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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2018

Selectable high-yield recombinant protein production in human cells using a GFP/YFP nanobody affinity support.

Matthew J Schellenberg, Robert M Petrovich, Christine C Malone, R Scott Williams

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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4 authors.

Matthew J SchellenbergStructural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709.
Robert M PetrovichStructural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709.
Christine C MaloneStructural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709.
R Scott WilliamsStructural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709.

Funding

Structural Biology of Genome Maintenance and DNA repairZIAES102765 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI WILLIAMS, ROBERT · 2010 to 2025
$35.2M
Protein Expression FacilityZICES102487 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI PETROVICH, ROBERT · 2009 to 2025
$23.9M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recombinant protein expression systems that produce high yields of pure proteins and multi-protein complexes are essential to meet the needs of biologists, biochemists, and structural biologists using X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy. An ideal expression system for recombinant human proteins is cultured human cells where the correct translation and chaperone machinery are present. However, compared to bacterial expression systems, human cell cultures present several technical challenges to their use as an expression system. We developed a method that utilizes a YFP fusion-tag to generate recombinant proteins using suspension-cultured HEK293F cells. YFP is a dual-function tag that enables direct visualization and fluorescence-based selection of high expressing clones for and rapid purification using a high-stringency, high-affinity anti-GFP/YFP nanobody support. We demonstrate the utility of this system by expressing two large human proteins, TOP2α (340 KDa dimer) and a TOP2β catalytic core (260 KDa dimer). This robustly and reproducibly yields >10 mg/L liter of cell culture using transient expression or 2.5 mg/L using stable expression.

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Green Fluorescent ProteinsSingle-Domain AntibodiesCrystallography, X-RayFluorescenceHEK293 CellsHumansRecombinant ProteinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsSingle-Domain AntibodiesFACSGFP-tagHEK293Fnanobodyrecombinant protein expressionTopoisomerase 2YFP-tag

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PMID29577475
PMCPMC5980532

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