Efficient production of 2H, 13C, 15N-enriched industrial enzyme Rhizopus chinensis lipase with native disulfide bonds

Microbial Cell Factories

Research

Haiyan Zheng¹  Gaetano T. Montelione²  G. V. T. Swapna²  Rong Xiao²  Meng Zhang³  Chong Sha³  Xiao-Wei Yu⁴  Yan Xu⁴ 

[1] Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 08854, Piscataway, NJ, USA;Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA;Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA;Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 08854, Piscataway, NJ, USA;The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, 214122, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China;The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, 214122, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China;State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, 214122, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China;

关键词: Rhizopus chinensis;    H, C, N-enriched protein production;    Native disulfide bonds;    Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12934-016-0522-7

 received in 2016-04-21, accepted in 2016-07-03,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn order to use most modern methods of NMR spectroscopy to study protein structure and dynamics, isotope-enriched protein samples are essential. Especially for larger proteins (>20 kDa), perdeuterated and Ile (δ1), Leu, and Val methyl-protonated protein samples are required for suppressing nuclear relaxation to provide improved spectral quality, allowing key backbone and side chain resonance assignments needed for protein structure and dynamics studies. Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris are two of the most popular expression systems for producing isotope-enriched, recombinant protein samples for NMR investigations. The P. pastoris system can be used to produce 13C, 15N-enriched and even 2H,13C, 15N-enriched protein samples, but efficient methods for producing perdeuterated proteins with Ile (δ1), Leu and Val methyl-protonated groups in P. pastoris are still unavailable. Glycosylation heterogeneity also provides challenges to NMR studies. E. coli expression systems are efficient for overexpressing perdeuterated and Ile (δ1), Leu, Val methyl-protonated protein samples, but are generally not successful for producing secreted eukaryotic proteins with native disulfide bonds.ResultsThe 33 kDa protein—Rhizopus chinensis lipase (RCL), an important industrial enzyme, was produced using both P. pastoris and E. coli BL21 trxB (DE3) systems. Samples produced from both systems exhibit identical native disulfide bond formation and similar 2D NMR spectra, indicating similar native protein folding. The yield of 13C, 15N-enriched r27RCL produced using P. pastoris was 1.7 times higher that obtained using E. coli, while the isotope-labeling efficiency was ~15 % lower. Protein samples produced in P. pastoris exhibit O-glycosylation, while the protein samples produced in E. coli were not glycosylated. The specific activity of r27RCL from P. pastoris was ~1.4 times higher than that produced in E. coli.ConclusionsThese data demonstrate efficient production of 2H, 13C, 15N-enriched, Ile (δ1), Leu, Val methyl-protonated eukaryotic protein r27RCL with native disulfides using the E. coli BL21 trxB (DE3) system. For certain NMR studies, particularly efforts for resonance assignments, structural studies, and dynamic studies, E. coli provides a cost-effective system for producing isotope-enriched RCL. It should also be potential for producing other 2H, 13C, 15N-enriched, Ile (δ1), Leu, Val methyl-protonated eukaryotic proteins with native disulfide bonds.

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