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Methanol Independent Expression by Pichia Pastoris Employing De-repression Technologies
Published on: January 23, 2019
Expression of Eukaryotic Membrane Proteins in Pichia pastoris
Lucie Hartmann1, Valérie Kugler1, Renaud Wagner2
1Biotechnology and Cell Signalling, IMPReSs Protein Facility, UMR7242 ESBS CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 300 Blvd S. Brant, 67412, Illkirch, France.
Abstract:
A key point when it comes to heterologous expression of eukaryotic membrane proteins (EMPs) is the choice of the best-suited expression platform. The yeast Pichia pastoris has proven to be a very versatile system showing promising results in a growing number of cases. Indeed, its particular methylotrophic characteristics combined to the very simple handling of a eukaryotic microorganism that possesses the majority of mammalian-like machineries make it a very competitive expression system for various complex proteins, in amounts compatible with functional and structural studies. This chapter describes a set of robust methodologies routinely used for the successful expression of a variety of EMPs, going from yeast transformation with the recombinant plasmid to the analysis of the quality and quantity of the proteins produced.
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