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ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2021

Design of an improved universal signal peptide based on the α-factor mating secretion signal for enzyme production in yeast.

Pablo Aza, Gonzalo Molpeceres, Felipe de Salas, Susana Camarero

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Article in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pablo AzaCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8703-8399
Gonzalo MolpeceresCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-9412
Felipe de SalasCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0057-0180
Susana CamareroCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain. susanacam@cib.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2812-895X
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas · ES

Funding

BBI-JU 792070Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación BIO2017-86559-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Saccharomyces cerevisiae plays an important role in the heterologous expression of an array of proteins due to its easy manipulation, low requirements and ability for protein post-translational modifications. The implementation of the preproleader secretion signal of the α-factor mating pheromone from this yeast contributes to increase the production yields by targeting the foreign protein to the extracellular environment. The use of this signal peptide combined with enzyme-directed evolution allowed us to achieve the otherwise difficult functional expression of fungal laccases in S. cerevisiae, obtaining different evolved α-factor preproleader sequences that enhance laccase secretion. However, the design of a universal signal peptide to enhance the production of heterologous proteins in S. cerevisiae is a pending challenge. We describe here the optimisation of the α-factor preproleader to improve recombinant enzyme production in S. cerevisiae through two parallel engineering strategies: a bottom-up design over the native α-factor preproleader (α

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HydrolasesMating FactorOxidoreductasesProtein PrecursorsProtein Sorting SignalsRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsHydrolasesMating FactorOxidoreductasesProtein PrecursorsProtein Sorting SignalsRecombinant ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsDirected evolutionEnzyme heterologous expressionSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSignal peptideSynthetic designΑ-factor preproleader

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PMID33687500
PMCPMC8038962
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