Expression in Escherichia Coli of a Single - Chain Variable - Fragment ( scFv ) Against the Amino Acid Motif DELLA of Plant Transcription Factor Is Toxic to E. Coli

ABSTRACT Recently it has been demonstrated that L-form cells ofProteus mirabilis (L VI), which lack a periplasmic compartment, can be efficiently used in the production and secretion of heterologous proteins. In search of novel expression systems for recombinant antibodies, we compared levels of single-chain variable-fragment (scFv) production in Escherichia coliJM109 and P. mirabilis L VI, which express four distinct scFvs of potential clinical interest that show differences in levels of expression and in their tendencies to form aggregates upon periplasmic expression. Production of all analyzed scFvs in E. coli was limited by the severe toxic effect of the heterologous product as indicated by inhibition of culture growth and the formation of insoluble aggregates in the periplasmic space, limiting the yield of active product. In contrast, the L-form cells exhibited nearly unlimited growth under the tested production conditions for all scFvs examined. Moreover, expression experiments with P. mirabilis L VI led to scFv concentrations in the range of 40 to 200 mg per liter of culture medium (corresponding to volume yields 33- to 160-fold higher than those with E. coli JM109), depending on the expressed antibody. In a translocation inhibition experiment the secretion of the scFv constructs was shown to be an active transport coupled to the signal cleavage. We suppose that this direct release of the newly synthesized product into a large volume of the growth medium favors folding into the native active structure. The limited aggregation of scFv observed in the P. mirabilis L VI supernatant (occurring in a first-order-kinetics manner) was found to be due to intrinsic features of the scFv and not related to the expression process of the host cells. The P. mirabilis L VI supernatant was found to be advantageous for scFv purification. A two-step chromatography procedure led to homogeneous scFv with high antigen binding activity as revealed from binding experiments with eukaryotic cells.

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Expression in Escherichia coli and characterization of a reconstituted recombinant 7Fe ferredoxin from Desulfovibrio africanus

Biochemical Journal ◽

10.1042/bj3140063 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 314 (1) ◽

pp. 63-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Johanneke L. H. BUSCH ◽

Jacques L. J. BRETON ◽

Barry M. BARTLETT ◽

Richard JAMES ◽

E. Claude HATCHIKIAN ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Escherichia Coli ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Amino Acid Sequence ◽

Magnetic Circular Dichroism ◽

Wild Type ◽

E Coli ◽

Excess Iron ◽

Expression In Escherichia Coli ◽

Type D

Desulfovibrio africanus ferredoxin III is a monomeric protein (molecular mass of 6585 Da) that contains one [3Fe-4S]1+/0 and one [4Fe-4S]2+/1+ cluster when isolated aerobically. The amino acid sequence consists of 61 amino acids, including seven cysteine residues that are all involved in co-ordination to the clusters. In order to isolate larger quantities of D. africanus ferredoxin III, we have overexpressed it in Escherichia coli by constructing a synthetic gene based on the amino acid sequence of the native protein. The recombinant ferredoxin was expressed in E. coli as an apoprotein. We have reconstituted the holoprotein by incubating the apoprotein with excess iron and sulphide in the presence of a reducing agent. The reconstituted recombinant ferredoxin appeared to have a lower stability than that of wild-type D. africanus ferredoxin III. We have shown by low-temperature magnetic circular dichroism and EPR spectroscopy that the recombinant ferredoxin contains a [3Fe-4S]1+/0 and a [4Fe-4S]2+/1+ cluster similar to those found in native D. africanus ferredoxin III. These results indicate that the two clusters have been correctly inserted into the recombinant ferredoxin.

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Production of Circularly Permuted Caspase-2 for Affinity Fusion-Tag Removal: Cloning, Expression in Escherichia coli, Purification, and Characterization

Biomolecules ◽

10.3390/biom10121592 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (12) ◽

pp. 1592

Author(s):

Monika Cserjan-Puschmann ◽

Nico Lingg ◽

Petra Engele ◽

Christina Kröß ◽

Julian Loibl ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Escherichia Coli ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Recombinant Expression ◽

Biochemical Properties ◽

Soluble Form ◽

Single Chain ◽

Terminal Amino Acid ◽

Expression In Escherichia Coli ◽

Terminal Amino ◽

Caspase 2

Caspase-2 is the most specific protease of all caspases and therefore highly suitable as tag removal enzyme creating an authentic N-terminus of overexpressed tagged proteins of interest. The wild type human caspase-2 is a dimer of heterodimers generated by autocatalytic processing which is required for its enzymatic activity. We designed a circularly permuted caspase-2 (cpCasp2) to overcome the drawback of complex recombinant expression, purification and activation, cpCasp2 was constitutively active and expressed as a single chain protein. A 22 amino acid solubility tag and an optimized fermentation strategy realized with a model-based control algorithm further improved expression in Escherichia coli and 5.3 g/L of cpCasp2 in soluble form were obtained. The generated protease cleaved peptide and protein substrates, regardless of N-terminal amino acid with high activity and specificity. Edman degradation confirmed the correct N-terminal amino acid after tag removal, using Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 L3 as model substrate. Moreover, the generated enzyme is highly stable at −20 °C for one year and can undergo 25 freeze/thaw cycles without loss of enzyme activity. The generated cpCasp2 possesses all biophysical and biochemical properties required for efficient and economic tag removal and is ready for a platform fusion protein process.

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Recombinant mouse prolactin: expression in Escherichia coli, purification and biological activity

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology ◽

10.1677/jme.0.0080165 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 165-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

M. Yamamoto ◽

T. Harigaya ◽

T. Ichikawa ◽

K. Hoshino ◽

K. Nakashima

Keyword(s):

Escherichia Coli ◽

Biological Activity ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Multicopy Plasmid ◽

High Level Expression ◽

E Coli ◽

Expression In Escherichia Coli ◽

Oligonucleotide Duplex ◽

Efficient Expression ◽

High Level

ABSTRACT Transformation of Escherichia coli cells with a recombinant plasmid containing modified mouse prolactin (mPRL) cDNA and a pKK223-3 vector resulted in efficient expression of mPRL protein. Cloned mPRL cDNA was modified by removing the 5′ non-translating sequence as well as the sequence which encoded the signal peptide of preprolactin for recombination. In addition, approximately 100 nucleotides of the 5′-terminal region of the cDNA, which include the ATG initiation codon and the following 31 codons of mature mPRL, were replaced by a chemically synthesized oligonucleotide duplex. The sequence of this duplex was chosen to be rich in AT without changing the amino acid sequence of the protein. The modified cDNA was finally inserted into the multicopy plasmid, pUC19, before high-level expression of mPRL in E. coli cells was obtained. Western blotting analysis of total protein from transformed E. coli cells showed that both 23 and 16kDa peptides were recognized by specific mPRL antisera. The purified and refolded 23 kDa protein exhibited a growth-stimulating effect on rat Nb 2 Node lymphoma cells, and was very similar to that of natural pituitary PRL.

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Selection of a Single Chain Variable Fragment Antibody (scFv) against Subtilisin BRC and its Interaction with Subtilisin BRC

Current Biotechnology ◽

10.2174/2211550108666190417113342 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 24-31

Author(s):

Chol-Jin Kim ◽

Sunll Choe ◽

Kum-Chol Ri ◽

Chol-Ho Kim ◽

Hyon-Gwang Li ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Amino Acids ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Phage Display ◽

Affinity Purification ◽

Phage Library ◽

Amino Acid Residues ◽

Single Chain Variable Fragment ◽

Single Chain ◽

E Coli ◽

Selection Of

Background: The focus of this study was the selection of a single chain variable fragment antibody (scFv) against subtilisin BRC, a fibrinolytic enzyme using phage display, and to characterize the interaction between the antibody and subtilisin BRC. Methods: The subtilisin BRC-specific phage clones were selected using Griffin.1 scFv phage library and sequenced. The gene of subtilisin BRC-specific scFv (scFv-BRC) from selected phage clone was expressed in E. coli and scFv-BRC was characterized. Molecular modeling of the three-dimensional (3D) structures of scFv-BRC was performed using MODELLER 9.19 modeling software and assessed by PROCHEK. Molecular docking of subtilisin BRC with scFv-BRC was carried out using PATCHDOCK. Results: The size of scFv-BRC gene is 635bp and it consists of 54bp of heavy chain region (VH), 336bp of light chain region (VL), 45bp of a linker. scFv-BRC was actively expressed by E. coli expression vector pET28a-scFv in E. coli BL21 (DE3), and the amount of expressed scFv-BRC was about 50 mg/L. Its molecular weight is ~26kDa. The CDR domain of scFv-BRC consists of 6 amino acids in CDR L1, 3 amino acids in CDR L2 and 9 amino acids in CDR L3. Docking results of subtilisin BRC and scFv-BRC showed global energy of - 56.29 kJ/mol. Furthermore, the results showed that amino acid residues in subtilisin BRC for binding with scFv-BRC are Tyr6, Ser182, Ser204, and Gln206. Conclusion: scFv against subtilisin BRC selected using phage display showed relatively strong binding energy with subtilisin BRC. The amino acid residues in subtilisin BRC for binding with scFv-BRC are not relevant to that in subtilisin BRC for binding with its substrates. These results suggested that scFv-BRC can be used as a ligand for detection and affinity purification of subtilisin BRC.

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Production of a Recombinant Anti-Human CD4 Single-Chain Variable-Fragment Antibody Using Phage Display Technology and Its Expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology ◽

10.4014/jmb.1010.10022 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 529-535 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Arash Babaei

Keyword(s):

Escherichia Coli ◽

Phage Display ◽

Single Chain Variable Fragment ◽

Single Chain ◽

Phage Display Technology ◽

Expression In Escherichia Coli ◽

Display Technology

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Solubility assessment of single-chain antibody fragment against epithelial cell adhesion molecule extracellular domain in four Escherichia coli strains

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology ◽

10.1186/s43141-021-00126-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Fatemeh Sadat Javadian ◽

Majid Basafa ◽

Aidin Behravan ◽

Atieh Hashemi

Keyword(s):

Escherichia Coli ◽

Cell Adhesion ◽

Epithelial Cell ◽

Adhesion Molecule ◽

Cell Adhesion Molecule ◽

Extracellular Domain ◽

Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule ◽

Single Chain ◽

E Coli ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Overexpression of the EpCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule) in malignancies makes it an attractive target for passive immunotherapy in a wide range of carcinomas. In comparison with full-length antibodies, due to the small size, the scFvs (single-chain variable fragments) are more suitable for recombinant expression in E. coli (Escherichia coli). However, the proteins expressed in large amounts in E. coli tend to form inclusion bodies that need to be refolded which may result in poor recovery of bioactive proteins. Various engineered strains were shown to be able to alleviate the insolubility problem. Here, we studied the impact of four E. coli strains on the soluble level of anti-EpEX-scFv (anti-EpCAM extracellular domain-scFv) protein. Results Although results showed that the amount of soluble anti-EpEX-scFv obtained in BL21TM (DE3) (114.22 ± 3.47 mg/L) was significantly higher to those produced in the same condition in E. coli RosettaTM (DE3) (71.39 ± 0.31 mg/L), and OrigamiTM T7 (58.99 ± 0.44 mg/L) strains, it was not significantly different from that produced by E. coli SHuffleTM T7 (108.87 ± 2.71 mg/L). Furthermore, the highest volumetric productivity of protein reached 318.29 ± 26.38 mg/L in BL21TM (DE3). Conclusions Although BL21TM (DE3) can be a suitable strain for high-level production of anti-EpEX-scFv protein, due to higher solubility yield (about 55%), E. coli SHuffleTM T7 seems to be better candidate for soluble production of scfv compared to BL21TM (DE3) (solubility yield of about 30%).

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Roles of the C-Terminal Amino Acids of Non-Hexameric Helicases: Insights from Escherichia coli UvrD

International Journal of Molecular Sciences ◽

10.3390/ijms22031018 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 1018

Author(s):

Hiroaki Yokota

Keyword(s):

Escherichia Coli ◽

Amino Acids ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Single Molecule ◽

Underlying Mechanism ◽

Amino Acid Sequences ◽

E Coli ◽

X Ray Crystallography ◽

Terminal Amino

Helicases are nucleic acid-unwinding enzymes that are involved in the maintenance of genome integrity. Several parts of the amino acid sequences of helicases are very similar, and these quite well-conserved amino acid sequences are termed “helicase motifs”. Previous studies by X-ray crystallography and single-molecule measurements have suggested a common underlying mechanism for their function. These studies indicate the role of the helicase motifs in unwinding nucleic acids. In contrast, the sequence and length of the C-terminal amino acids of helicases are highly variable. In this paper, I review past and recent studies that proposed helicase mechanisms and studies that investigated the roles of the C-terminal amino acids on helicase and dimerization activities, primarily on the non-hexermeric Escherichia coli (E. coli) UvrD helicase. Then, I center on my recent study of single-molecule direct visualization of a UvrD mutant lacking the C-terminal 40 amino acids (UvrDΔ40C) used in studies proposing the monomer helicase model. The study demonstrated that multiple UvrDΔ40C molecules jointly participated in DNA unwinding, presumably by forming an oligomer. Thus, the single-molecule observation addressed how the C-terminal amino acids affect the number of helicases bound to DNA, oligomerization, and unwinding activity, which can be applied to other helicases.

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Expression and partial purification of human pro-opiomelanocortin in Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology ◽

10.1677/jme.0.0030105 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 105-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

T. S. Grewal ◽

P. J. Lowry ◽

D. Savva

Keyword(s):

Escherichia Coli ◽

Amino Acid ◽

Fusion Protein ◽

Western Blot ◽

Blot Analysis ◽

Expression Vectors ◽

Partial Purification ◽

Amino Acid Residues ◽

E Coli ◽

Dna Fragment

ABSTRACT A large portion of the human pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) peptide corresponding to amino acid residues 59–241 has been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. A 1·0 kb DNA fragment encoding this peptide was cloned into the expression vectors pUC8 and pUR291. Plasmid pJMBG51 (a pUC8 recombinant) was found to direct the expression of a 24 kDa peptide. The recombinant pUR291 (pJMBG52) was shown to produce a β-galactosidase fusion protein of 140 kDa. Western blot analysis showed that both the 24 kDa and 140 kDa peptides are recognized by antibodies raised against POMC-derived peptides. The β-galactosidase fusion protein has been partially purified from crude E. coli cell lysates using affinity chromatography on p-aminobenzyl-1-thio-β-d-galactopyranoside agarose.

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