Increasing gene dosage greatly enhances recombinant expression of aquaporins in Pichia pastoris
| Autor: | Jonas Å. H. Danielson, Kristina Nordén, Maria Agemark, Per Kjellbom, Urban Johanson, Erik Alexandersson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Vesicle-associated membrane protein 8 lcsh:Biotechnology Gene Dosage Aquaporins Gene dosage Polymerase Chain Reaction Pichia Pichia pastoris Major Intrinsic Proteins lcsh:TP248.13-248.65 Gene Expression Regulation Fungal Humans RNA Messenger Cloning Molecular RNA Processing Post-Transcriptional Regulation of gene expression biology Arabidopsis Proteins Major intrinsic proteins Genetic Variation biology.organism_classification Molecular biology Recombinant Proteins Cell biology qPCR Membrane protein Heterologous expression Biotechnology Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Biotechnology BMC Biotechnology, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 47 (2011) |
| ISSN: | 1472-6750 |
| Popis: | Background When performing functional and structural studies, large quantities of pure protein are desired. Most membrane proteins are however not abundantly expressed in their native tissues, which in general rules out purification from natural sources. Heterologous expression, especially of eukaryotic membrane proteins, has also proven to be challenging. The development of expression systems in insect cells and yeasts has resulted in an increase in successful overexpression of eukaryotic proteins. High yields of membrane protein from such hosts are however not guaranteed and several, to a large extent unexplored, factors may influence recombinant expression levels. In this report we have used four isoforms of aquaporins to systematically investigate parameters that may affect protein yield when overexpressing membrane proteins in the yeast Pichia pastoris. Results By comparing clones carrying a single gene copy, we show a remarkable variation in recombinant protein expression between isoforms and that the poor expression observed for one of the isoforms could only in part be explained by reduced transcript levels. Furthermore, we show that heterologous expression levels of all four aquaporin isoforms strongly respond to an increase in recombinant gene dosage, independent of the amount of protein expressed from a single gene copy. We also demonstrate that the increased expression does not appear to compromise the protein folding and the membrane localisation. Conclusions We report a convenient and robust method based on qPCR to determine recombinant gene dosage. The method is generic for all constructs based on the pPICZ vectors and offers an inexpensive, quick and reliable means of characterising recombinant P. pastoris clones. By using this method we show that: (1) heterologous expression of all aquaporins investigated respond strongly to an increase in recombinant gene dosage (2) expression from a single recombinant gene copy varies in an isoform dependent manner (3) the poor expression observed for AtSIP1;1 is mainly caused by posttranscriptional limitations. The protein folding and membrane localisation seems to be unaffected by increased expression levels. Thus a screen for elevated gene dosage can routinely be performed for identification of P. pastoris clones with high expression levels of aquaporins and other classes of membrane proteins. |
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