| Autor: |
Santos BD; Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico., Morones-Ramirez JR; Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico.; Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Centro de Investigacion en Biotecnologia y Nanotecnologia, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Parque de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica, 66629, Apodaca, NL, Mexico., Balderas-Renteria I; Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico.; Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Centro de Investigacion en Biotecnologia y Nanotecnologia, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Parque de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica, 66629, Apodaca, NL, Mexico., Casillas-Vega NG; Departamento de Patologia Clinica, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, 64460, Monterrey, NL, Mexico., Galbraith DW; School of Plant Sciences and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA., Zarate X; Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, 66455, San Nicolas de los Garza, NL, Mexico. xristo.zaratekl@uanl.edu.mx.; Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Centro de Investigacion en Biotecnologia y Nanotecnologia, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Parque de Investigacion e Innovacion Tecnologica, 66629, Apodaca, NL, Mexico. xristo.zaratekl@uanl.edu.mx. |
| Abstrakt: |
We have previously shown that the small metal-binding protein (SmbP) extracted from the gram-negative bacterium Nitrosomonas europaea can be employed as a fusion protein for the expression and purification of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli. With the goal of increasing the amounts of SmbP-tagged proteins produced in the E. coli periplasm, we replaced the native SmbP signal peptide with three different signal sequences: two were from the proteins CusF and PelB, for transport via the Sec pathway, and one was the signal peptide from TorA, for transport via the Tat pathway. Expression of SmbP-tagged Red Fluorescent Protein (RFP) using these three alternative signal peptides individually showed a considerable increase in protein levels in the periplasm of E. coli as compared to its level using the SmbP signal sequence. Therefore, for routine periplasmic expression and purification of recombinant proteins in E. coli, we highly recommend the use of the fusion proteins PelB-SmbP or CusF-SmbP, since these signal sequences increase periplasmic production considerably as compared to the wild-type. Our work, finally, demonstrates that periplasmic expression for SmbP-tagged proteins is not limited to the Sec pathway, in that the TorA-SmbP construct can export reasonable quantities of folded proteins to the periplasm. Although the Sec route has been the most widely used, sometimes, depending on the nature of the protein of interest, for example, if it contains cofactors, it is more appropriate to consider using the Tat route over the Sec. SmbP therefore can be recommended in terms of its particular versatility when combined with signal peptides for the two different routes. |
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