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Improving the Productivity of Recombinant Protein in Escherichia coli Under Thermal Stress by Coexpressing GroELS Chaperone System

  • Kim, So-Yeon (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and Institute for Environmental Technology and Industry, Pusan National University) ;
  • Ayyadurai, Niraikulam (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and Institute for Environmental Technology and Industry, Pusan National University) ;
  • Heo, Mi-Ae (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and Institute for Environmental Technology and Industry, Pusan National University) ;
  • Park, Sung-Hoon (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and Institute for Environmental Technology and Industry, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jeong, Yong-Joo (Division of Nano Science, Kook Min University) ;
  • Lee, Sun-Gu (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and Institute for Environmental Technology and Industry, Pusan National University)
  • Received : 2008.02.27
  • Accepted : 2008.06.15
  • Published : 2009.01.31
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Abstract

Here, we demonstrate that the overexpression of the GroELS chaperone system, which assists the folding of intracellular proteins and prevents aggregation of its biological targets, can enhance the thermotolerance of Escherichia coli strains and facilitate the production of recombinant protein under thermal stress. The overexpression of GroELS led to an about 2-fold higher growth rate of E. coli XL-1 blue than control at $45^{\circ}C$ and induced the growth of the strain even at $50^{\circ}C$, although the growth was not sustained in the second-round culture. The effect of GroELS overexpression was also effective on other E. coli strains such as JM109, $DH5{\alpha}$, and BL21. Finally, we have shown that coexpression of GroELS allows us to produce recombinant protein even at $50^{\circ}C$, a temperature at which the protein production based on E. coli is not efficient. This study indicates that the employment of the GroELS overexpression system can expand the range of environmental conditions for E. coli.

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