In vivo polyester immobilized sortase for tagless protein purification

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Hay, Iain D
Du, Jinping
Reyes, Patricia Rubio
Rehm, Bernd HA
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2015
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Background: Laboratory scale recombinant protein production and purification techniques are often complicated, involving multiple chromatography steps and specialized equipment and reagents. Here it was demonstrated that recombinant proteins can be expressed as covalently immobilized to the surface of polyester (polyhydroxyalkanoate, PHA) beads in vivo in Escherichia coli by genetically fusing them to a polyester synthase gene (phaC). The insertion of a self-cleaving module, a modified sortase A (SrtA) from Staphylococcus aureus and its five amino acid recognition sequence between the synthase and the target protein led to a simple protein production and purification method. Results: The generation of hybrid genes encoding tripartite PhaC-SrtA-Target fusion proteins, enabled immobilization of proteins of interest to the surface of PHA beads in vivo. After simple cell lysis and isolation of the PHA beads, the target proteins could be selectively and efficiently released form the beads by activating the sortase with CaCl2 and triglycine. Up to 6 mg/l of soluble proteins at a purity of ~98 % could be isolated in one step with no optimization. This process was used to produce and isolate three proteins: Green fluorescent protein, maltose binding protein and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine candidate Rv1626. Conclusions: We have developed a new technique for easy production and purification of recombinant proteins. This technique is capable of producing and purifying high yields of proteins suitable for research application in less than 2 days. No costly or specialized protein chromatography equipment, resins, reagents or expertise are required.

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Microbial Cell Factories

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14

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