DisCoTune: versatile auxiliary plasmids for the production of disulphide-containing proteins and peptides in the E. coli T7 system

Andreas B. Bertelsen, Celeste Menuet Hackney, Carolyn N. Bayer, Lau D. Kjelgaard, Maja Rennig, Brian Christensen, Esben Skipper Sørensen, Helena Safavi-Hemami, Tune Wulff, Lars Ellgaard*, Morten H. H. Nørholm*

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

Secreted proteins and peptides hold large potential both as therapeutics and as enzyme catalysts in biotechnology. The high stability of many secreted proteins helps maintain functional integrity in changing chemical environments and is a contributing factor to their commercial potential. Disulphide bonds constitute an important post-translational modification that stabilizes many of these proteins and thus preserves the active state under chemically stressful conditions. Despite their importance, the discovery and applications within this group of proteins and peptides are limited by the availability of synthetic biology tools and heterologous production systems that allow for efficient formation of disulphide bonds. Here, we refine the design of two DisCoTune (Disulphide bond formation in E. coli with tunable expression) plasmids that enable the formation of disulphides in the highly popular Escherichia coli T7 protein production system. We show that this new system promotes significantly higher yield and activity of an industrial protease and a conotoxin, which belongs to a group of disulphide-rich venom peptides from cone snails with strong potential as research tools and pharmacological agents.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftMicrobial Biotechnology
Vol/bind14
Udgave nummer6
Sider (fra-til)2566-2580
Antal sider15
ISSN1751-7907
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2021

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by Danish Council for Independent Research Technology and Production Sciences Grant 7017‐00288 (L.E.) and by a grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation NNF20CC0035580 (M.H.H.N).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Microbial Biotechnology published by Society for Applied Microbiology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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