scholarly journals The Functional Quality of Soluble Recombinant Polypeptides Produced in Escherichia coli Is Defined by a Wide Conformational Spectrum

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (23) ◽  
pp. 7431-7433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mónica Martínez-Alonso ◽  
Nuria González-Montalbán ◽  
Elena García-Fruitós ◽  
Antonio Villaverde
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Recombinant Proteins ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Native Structure ◽  
Functional Quality ◽  
Soluble Aggregates ◽  
Recombinant Polypeptides ◽  
Green Fluorescent

ABSTRACT We have observed that a soluble recombinant green fluorescent protein produced in Escherichia coli occurs in a wide conformational spectrum. This results in differently fluorescent protein fractions in which morphologically diverse soluble aggregates abound. Therefore, the functional quality of soluble versions of aggregation-prone recombinant proteins is defined statistically rather than by the prevalence of a canonical native structure.

scholarly journals Quality Screening of Incorrectly Folded Soluble Aggregates from Functional Recombinant Proteins

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon Kwon ◽  
Ji Yu ◽  
Jihoon Kim ◽  
Hana Oh ◽  
Chan Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Recombinant Proteins ◽  
Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Host Cells ◽  
Purification Step ◽  
Reporter System ◽  
Functional Quality ◽  
Soluble Aggregates ◽  
Green Fluorescent

Solubility is the prime criterion for determining the quality of recombinant proteins, yet it often fails to represent functional activity due to the involvement of non-functional, misfolded, soluble aggregates, which compromise the quality of recombinant proteins. However, guidelines for the quality assessment of soluble proteins have neither been proposed nor rigorously validated experimentally. Using the aggregation-prone enhanced green-fluorescent protein (EGFP) folding reporter system, we evaluated the folding status of recombinant proteins by employing the commonly used sonication and mild lysis of recombinant host cells. We showed that the differential screening of solubility and folding competence is crucial for improving the quality of recombinant proteins without sacrificing their yield. These results highlight the importance of screening out incorrectly folded soluble aggregates at the initial purification step to ensure the functional quality of recombinant proteins.

A versatile and economical method for the release of recombinant proteins from Escherichia coli by 1-propanol cell disruption

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (67) ◽  
pp. 62291-62297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sewn Cen Lo ◽  
Ramakrishnan Nagasundara Ramanan ◽  
Beng Ti Tey ◽  
Weng Siang Tan ◽  
Pau Loke Show ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Recombinant Proteins ◽  
Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Cell Disruption ◽  
Economical Method ◽  
P Release ◽  
Green Fluorescent

Release of enhanced green fluorescent protein from Escherichia coli by 1-propanol cell disruption.

A Novel Approach To Investigate the Uptake and Internalization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Spinach Cultivated in Soil and Hydroponic Medium†

2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 1513-1520 ◽  
Author(s):  
MANAN SHARMA ◽  
DAVID T. INGRAM ◽  
JITENDRA R. PATEL ◽  
PATRICIA D. MILLNER ◽  
XIAOLIN WANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Green Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Plasmid Vector ◽  
Green Fluorescent Protein Gene ◽  
Escherichia Coli O157 ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Efficient Uptake ◽  
Green Fluorescent

Internalization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 into spinach plants through root uptake is a potential route of contamination. ATn7-based plasmid vector was used to insert a green fluorescent protein gene into the attTn7 site in the E. coli chromosome. Three green fluorescent protein–labeled E. coli inocula were used: produce outbreak O157:H7 strains RM4407 and RM5279 (inoculum 1), ground beef outbreak O157:H7 strain 86-24h11 (inoculum 2), and commensal strain HS (inoculum 3). These strains were cultivated in fecal slurries and applied at ca. 103 or 107 CFU/g to pasteurized soils in which baby spinach seedlings were planted. No E. coli was recovered by spiral plating from surface-sanitized internal tissues of spinach plants on days 0, 7, 14, 21, and 28. Inoculum 1 survived at significantly higher populations (P < 0.05) in the soil than did inoculum 3 after 14, 21, and 28 days, indicating that produce outbreak strains of E. coli O157:H7 may be less physiologically stressed in soils than are nonpathogenic E. coli isolates. Inoculum 2 applied at ca. 107 CFU/ml to hydroponic medium was consistently recovered by spiral plating from the shoot tissues of spinach plants after 14 days (3.73 log CFU per shoot) and 21 days (4.35 log CFU per shoot). Fluorescent E. coli cells were microscopically observed in root tissues in 23 (21%) of 108 spinach plants grown in inoculated soils. No internalized E. coli was microscopically observed in shoot tissue of plants grown in inoculated soil. These studies do not provide evidence for efficient uptake of E. coli O157:H7 from soil to internal plant tissue.

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