scholarly journals Codon Preference Optimization Increases Prokaryotic Cystatin C Expression

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Wang ◽  
Cui Mei ◽  
Honghua Zhen ◽  
Jess Zhu

Gene expression is closely related to optimal vector-host system pairing in many prokaryotes. Redesign of the humancystatin C(cysC) gene using the preferred codons of the prokaryotic system may significantly increasecysCexpression inEscherichia coli(E. coli). Specifically,cysCexpression may be increased by removing unstable sequences and optimizing GC content. According toE. coliexpression system codon preferences, the gene sequence was optimized while the amino acid sequence was maintained. The codon-optimizedcysC(co-cysC) and wild-typecysC(wt-cysC) were expressed by cloning the genes into a pET-30a plasmid, thus transforming the recombinant plasmid intoE. coliBL21. Before and after the optimization process, the prokaryotic expression vector and host bacteria were examined for protein expression and biological activation of CysC. The recombinant proteins in the lysate of the transformed bacteria were purified using Ni2+-NTA resin. Recombinant protein expression increased from 10% to 46% based on total protein expression after codon optimization. Recombinant CysC purity was above 95%. The significant increase incysCexpression inE. coliexpression produced by codon optimization techniques may be applicable to commercial production systems.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Kartika Sari Dewi ◽  
Wien Kusharyoto

DNA is widely used to construct heterologously expressed genes. The adaptation of the codons to the host organism is necessary in order to ensure sufficient production of proteins. The GC content, codon identity and the mRNA from the translation site are also important in the design of the gene construct. This study performed a strategy for the design of synthetic gene encoding HPV52 L1 protein and several analyses at the genetic level to optimize its protein expression in the Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) host. The determination of the codon optimization was performed by collecting 75 HPV52 L1 protein sequences in the NCBI database. Furthermore, all the sequences were analyzed using multiple global alignments by Clustal Omega web server. Once the model was determined, codon optimization was performed using OPTIMIZER and the web server of the IDT codon optimization tool based on the E. Coli B. The generated open reading frame (ORF) sequence was analyzed using Restriction mapper web server to choose the restriction site for facilitating the cloning stage, which is adjusted for pJExpress414 expression vector. To maximize the protein expression level, the mRNA secondary structure analysis around the ribosome binding site (rbs) was performed. A slight modification at the 5’-terminal end waa carried out in order to get more accessible rbs and increasing mRNA folding free energy. Finally, the construction of the synthetic gene was confirmed to ensure that no mutation occurs in the protein and to calculate its Codon Adaptation Index (CAI) and GC content. The above strategy, which leads to a good ORF sequence with the value of the free mRNA folding energy around rbs, is -5.5 kcal / mol, CAI = 0.787 and GC content 49.5%. This result is much better than its original gene. This result is much better compared to its native gene. Theoretically it is possible that this synthetic gene construct generates a high level protein expression in E. coli BL21 (DE3) under the regulation of the T7 promoter.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gema Lozano Terol ◽  
Julia Gallego-Jara ◽  
Rosa Alba Sola Martínez ◽  
Adrián Martínez Vivancos ◽  
Manuel Cánovas Díaz ◽  
...  

Recombinant protein production for medical, academic, or industrial applications is essential for our current life. Recombinant proteins are obtained mainly through microbial fermentation, with Escherichia coli being the host most used. In spite of that, some problems are associated with the production of recombinant proteins in E. coli, such as the formation of inclusion bodies, the metabolic burden, or the inefficient translocation/transport system of expressed proteins. Optimizing transcription of heterologous genes is essential to avoid these drawbacks and develop competitive biotechnological processes. Here, expression of YFP reporter protein is evaluated under the control of four promoters of different strength (PT7lac, Ptrc, Ptac, and PBAD) and two different replication origins (high copy number pMB1′ and low copy number p15A). In addition, the study has been carried out with the E. coli BL21 wt and the ackA mutant strain growing in a rich medium with glucose or glycerol as carbon sources. Results showed that metabolic burden associated with transcription and translation of foreign genes involves a decrease in recombinant protein expression. It is necessary to find a balance between plasmid copy number and promoter strength to maximize soluble recombinant protein expression. The results obtained represent an important advance on the most suitable expression system to improve both the quantity and quality of recombinant proteins in bioproduction engineering.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
Mahfoud Bakli ◽  
Raul Pascalau ◽  
Laura Smuleac

Abstract Rickettsia species are important emerging pathogens causing rickettsial diseases, which are important cause death worldwide. The number of recombinant proteins used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications has increased dramatically, which is important in determination of protein function, structure and antigensity. Although E. coli is widely used expression system, the codon bias can hamper protein expression due to the presence of rare codons in gene sequence coding protein of interest. Using bioinformatics tools, rare codon analysis of rickettsial genes was performed and compared to not expressed proteins in both R. prowazekii and R. rickettsii. A negative correlation between frequencies of rare codons in Rickettsia and success of rickettsial protein expression was observed. This study suggested a useful tool to improve rickettsial recombinant protein expression in E. coli.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 04004
Author(s):  
Ahmad Pandu Satria Wiratama ◽  
Aris Haryanto

Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) is an infectious disease that infect many kinds of wild and domesticated birds. Infection of NDV become a massive problem for poultry industry around the world especially in Indonesia. Vaccination is an effort to prevent the infection of NDV in poultry. NDV vaccine that used in Indonesia is a conventional life vaccine from LaSota and B1 strains. These type of vaccine is 21%-23% genetically distinct with the virus that spread in the environment. The antibody protection provided by the vaccine is not effective. Therefore, vaccination with new local NDV strain is needed to prevent the NDV infection in Indonesia. The previously study research reported that the local isolate of NDV from Kulon Progo, Indonesia has been isolated. Fusion (F) protein encoding gene that has been inserted into pBT7-N-His expression p lasmid which isolated from clone C-2a of E. coli, then it was expressed by the Cell-free protein expression system. The aim of this study was to confirm whether clone C-2a of E.coli carrying a recombinant plasmid pBT7-N-His-Fusion NDV and to express a recombinant F protein of NDV in-vitro from expression plasmid by cell-free protein expression system. This work started by detection of recombinant plasmid pBT7-N-His-Fusion NDV by DNA plasmid extraction followed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The recombinant F protein was in-vitro expressed by cell-free protein expression kit. The expressed F protein of NDV then was visualized by SDS-PAGE and Westernblott to analyse the expression of NDV recombinant F protein. It confirmed that clone C-2a of E. coli contained plasmid pBT7-N-His (4.001 bp) inserted by recombinant F protein of NDV gene (642 bp). The visualisation of expressed recombinant F protein by SDS-PAGE and Westernblott showed the NDV recombinant F protein was a specific protein fragment with molecular weight of 25,6 kDa..


PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. e0198715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Rovere ◽  
Alex Edward Powers ◽  
Dushyant Shailesh Patel ◽  
Tim Bartels

Author(s):  
N. Hemamalini ◽  
S. Ezhilmathi ◽  
A. Angela Mercy

Escherichia coli is the most extensively used organism in recombinant protein production. It has several advantages including a very short life cycle, ease of genetic manipulation and the well-known cell biology etc. which makes E. coli as the perfect host for recombinant protein expression. Despite many advantages, E. coli also have few disadvantages such as coupled transcription and translation and lack of eukaryotic post-translational modifications. These challenges can be overcome by adopting several strategies such as, using different E. coli expression vectors, changing the gene sequence without altering the functional domain, modified E. coli strain usage, changing the culture parameters and co-expression with a molecular chaperone. In this review, we present the level of strategies used to enhance the recombinant protein expression and its stability in E. coli.


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