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The Multifaceted Benefits of Protein Co-expression in Escherichia coli
Published on: February 5, 2015
Large increase in Leuconostoc citreum KM20 dextransucrase activity achieved by changing the strain/inducer
Jin-A Ko1, Hyung Jae Jeong, Young Bae Ryu
1Infection Control Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology-KRIBB, Jeongeup 580-185, Korea.
Abstract:
A recombinant putative dextransucrase (DexT) was produced from Leuconostoc citreum KM20 as a 160 kDa protein, but its productivity was very low (264 U/l). For optimization, we examined enzyme activity in 7 Escherichia coli strains with inducer molecules such as lactose or IPTG. E. coli BL21-CodonPlus(DE3)-RIL exhibited the highest enzyme activity with lactose. Finally, DexT activity was remarkably increased by 12-fold under the optimized culture conditions of a cell density to start induction (OD₆₀₀) of 0.95, a lactose concentration of 7.5 mM, and an induction temperature of 17 degrees C. These results may effectively apply to the heterologous expression of other large DexT genes.
