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ArticlePloS one2015

Codon Usage in Signal Sequences Affects Protein Expression and Secretion Using Baculovirus/Insect Cell Expression System.

Yalan Wang, Yuanhui Mao, Xiaodong Xu, Shiheng Tao, Hongying Chen

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yalan WangCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China.
Yuanhui MaoCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China.
Xiaodong XuCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China.
Shiheng TaoCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China.
Hongying ChenCollege of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, P. R. China.
Northwest A&F University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

By introducing synonymous mutations into the coding sequences of GP64sp and FibHsp signal peptides, the influences of mRNA secondary structure and codon usage of signal sequences on protein expression and secretion were investigated using baculovirus/insect cell expression system. The results showed that mRNA structural stability of the signal sequences was not correlated with the protein production and secretion levels, and FibHsp was more tolerable to codon changes than GP64sp. Codon bias analyses revealed that codons for GP64sp were well de-optimized and contained more non-optimal codons than FibHsp. Synonymous mutations in GP64sp sufficiently increased its average codon usage frequency and resulted in dramatic reduction of the activity and secretion of luciferase. Protein degradation inhibition assay with MG-132 showed that higher codon usage frequency in the signal sequence increased the production as well as the degradation of luciferase protein, indicating that the synonymous codon substitutions in the signal sequence caused misfolding of luciferase instead of slowing down the protein production. Meanwhile, we found that introduction of more non-optimal codons into FibHsp could increase the production and secretion levels of luciferase, which suggested a new strategy to improve the production of secretory proteins in insect cells.

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisAnimalsBaculoviridaeBase PairingBase SequenceCodonLuciferasesMolecular Sequence DataProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProteinsProtein Sorting SignalsRNA StabilitySpodopteraCodonLuciferasesProteinsProtein Sorting Signals

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PMID26697848
PMCPMC4689351
OpenAlexW2196566130

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