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Semi-quantitative colony immunoassay for determining and optimizing protein expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli
Authors:Andrew G. Cridge  Jyothsna Visweswaraiah  Rashmi Ramesh  Evelyn Sattlegger
Affiliation:Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Auckland 0745, New Zealand
Abstract:This work describes a quick semi-quantitative colony immunoassay (QSCI) method for immunoblot detection of intracellularly expressed proteins in both yeast and bacterial cells. After induction of protein expression, only 4.5 h is required for cell breakage, protein detection, and data analysis. This protocol was used to screen and unambiguously identify Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells efficiently overexpressing glutathione S-transferase (GST)-tagged Yih1 in addition to cells expressing the myc-tagged large 297-kDa Gcn1 protein. In addition, the method was used to identify Escherichia coli cells efficiently expressing His6-tagged Yih1 and a GST-tagged Gcn1 fragment, respectively. The protocol allows the use of both epitope-specific and protein-specific antibodies. The same colony immunoassay can also be used to determine the minimal concentration of inducing agent sufficient for induction of optimal protein expression (e.g., galactose for yeast, isopropyl β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside [IPTG] for E. coli). To our knowledge, this is the first report on a rapid low-cost procedure that allows the calibration of inducing agent on solid medium.
Keywords:Colony Western   Colony immunoblotting   Protein overexpression   Colony expression screening   Saccharomyces cerevisiae   Escherichia coli
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