A Bacillus megaterium plasmid system for the production, export, and one-step purification of affinity-tagged heterologous levansucrase from growth medium

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Feb;72(2):1677-9. doi: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1677-1679.2006.

Abstract

A multiple vector system for the production and export of recombinant affinity-tagged proteins in Bacillus megaterium was developed. Up to 1 mg/liter of a His6-tagged or Strep-tagged Lactobacillus reuteri levansucrase was directed into the growth medium, using the B. megaterium esterase LipA signal peptide, and recovered by one-step affinity chromatography.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Affinity Labels
  • Bacillus megaterium / enzymology*
  • Bacillus megaterium / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Culture Media
  • Gene Expression
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Hexosyltransferases / biosynthesis*
  • Hexosyltransferases / genetics*
  • Hexosyltransferases / isolation & purification
  • Limosilactobacillus reuteri / enzymology
  • Limosilactobacillus reuteri / genetics
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • Protein Sorting Signals / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Affinity Labels
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Culture Media
  • LipA protein, Bacteria
  • Protein Sorting Signals
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Hexosyltransferases
  • levansucrase