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The Multifaceted Benefits of Protein Co-expression in Escherichia coli
Published on: February 5, 2015
Construction and development of a novel dual-gene coexpression system to promote heterologous protein secretion for
Lingli Yang1, Tadashi Hatanaka1
1Okayama Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Research Institute for Biological Sciences (RIBS), Okayama, 7549-1 Kibichuo-cho, Kaga-gun, Okayama, Japan.
Abstract:
Streptomyces lividans is a potent host for the extracellular overproduction of heterologous proteins. To further improve the usability and productivity of S. lividans, a dual gene expression vector of "pTSKr duet" containing two strong constitutive promoters, scmpPc and kasOp*, was constructed. The success in the overproduction of two secretory enzymes simultaneously without interference with each other indicated that the "pTSKr duet" vector can realize the coexpression of two genes simultaneously and independently. Further, using the two-gene coexpression vector, we screened the effects of the overexpression of five factors that possibly promote secretion on the extracellular overproduction of heterologous secretory proteins. Interestingly, the coexpression of a quality control regulator (CssR) promoted the overproduction level to 1.3-fold for a stable heterologous protein of SMTG (transglutaminase from S. mobaraensis), while other four factors limited the overproduction of SMTG at different degrees.
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