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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2022

Escherichia coli recombinant expression of SARS-CoV-2 protein fragments.

Bailey E McGuire, Julia E Mela, Vanessa C Thompson, Logan R Cucksey, Claire E Stevens, Ralph L McWhinnie, Dirk F H Winkler, Steven Pelech, Francis E Nano

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bailey E McGuireDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, STN CSC, PO Box 1700, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada.
Julia E MelaDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, STN CSC, PO Box 1700, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada.
Vanessa C ThompsonDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, STN CSC, PO Box 1700, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada.
Logan R CuckseyDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, STN CSC, PO Box 1700, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada.
Claire E StevensDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, STN CSC, PO Box 1700, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada.
Ralph L McWhinnieDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, STN CSC, PO Box 1700, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada.
Dirk F H WinklerKinexus Bioinformatics Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Steven PelechKinexus Bioinformatics Corporation, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Francis E NanoDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, STN CSC, PO Box 1700, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada. fnano@uvic.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9363-7830
University of Victoria · CAKinexus Bioinformatics Corporation (Canada) · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada ALLRP 553524 - 20Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2018-03747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have developed a method for the inexpensive, high-level expression of antigenic protein fragments of SARS-CoV-2 proteins in Escherichia coli. Our approach uses the thermophilic family 9 carbohydrate-binding module (CBM9) as an N-terminal carrier protein and affinity tag. The CBM9 module was joined to SARS-CoV-2 protein fragments via a flexible proline-threonine linker, which proved to be resistant to E. coli proteases. Two CBM9-spike protein fragment fusion proteins and one CBM9-nucleocapsid fragment fusion protein largely resisted protease degradation, while most of the CBM9 fusion proteins were degraded at some site in the SARS-CoV-2 protein fragment. All of the fusion proteins were highly expressed in E. coli and the CBM9-ID-H1 fusion protein was shown to yield 122 mg/L of purified product. Three purified CBM9-SARS-CoV-2 fusion proteins were tested and found to bind antibodies directed to the appropriate SARS-CoV-2 antigenic regions. The largest intact CBM9 fusion protein, CBM9-ID-H1, incorporates spike protein amino acids 540-588, which is a conserved region overlapping and C-terminal to the receptor binding domain that is widely recognized by human convalescent sera and contains a putative protective epitope.

Indexed as

Antibodies, ViralAntigen-Antibody ReactionsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCoronavirus Nucleocapsid ProteinsCOVID-19Escherichia coliHumansMass SpectrometryPhosphoproteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAntibodies, ViralCoronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteinsnucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2PhosphoproteinsReceptors, Cell SurfaceRecombinant Fusion Proteinssaccharide-binding proteinsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2Carbohydrate-binding moduleCBM9COVID-19Escherichia coliRecombinant spike proteinSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35123472
PMCPMC8817660
OpenAlexW4225677644

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