Transient Expression and Purification of Horseradish Peroxidase C in Nicotiana benthamiana

Autor: Ann E. Meyers, Suzanne M. Huddy, Brandon Weber, Edward P. Rybicki, Inga I. Hitzeroth
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Volume 19; Issue 1; Pages: 115
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010115
Popis: Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) is a commercially important reagent enzyme used in molecular biology and in the diagnostic product industry. It is typically purified from the roots of the horseradish (Armoracia rusticana); however, this crop is only available seasonally, yields are variable and often low, and the product is a mixture of isoenzymes. Engineering high-level expression in transiently transformed tobacco may offer a solution to these problems. In this study, a synthetic Nicotiana benthamiana codon-adapted full-length HRP isoenzyme gene as well as C-terminally truncated and both N- and C-terminally truncated versions of the HRP C gene were synthesized, and their expression in N. benthamiana was evaluated using an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transient expression system. The influence on HRP C expression levels of co-infiltration with a silencing suppressor (NSs) construct was also evaluated. Highest HRP C levels were consistently obtained using either the full length or C-terminally truncated HRP C constructs. HRP C purification by ion exchange chromatography gave an overall yield of 54% with a Reinheitszahl value of >3 and a specific activity of 458 U/mg. The high level of HRP C production in N. benthamiana in just five days offers an alternative, viable, and scalable system for production of this commercially significant enzyme.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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