Secretion of active anti-Ras single-chain Fv antibody by the yeasts Yarrowia Lipolytica and Kluyveromyces lactis

Autor: Jean-Marie Beckerich, Marie-Françoise Paul, Laurence Vernis, Claude Gaillardin, Dominique Swennen, Alain Fournier
Přispěvatelé: Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaire (MGM), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Zdroj: HAL
Microbiology
Microbiology, Microbiology Society, 2002, 148, pp.41-50
ISSN: 1350-0872
1465-2080
Popis: Yarrowia lipolytica and Kluyveromyces lactis secretion vectors were constructed and assessed for the expression of heterologous proteins. An anti-Ras single-chain antibody fragment (scFv) coding sequence was fused in-frame to different pre- or prepro-regions, or downstream from a reporter secretory gene (Arxula adeninivorans glucoamylase), separated by a Kex2 protease (Kex2p)-like processing sequence. Both organisms are able to secrete soluble scFv, with yields depending on the nature of the expression cassette, up to levels ranging from 10 to 20 mg l(-1). N-terminal sequence analysis of the purified scFv showed that fusions are correctly processed to the mature scFv by a signal peptidase or a Kex2p-type endoprotease present in Y. lipolytica and K. lactis. The scFv protein also retains the capacity to bind to a glutathioneS-transferase (GST)-Harvey-Ras(Val12) fusion, indicating that the antibody is functional. These results indicate that the yeasts Y. lipolytica and K. lactis have potential for industrial production of soluble and active scFv.
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