Abstract (EN):
The secretion capacity of two E. coli strains (JM109 and AF1000) was evaluated through the expression of two human proinsulin fusion proteins using the translocation signal sequence from Staphylococcal protein A (SpA). Although a 7 to 11-fold difference in the expression levels was attained by the use of different promoters (SpA and malK promoters) and copy-number vectors (700 and 50 copies per cell), the maximum translocation rates for all the systems were around 140,000 amino acids cell(-1) min(-1). Moreover, the secretion capacity was found to be independent of the size of the exiting peptide and its translational rate.
Language:
English
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific
No. of pages:
6