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Gerrit Volkmann1, Wenchang Sun, Xiang-Qin Liu

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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Protein Engineering

Background:

  • Intein-based protein cleavage offers advantages in recombinant protein manipulation.
  • Contiguous inteins often suffer from spontaneous cleavage, reducing product yield.
  • Controllable intein cleavage is crucial for efficient protein purification, ligation, and cyclization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel method for controllable protein cleavage using an artificial split intein.
  • To overcome the limitations of spontaneous cleavage associated with traditional intein methods.
  • To demonstrate the efficiency and applicability of the new split intein system in both N- and C-cleavage designs.

Main Methods:

  • Construction and application of an artificial S1 split intein, comprising an N-intein (I(N)) and a C-intein (I(C)).
  • Implementation of a C-cleavage design where I(C) is embedded in a precursor protein and triggered by synthetic I(N).
  • Implementation of an N-cleavage design where I(N) is embedded in a precursor protein and cleaved by I(C).

Main Results:

  • Achieved >95% cleavage efficiency in both N- and C-cleavage designs.
  • Successfully eliminated spontaneous cleavage during expression and purification of precursor proteins.
  • Observed and analyzed the structural flexibility of the C-intein (I(C)) in the N-cleavage design.

Conclusions:

  • The artificial S1 split intein provides a highly efficient and controllable method for protein cleavage.
  • This split intein system effectively prevents unwanted spontaneous cleavage, improving protein product yields.
  • The findings offer valuable insights into intein structural flexibility and fragment complementation, expanding the utility of intein technology.