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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2020

Boosting toxic protein biosynthesis: transient in vivo inactivation of engineered bacterial alkaline phosphatase.

Natalia Krawczun, Marta Bielawa, Kasjan Szemiako, Beata Łubkowska, Ireneusz Sobolewski, Agnieszka Zylicz-Stachula, Piotr M Skowron

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Natalia KrawczunDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Marta BielawaDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Kasjan SzemiakoDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Beata ŁubkowskaDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Ireneusz SobolewskiDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Agnieszka Zylicz-StachulaDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Piotr M SkowronDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland. piotr.skowron@ug.edu.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1345-3271
University of Gdańsk · PL

Funding

National Center for Research and Development, Poland TECHMATSTRATEG2/410747/11/NCBR/2019University of Gdansk DS 530-8645-D746-18
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe biotechnology production of enzymes is often troubled by the toxicity of the recombinant products of cloned and expressed genes, which interferes with the recombinant hosts' metabolism. Various approaches have been taken to overcome these limitations, exemplified by tight control of recombinant genes or secretion of recombinant proteins. An industrial approach to protein production demands maximum possible yields of biosynthesized proteins, balanced with the recombinant host's viability. Bacterial alkaline phosphatase (BAP) from Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a key enzyme used in protein/antibody detection and molecular cloning. As it removes terminal phosphate from DNA, RNA and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, it is used to lower self-ligated vectors' background. The precursor enzyme contains a signal peptide at the N-terminus and is secreted to the E. coli periplasm. Then, the leader is clipped off and dimers are formed upon oxidation.

resultsWe present a novel approach to phoA gene cloning, engineering, expression, purification and reactivation of the transiently inactivated enzyme. The recombinant bap gene was modified by replacing a secretion leader coding section with a N-terminal His6-tag, cloned and expressed in E. coli in a P

conclusionsThe developed method appears well suited for the industrial production of ultrapure BAP. Further, the method of transient inactivation of secreted toxic enzymes by conducting their biosynthesis in an inactive state in the cytoplasm, followed by in vitro reactivation, can be generally applied to other problematic proteins.

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Alkaline PhosphataseBacterial ProteinsCloning, MolecularEscherichia coliGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenetic EngineeringIndustrial MicrobiologyRecombinant Fusion ProteinsAlkaline PhosphataseBacterial ProteinsRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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