MultiBac: expanding the research toolbox for multiprotein complexes

C Bieniossek, T Imasaki, Y Takagi, I Berger - Trends in biochemical …, 2012 - cell.com
Protein complexes composed of many subunits carry out most essential processes in cells
and, therefore, have become the focus of intense research. However, deciphering the …

New baculovirus expression tools for recombinant protein complex production

S Trowitzsch, C Bieniossek, Y Nie, F Garzoni… - Journal of structural …, 2010 - Elsevier
Most eukaryotic proteins exist as large multicomponent assemblies with many subunits,
which act in concert to catalyze specific cellular activities. Many of these molecular machines …

Robots, pipelines, polyproteins: enabling multiprotein expression in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

LS Vijayachandran, C Viola, F Garzoni… - Journal of structural …, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiprotein complexes catalyze vital biological functions in the cell. A paramount objective
of the SPINE2 project was to address the structural molecular biology of these multiprotein …

MacroBac: new technologies for robust and efficient large-scale production of recombinant multiprotein complexes

SD Gradia, JP Ishida, MS Tsai, C Jeans, JA Tainer… - Methods in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recombinant expression of large, multiprotein complexes is essential and often rate limiting
for determining structural, biophysical, and biochemical properties of DNA repair, replication …

Protein complex expression by using multigene baculoviral vectors

DJ Fitzgerald, P Berger, C Schaffitzel, K Yamada… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
Elucidation of the molecular basis of protein-interaction networks, in particular in higher
eukaryotes, is hampered by insufficient quantities of endogenous multiprotein complexes …

Recombinant expression and reconstitution of multiprotein complexes by the USER cloning method in the insect cell-baculovirus expression system

Z Zhang, J Yang, D Barford - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
The capacity to reconstitute complex biological processes in vitro is a crucial step in
providing a quantitative understanding of these systems. It provides material for structural …

Production of protein complexes via co-expression

JJ Kerrigan, Q Xie, RS Ames, Q Lu - Protein expression and purification, 2011 - Elsevier
Multi-protein complexes are involved in essentially all cellular processes. A protein's
function is defined by a combination of its own properties, its interacting partners, and the …

Genetic code expansion for multiprotein complex engineering

C Koehler, PF Sauter, M Wawryszyn, GE Girona… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
We present a baculovirus-based protein engineering method that enables site-specific
introduction of unique functionalities in a eukaryotic protein complex recombinantly …

Automated unrestricted multigene recombineering for multiprotein complex production

C Bieniossek, Y Nie, D Frey, N Olieric, C Schaffitzel… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Structural and functional studies of many multiprotein complexes depend on recombinant-
protein overexpression. Rapid revision of expression experiments and diversification of the …

Study and selection of in vivo protein interactions by coupling bimolecular fluorescence complementation and flow cytometry

M Morell, A Espargaro, FX Aviles, S Ventura - Nature protocols, 2008 - nature.com
We present a high-throughput approach to study weak protein–protein interactions by
coupling bimolecular fluorescent complementation (BiFC) to flow cytometry (FC). In BiFC …