as fusion partners, failed to remain soluble once the MBP tag was cleaved. Despite this limitation of the system, the multi-affinity tag approach is a useful system that can improve expression of some otherwise insoluble or poorly expressing proteins, to obtain homogeneous, purified, fully biotinylated protein for downstream applications. 相似文献
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利用不相容质粒共转化大肠杆菌对Cre重组酶体内重组活性的可视检测 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
源自噬菌体P1的Cre重组酶可以识别 34bp的靶DNA序列loxP ,进行位点特异性的重组反应。为了简便地检测Cre酶在大肠杆菌中的重组活性 ,分别将cre基因和上下游带有loxP的绿色荧光蛋白基因 (gfp)克隆到具有不同抗性的两种不相容质粒中 ,然后将构建的原核表达载体pET30a Cre和pET2 3b loxGFP电击共转化大肠杆菌BL2 1(DE3) ,利用卡那霉素和氨苄青霉素双抗生素抗性进行筛选。通过直接观察转化子的绿色荧光 ,便可以显示Cre酶的体内重组活性 ,并进一步通过SDS PAGE分析、质粒酶切鉴定进行了验证。结果表明 :以gfp为报告基因、通过两种不相容质粒共转化大肠杆菌可以为研究和改进Cre loxP重组系统提供一种简便直观的检测方法 相似文献
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Zhang F Manzan MA Peplinski HM Thiem SM 《In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal》2008,44(7):214-223
A new cell line, MSU-TnT4 (TnT4), was established from Trichoplusia ni embryos for use with baculovirus expression vectors and evaluated for its potential for membrane protein production. To evaluate membrane protein synthesis, recombinant baculoviruses were constructed to express the human neurotensin receptor 1 as an enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion. TnT4 cells had a doubling time of 21 h and expressed the membrane-GFP fusion protein at approximately twice the level as Sf21 cells from the p10 promoter, as evaluated by GFP intensity. Expression of secreted alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) was similar to that of Sf21 cells. Expression of membrane-GFP fusion proteins in recombinant baculoviruses provides a rapid method for evaluating the potential of new cell lines for the production of membrane proteins using a baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS). 相似文献
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Seto M Ogawa T Kodama K Muramoto K Kanayama Y Sakai Y Chijiwa T Ohno M 《Protein expression and purification》2008,58(2):194-202
A novel recombinant expression system in Escherichia coli was developed using conger eel galectin, namely, congerin II, as an affinity tag. This system was applied for the functional expression of myotoxic lysine-49-phospholipase A2 ([Lys49]PLA2), termed BPII and obtained from Protobothrops flavoviridis (Pf) venom. Recombinant Pf BPII fused with a congerin tag has been successfully expressed as a soluble fraction and showed better quantitative yield when folded correctly. The solubility of the recombinant congerin II-tagged BPII increased up to >90% in E. coli strain JM109 when coexpressed with the molecular chaperones GroEL, GroES, and trigger factor (Tf). The tag protein was cleaved by digestion with restriction protease, such as α-thrombin or Microbacterium liquefaciens protease (MLP), to obtain completely active recombinant BPII. Thus, the congerin-tagged fusion systems containing the cleavage recognition site for α-thrombin or MLP were demonstrated to be highly efficient and useful for producing proteins of desired solubility and activity. 相似文献
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Takahashi K Chibazakura T Sekine Y Yoshikawa H 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》2007,355(2):426-430
While most studies involving transposition have focused on analyzing the detailed mechanisms of transposition, the cellular conditions under which transposition occurs remain to be elucidated. In Escherichia coli, papillation assay is a powerful tool for transpositional analysis and the isolation of mutants affecting transposition. On the other hand, while our assay system based on the E. coli papillation assay can detect transpositional events in Bacillus subtilis 168, it is not suitable for quantitating transposition frequency because blue papillae on the transposant colonies of B. subtilis are not countable. We succeeded in developing a new "GFP hop-on assay" system that facilitates quantitative detection of the transposition of the FACS-optimized GFP mutant gene. Our assay system is a step forward in understanding the cellular conditions under which transposition occurs. 相似文献
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