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ArticleScientific reports2018

Development of a generic β-lactamase screening system for improved signal peptides for periplasmic targeting of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli.

Tania Selas Castiñeiras, Steven G Williams, Antony Hitchcock, Jeffrey A Cole, Daniel C Smith, Tim W Overton

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tania Selas CastiñeirasCobra Biologics, Stephenson Building, The Science Park, Keele, ST5 5SP, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7480-8166
Steven G WilliamsCobra Biologics, Stephenson Building, The Science Park, Keele, ST5 5SP, UK.
Antony HitchcockCobra Biologics, Stephenson Building, The Science Park, Keele, ST5 5SP, UK.
Jeffrey A ColeInstitute of Microbiology & Infection, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Daniel C SmithCobra Biologics, Stephenson Building, The Science Park, Keele, ST5 5SP, UK.
Tim W OvertonSchool of Chemical Engineering, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. t.w.overton@bham.ac.uk.
University of Birmingham · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeting of recombinant proteins to the Escherichia coli periplasm is a desirable industrial processing tool to allow formation of disulphide bonds, aid folding and simplify recovery. Proteins are targeted across the inner membrane to the periplasm by an N-terminal signal peptide. The sequence of the signal peptide determines its functionality, but there is no method to predict signal peptide function for specific recombinant proteins, so multiple signal peptides must be screened for their ability to translocate each recombinant protein, limiting throughput. We present a screening system for optimising signal peptides for translocation of a single chain variable (scFv) antibody fragment employing TEM1 β-lactamase (Bla) as a C-terminal reporter of periplasmic localisation. The Pectobacterium carotovorum PelB signal peptide was selected as the starting point for a mutagenic screen. β-lactamase was fused to the C-terminal of scFv and β-lactamase activity was correlated against scFv translocation. Signal peptide libraries were generated and screened for β-lactamase activity, which correlated well to scFv::Bla production, although only some high activity clones had improved periplasmic translocation of scFv::Bla. Selected signal peptides were investigated in fed-batch fermentations for production and translocation of scFv::Bla and scFv without the Bla fusion. Improved signal peptides increased periplasmic scFv activity by ~40%.

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beta-LactamasesEscherichia coliGenes, ReporterGenetic TestingMetabolic EngineeringMutagenesisPectobacterium carotovorumPeriplasmPolysaccharide-LyasesProtein Sorting SignalsProtein TransportRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSingle-Chain Antibodiesbeta-Lactamasespectate lyasePolysaccharide-LyasesProtein Sorting SignalsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSingle-Chain Antibodies

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PMID29725125
PMCPMC5934370
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