Part I: High-Throughput Cloning, Expression Screening, and Optimization
1. Recombinant Protein Expression in E. coli: A Historical Perspective
Opher Gileadi
2. N- and C-Terminal Truncations to Enhance Protein Solubility and Crystallization: Predicting Protein Domain Boundaries with Bioinformatics Tools
Christopher D.O. Cooper and Brian D. Marsden
3. Harnessing the Profinity eXactTM System for Expression and Purification of Heterologous Proteins in E. coli
Yoav Peleg, Vadivel Prabahar, Dominika Bednarczyk, and Tamar Unger
4. ESPRIT: A Method for Defining Soluble Expression Constructs in Poorly Understood Gene Sequences
Philippe J. Mas and Darren J. Hart
5. Optimizing Expression and Solubility of Proteins in E. coli Using Modified Media and Induction Parameters
Troy Taylor, John-Paul Denson, and Dominic Esposito
6. Optimization of Membrane Protein Production Using Titratable Strains of E. coli
Rosa Morra, Kate Young, David Casas-Mao, Neil Dixon, and Louise E. Bird
7. Optimizing E. coli-Based Membrane Protein Production Using Lemo21(DE3) or pReX and GFP-Fusions
Grietje Kuipers, Markus Peschke, Nurzian Bernsel Ismail, Anna Hjelm, Susan Schlegel, David Vikström, Joen Luirink, and Jan-Willem de Gier
8. High Yield of Recombinant Protein in Shaken E. coliCultures with Enzymatic Glucose Release Medium EnPresso B
Kaisa Ukkonen, Antje Neubauer, Vinit J. Pereira, and Antti Vasala
Part II: Protein Purification and Solubility Enhancement
9. A Generic Protocol for Purifying Disulphide-Bonded Domains and Random Protein Fragments Using Fusion Proteins with SUMO3 and Cleavage by SenP2 Protease
Hüseyin Besir
10. A Strategy for Production of Correctly Folded Disulfide-Rich Peptides in the Periplasm of E. coli
Natalie J. Saez, Ben Cristofori-Armstrong, Raveendra Anangi, and Glenn F. King
11. Split GFP Complementation as Reporter of Membrane Protein Expression and Stability in E. coli: A Tool to Engineer Stability in a LAT Transporter
Ekaitz Errasti-Murugarren, Arturo Rodríguez-Banqueri, and José Luis Vázquez-Ibar
12. Acting on Folding Effectors to Improve Recombinant Protein Yields and Functional Quality
Ario de Marco
13. Protein Folding Using a Vortex Fluidic Device
Joshua Britton, Joshua N. Smith, Colin L. Raston, and Gregory A. Weiss
14. Removal of Affinity Tags with TEV Protease
Sreejith Raran-Kurussi, Scott Cherry, Di Zhang, and David S. Waugh
Part III: Case Studies to Produce Challenging Proteins and Specific Protein Families
15. Generation of Recombinant N-Linked Glycoproteins in E. coli
Benjamin Strutton, Stephen R.P. Jaffé, Jagroop Pandhal, and Phillip C. Wright
16. Production of Protein Kinases in E. coli
Charlotte A. Dodson
17. Expression of Prokaryotic Integral Membrane Proteins in E. coli
James D. Love
18. Multiprotein Complex Production in E. coli: The SecYEG-SecDFYajC-YidC Holotranslocon
Imre Berger, Quiyang Jiang, Ryan J. Schulze, Ian Collinson, and Christiane Schaffitzel
19. Membrane Protein Production in E. coli Lysates in Presence of Pre-Assembled Nanodiscs
Ralf-Bernhardt Rues, Alexander Gräwe, Erik Henrich, and Frank Bernhard
20. Not Limited to E. coli: Versatile Expression Vectors for Mammalian Protein Expression
Katharina Karste, Maren Bleckmann, and Joop van den Heuvel
21. A Generic Protocol for Intracellular Expression of Recombinant Proteins in Bacillus subtilis
Trang Phan, Huynh Phương, Tuom Truong, and Hoang Nguyen
Part IV: Applications of E. coli Expression
22. In Vivo Biotinylation of Antigens in E. coli
Susanne Gräslund, Pavel Savitsky, and Susanne Müller-Knapp
23. Cold-Shock Expression System in E. coli for Protein NMR Studies
Toshihiko Sugiki, Toshimichi Fujiwara, and Chojiro Kojima
24. High-Throughput Production of Proteins in E. coli for Structural Studies
Charikleia Black, John J. Barker, Richard B. Hitchman, Hok Sau Kwong, Sam Festenstein, and Thomas B. Acton
25. Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Proteins
Rod Chalk
26. How to Determine Interdependencies of Glucose and Lactose Uptake Rates for Heterologous Protein Production with E. coli
David J. Wurm, Christoph Herwig, and Oliver Spadiut
27. Interfacing Biocompatible Reactions with Engineered Escherichia coli
Stephen Wallace and Emily P. Balskus
This detailed volume provides a toolbox for designing constructs, tackling expression and solubility issues, handling membrane proteins and protein complexes, and exploring innovative engineering of E. coli. The topics are largely grouped under four parts: high-throughput cloning, expression screening, and optimization of expression conditions, protein production and solubility enhancement, case studies to produce challenging proteins and specific protein families, as well as applications of E. coli expression. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and practical, Heterologous Gene Expression in E. coli: Methods and Protocols serves molecular biologists, biochemists and structural biologists, those in the beginning of their research careers to those in their prime, to give both an historical and modern overview of the methods available to express their genes of interest in this exceptional organism.