scholarly journals Expression of Hybrid Peptide EF-1 in Pichia pastoris, Its Purification, and Antimicrobial Characterization

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (23) ◽  
pp. 5538
Author(s):  
Zhongxuan Li ◽  
Qiang Cheng ◽  
Henan Guo ◽  
Rijun Zhang ◽  
Dayong Si
Keyword(s):  
Pichia Pastoris ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Expression System ◽  
Reversed Phase ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Cell Membrane Permeabilization ◽  
Bactericidal Activities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Industrial Level

EF-1 is a novel peptide derived from two bacteriocins, plantaricin E and plantaricin F. It has a strong antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and with negligible hemolytic effect on red blood cells. However, the chemical synthesis of EF-1 is limited by its high cost. In this study, we established a heterologous expression of EF-1 in Pichia pastoris. The transgenic strain successfully expressed hybrid EF-1 peptide, which had a molecular weight of ~5 kDa as expected. The recombinant EF-1 was purified by Ni2+ affinity chromatography and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), which achieved a yield of 32.65 mg/L with a purity of 94.9%. The purified EF-1 exhibited strong antimicrobial and bactericidal activities against both Gram-positive and -negative bacteria. Furthermore, propidium iodide staining and scanning electron microscopy revealed that EF-1 can directly induce cell membrane permeabilization of E. coli. Therefore, the hybrid EF-1 not only preserves the individual properties of the parent peptides, but also acquires the ability to disrupt Gram-negative bacterial membrane. Meanwhile, such an expression system can reduce both the time and cost for large-scale peptide production, which ensures its potential application at the industrial level.

scholarly journals Novel Expression System for Large-Scale Production and Purification of Recombinant Class IIa Bacteriocins and Its Application to Piscicolin 126

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 3292-3297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard M. Gibbs ◽  
Barrie E. Davidson ◽  
Alan J. Hillier
Keyword(s):  
Fusion Protein ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Expression System ◽  
Reversed Phase ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Strong Activity ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Large Scale Production ◽  
Bacterial Cell Membrane

ABSTRACT Piscicolin 126 is a class IIa bacteriocin isolated from Carnobacterium piscicola JG126 that exhibits strong activity against Listeria monocytogenes. The gene encoding mature piscicolin 126 (m-pisA) was cloned into an Escherichia coli expression system and expressed as a thioredoxin-piscicolin 126 fusion protein that was purified by affinity chromatography. Purified recombinant piscicolin 126 was obtained after CNBr cleavage of the fusion protein followed by reversed-phase chromatography. Recombinant piscicolin 126 contained a single disulfide bond and had a mass identical to that of native piscicolin 126. This novel bacteriocin expression system generated approximately 26 mg of purified bacteriocin from 1 liter of E. coli culture. The purified recombinant piscicolin 126 acted by disruption of the bacterial cell membrane.

scholarly journals Making Soup: Preparing and Validating Molecular Simulations of the Bacterial Cytoplasm

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Oliveira Bortot ◽  
Zahedeh Bashardanesh ◽  
David van der Spoel
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Computational Power ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Solvent Models ◽  
Explicit Solvent ◽  
Computational Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Bacterial Cytoplasm

Biomolecular crowding affects the biophysical and biochemical behavior of macro- molecules when compared to the dilute environment present in experiments made with isolated proteins. Computational modeling and simulation are useful tools to study how crowding affects the structural dynamics and biological properties of macromolecules. As computational power increased, modeling and simulating large scale all-atom explicit solvent models of the prokaryote cytoplasm become possible. In this work, we build an atomistic model of the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli composed of 1.5 million atoms and submit it to a total of 3 μs of molecular dynamics simulations. The properties of biomolecules under crowding conditions are compared to those from simulations of the individual compounds under dilute conditions. The simulation model is found to be consistent with experimental data about the diffusion coefficient and stability of macromolecules under crowded conditions. In order to stimulate further work we provide a Python script and a set of files that enables other researchers to build their own E. coli cytoplasm models to address questions related to crowding.<br>

scholarly journals Penetration and bactericidal activity of cefixime in synovial fluid.

1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 1198-1200 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Somekh ◽  
L Heifetz ◽  
M Dan ◽  
F Poch ◽  
H Hafeli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Synovial Fluid ◽  
Bactericidal Activity ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Oral Intake ◽  
Joint Fluid ◽  
Bacterial Isolates ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
E Coli ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Bactericidal Activities

The penetration of oral cefixime into the synovial fluids of 16 patients (mean age, 50.6 years) who underwent joint taps for rheumatic noninfectious disorders was examined. The patients were each given a single dose (400 mg) 2 to 24 h prior to the tap. Cefixime concentrations in serum and joint fluid samples were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography, and the bactericidal activities of these fluids against three isolates each of Haemophilus influenzae and Escherichia coli were examined. The highest concentrations in serum and synovial fluid were achieved 4 h following drug intake, the mean values being 2.8 and 2.03 micrograms/ml, respectively. Effective bactericidal activities (bactericidal titer, > 1:2) against E. coli and H. influenzae were demonstrated in serum and joint fluid up to 10 h following oral intake of cefixime. These results suggest that cefixime penetrates well into joint fluid, achieving levels above the MIC for E. coli lasting as long as 10 h and levels above the MIC for H. influenzae lasting up to 24 h after administration. Good bactericidal activity against susceptible bacterial isolates was observed for at least 10 h after dosing.

Determination of recombinant Interferon-α2 in E. coli periplasmic extracts by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

2018 ◽  
Vol 1072 ◽  
pp. 193-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo V.S. Dias ◽  
Fernanda S. Arthuso ◽  
João E. Oliveira ◽  
Miriam F. Suzuki ◽  
José M. Sousa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Reversed Phase ◽  
Recombinant Interferon ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Interferon Α2

cDNA cloning and heterologous expression of a wheat proteinase inhibitor of subtilisin and chymotrypsin (WSCI) that interferes with digestive enzymes of insect pests

2005 ◽  
Vol 386 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Di Gennaro ◽  
Anna G. Ficca ◽  
Daniela Panichi ◽  
Elia Poerio
Keyword(s):  
Proteinase Inhibitor ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Expression System ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Insect Larvae ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Large Scale Production ◽  
Degenerate Oligonucleotide

Abstract A cDNA encoding the proteinase inhibitor WSCI (wheat subtilisin/chymotrypsin inhibitor) was isolated by RT-PCR. Degenerate oligonucleotide primers were designed based on the amino acid sequence of WSCI and on the nucleotide sequence of the two homologous inhibitors (CI-2A and CI-2B) isolated from barley. For large-scale production, wsci cDNA was cloned into the E. coli vector pGEX-2T. The fusion protein GST-WSCI was efficiently produced in the bacterial expression system and, as the native inhibitor, was capable of inhibiting bacterial subtilisin, mammalian chymotrypsins and chymotrypsin-like activities present in crude extracts of a number of insect larvae (Helicoverpa armigera, Plodia interpunctella and Tenebrio molitor). The recombinant protein produced was also able to interfere with chymotrypsin-like activity isolated from immature wheat caryopses. These findings support a physiological role for this inhibitor during grain maturation.

scholarly journals High efficient extracellular production of recombinant Streptomyces PMF phospholipase D in Escherichia coli

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Wang ◽  
Sheng Xu ◽  
Yang Pang ◽  
Xin Wang ◽  
Kequan Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phospholipase D ◽  
Signal Peptide ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Expression System ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
Secretory Expression ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Cost Effective Method ◽  
High Efficient

Abstract Background Currently, Streptomyces is widely used in the preparation of phospholipase D (PLD) with high transphosphatidylation activity. However, the yield of PLD from Streptomyces was low and the culture period was long. Therefore, an efficient and cost-effective method is needed urgently.Results Firstly, PLDs from Streptomyces PMF and Streptomyces racemochromogenes were separately over-expressed in E. coli to compare their transphosphatidylation activity based on the synthesis of phosphatidylserine (PS), and PLDPMF was determined to have higher activity. To further improve PLDPMF synthesis, a secretory expression system suitable for PLDPMF was constructed and optimized with different signal peptides. The highest secretory efficiency was observed when the PLDPMF gene was expressed together with its native signal peptide (Nat) and the signal peptide PelB from E. coli. For the application of recombinant PLD to PS synthesis, the PLD properties were characterized and 30.2 g/L of PS was produced after 24 h of bioconversion when 50 g/L phosphatidylcholine (PC) was added.Conclusions We succeeded in over-expressing PLD from Streptomyces PMF in E. coli with high transphosphatidylation activity and enhanced the yield by secretory expression. The secreted PLD was successfully used in the production of PS. Our work makes the large-scale production of PLD and PS feasible.

scholarly journals Making Soup: Preparing and Validating Molecular Simulations of the Bacterial Cytoplasm

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro Oliveira Bortot ◽  
Zahedeh Bashardanesh ◽  
David van der Spoel
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Computational Power ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Solvent Models ◽  
Explicit Solvent ◽  
Computational Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Bacterial Cytoplasm

Biomolecular crowding affects the biophysical and biochemical behavior of macro- molecules when compared to the dilute environment present in experiments made with isolated proteins. Computational modeling and simulation are useful tools to study how crowding affects the structural dynamics and biological properties of macromolecules. As computational power increased, modeling and simulating large scale all-atom explicit solvent models of the prokaryote cytoplasm become possible. In this work, we build an atomistic model of the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli composed of 1.5 million atoms and submit it to a total of 3 μs of molecular dynamics simulations. The properties of biomolecules under crowding conditions are compared to those from simulations of the individual compounds under dilute conditions. The simulation model is found to be consistent with experimental data about the diffusion coefficient and stability of macromolecules under crowded conditions. In order to stimulate further work we provide a Python script and a set of files that enables other researchers to build their own E. coli cytoplasm models to address questions related to crowding.<br>

scholarly journals Secretory Expression of YY(3-36) Peptide in E. coli

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sorush Niknamian
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Peptide Yy ◽  
Signal Sequence ◽  
Expression System ◽  
Complete Sequence ◽  
Scale Production ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Large Scale Production ◽  
Human Experiments ◽  
Clinical Experiments

Obesity is the prime suspect in a wide frequency of diabetes type II and cardiovascular diseases worldwide. Recombinant YY (tyrosine-tyrosine) peptide is a locally acting hormone, controlling secretion in the digestive tract. Interestingly, it was later shown that a truncated version of YY peptide, YY(3-36) peptide, has the potential as an important biopharmaceutical in a fight against obesity. This peptide has shown promising results in human clinical experiments in appetite reduction in human experiments. To develop an economical expression system for large-scale production of the peptide in gram-negative bacteria, we have developed a chimeric gene for extracellular expression of this peptide with the assistance of signal sequence of asparaginase II from Escherichia coli. This system has the advantage of producing the complete sequence of YY(3-36) without any extra tags that require further removal with the assistance of expensive specific proteases and reduce the downstream steps significantly. Our results pave the way for the recombinant production of YY(3-36) peptide and further proves the efficacy of asparaginase II signal sequence as a communicator of foreign peptides and proteins into extracellular space of E. coli.

scholarly journals Synthesis of Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (hBMP-2) in E. coli Periplasmic Space: Its Characterization and Preclinical Testing

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 3525
Author(s):  
João E. Oliveira ◽  
Miriam F. Suzuki ◽  
Renata Damiani ◽  
Eliana R. Lima ◽  
Kleicy C. Amaral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Osmotic Shock ◽  
Cytoplasmic Inclusion ◽  
Reversed Phase ◽  
C2c12 Cells ◽  
Size Exclusion ◽  
Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 ◽  
E Coli

Human BMP-2, a homodimeric protein that belongs to the TGF- β family, is a recognized osteoinductor due to its capacity of inducing bone regeneration and ectopic bone formation. The administration of its recombinant form is an alternative to autologous bone grafting. A variety of E. coli-derived hBMP-2 has been synthesized through refolding of cytoplasmic inclusion bodies. The present work reports the synthesis, purification, and characterization of periplasmic hBMP-2, obtained directly in its correctly folded and authentic form, i.e., without the initial methionine typical of the cytoplasmic product that can induce undesired immunoreactivity. A bacterial expression vector was constructed including the DsbA signal peptide and the cDNA of hBMP-2. The periplasmic fluid was extracted by osmotic shock and analyzed via SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). The purification was carried out by heparin affinity chromatography, followed by high-performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC). HPSEC was used for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the final product, which showed >95% purity. The classical in vitro bioassay based on the induction of alkaline phosphatase activity in myoblastic murine C2C12 cells and the in vivo bioassay consisting of treating calvarial critical-size defects in rats confirmed its bioactivity, which matched the analogous literature data for hBMP-2.

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