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ArticleLife science alliance2025

4G cloning: rapid gene assembly for expression of multisubunit protein complexes in diverse hosts.

Michael Taschner, Joe Bradley Dickinson, Florian Roisné-Hamelin, Stephan Gruber

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Article in Life science alliance, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors.

Michael TaschnerDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland michael.taschner@unil.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-8881-3705
Joe Bradley DickinsonDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Florian Roisné-HamelinDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8390-2485
Stephan GruberDepartment of Fundamental Microbiology (DMF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland stephan.gruber@unil.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-0150-0395

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multisubunit protein complexes are central to many cellular processes, and studying their activities and structures in vitro requires reconstitution via recombinant expression and purification. Obtaining targets at sufficient purity and scale typically involves screening several protein variants and expression hosts. Existing cloning strategies enable co-expression but are often time-consuming, labor-intensive, and host-specific, or involve error-prone steps. We present a novel vector set and assembly strategy to overcome these limitations, enabling expression construct generation for multisubunit complexes in a single step. This modular system can be extended to additional hosts or include new tags. We demonstrate its utility by constructing expression vectors for structural maintenance of chromosomes complexes in various hosts, streamlining workflows, and improving productivity.

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Cloning, MolecularGenetic VectorsMultiprotein ComplexesEscherichia coliGene ExpressionHumansProtein SubunitsRecombinant ProteinsMultiprotein ComplexesProtein SubunitsRecombinant Proteins

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PMID39622624
PMCPMC11612967

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