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The MultiBac Protein Complex Production Platform at the EMBL

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Bicistronic design as recombinant expression enhancer: characteristics, applications, and structural optimization.

Manman Sun^1,2,3, Alex Xiong Gao⁴, An Li^1,2,3

¹National Engineering Laboratory of Cereal Fermentation Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214112, China.

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

|October 1, 2021

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The bicistronic design (BCD) enhances recombinant protein production. This review details BCD

Keywords:

Bicistronic design Recombinant protein production Structural optimization Translational coupling

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Area of Science:

Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Synthetic Biology

Background:

The bicistronic design (BCD) expression cassette features a short fore-cistron and a Shine-Dalgarno sequence (SD2).
BCD has demonstrated high efficiency in recombinant protein production.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the characteristics, molecular mechanisms, and applications of the BCD expression cassette.
To discuss structural optimizations and challenges associated with the BCD system.

Main Methods:

Literature review of BCD system research.
Analysis of BCD's role in gene expression control and protein production.

Main Results:

BCD is effective for recombinant protein production, gene expression control, translation monitoring, and membrane protein production.
Structural optimization strategies for BCD have been identified.

Conclusions:

BCD is a versatile expression strategy with broad applications.
Further understanding and development of BCD will aid researchers in optimizing protein expression and related biotechnological applications.