Fusion tags to enhance heterologous protein expression

MR Ki, SP Pack - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Escherichia coli is the most widely used heterologous protein expression system. However,
this system remains a challenge due to the low solubility of proteins, insufficient yield, and …

[PDF][PDF] Peptide ligation and its application to protein engineering

GJ Cotton, TW Muir - Chemistry & biology, 1999 - cell.com
The ability to assemble a target protein from a series of peptide fragments, either synthetic or
biosynthetic in origin, enables the covalent structure of a protein to be modified in an …

To fuse or not to fuse: what is your purpose?

MR Bell, MJ Engleka, A Malik, JE Strickler - Protein Science, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Since the dawn of time, or at least the dawn of recombinant DNA technology (which for many
of today's scientists is the same thing), investigators have been cloning and expressing …

Simplified, enhanced protein purification using an inducible, autoprocessing enzyme tag

A Shen, PJ Lupardus, M Morell, EL Ponder… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
We introduce a new method for purifying recombinant proteins expressed in bacteria using a
highly specific, inducible, self-cleaving protease tag. This tag is comprised of the Vibrio …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges Associated With the Formation of Recombinant Protein Inclusion Bodies in Escherichia coli and Strategies to Address Them for Industrial …

A Bhatwa, W Wang, YI Hassan, N Abraham… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Recombinant proteins are becoming increasingly important for industrial applications, where
Escherichia coli is the most widely used bacterial host for their production. However, the …

Urea gradient size-exclusion chromatography enhanced the yield of lysozyme refolding

Z Gu, Z Su, JC Janson - Journal of Chromatography A, 2001 - Elsevier
Protein refolding is still a bottleneck for large-scale production of valuable proteins
expressed as inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli. Usually biologically active proteins …

REFOLD: an analytical database of protein refolding methods

MKM Chow, AA Amin, KF Fulton, JC Whisstock… - Protein expression and …, 2006 - Elsevier
The expression and harvesting of proteins from insoluble inclusion bodies by solubilization
and refolding is a technique commonly used in the production of recombinant proteins. To …

Specific aggregation of partially folded polypeptide chains: the molecular basis of inclusion body composition

MA Speed, DIC Wang, J King - Nature biotechnology, 1996 - nature.com
During expression of many recombinant proteins, off-pathway association of partially folded
intermediates into inclusion bodies competes with productive folding. A common assumption …

High‐throughput screening of soluble recombinant proteins

YP Shih, WM Kung, JC Chen, CH Yeh… - Protein …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The aims of high‐throughput (HTP) protein production systems are to obtain well‐expressed
and highly soluble proteins, which are preferred candidates for use in structure–function …

A fluorescent cassette-based strategy for engineering multiple domain fusion proteins

K Truong, A Khorchid, M Ikura - Bmc Biotechnology, 2003 - Springer
Background The engineering of fusion proteins has become increasingly important and
most recently has formed the basis of many biosensors, protein purification systems, and …