Screening for glycosylphosphatidylinositol-modified cell wall proteins in Pichia pastoris and their recombinant expression on the cell surface

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2013 Sep;79(18):5519-26. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00824-13. Epub 2013 Jul 8.

Abstract

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored glycoproteins have various intrinsic functions in yeasts and different uses in vitro. In the present study, the genome of Pichia pastoris GS115 was screened for potential GPI-modified cell wall proteins. Fifty putative GPI-anchored proteins were selected on the basis of (i) the presence of a C-terminal GPI attachment signal sequence, (ii) the presence of an N-terminal signal sequence for secretion, and (iii) the absence of transmembrane domains in mature protein. The predicted GPI-anchored proteins were fused to an alpha-factor secretion signal as a substitute for their own N-terminal signal peptides and tagged with the chimeric reporters FLAG tag and mature Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB). The expression of fusion proteins on the cell surface of P. pastoris GS115 was determined by whole-cell flow cytometry and immunoblotting analysis of the cell wall extracts obtained by β-1,3-glucanase digestion. CALB displayed on the cell surface of P. pastoris GS115 with the predicted GPI-anchored proteins was examined on the basis of potential hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl butyrate. Finally, 13 proteins were confirmed to be GPI-modified cell wall proteins in P. pastoris GS115, which can be used to display heterologous proteins on the yeast cell surface.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Butyrates / metabolism
  • Candida / enzymology
  • Candida / genetics
  • Cell Surface Display Techniques
  • Cell Wall / chemistry*
  • Fungal Proteins / chemistry
  • Fungal Proteins / genetics
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism
  • Gene Expression
  • Genome, Fungal
  • Glycoproteins / chemistry*
  • Glycoproteins / genetics
  • Glycoproteins / metabolism*
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / analysis*
  • Lipase / genetics
  • Lipase / metabolism
  • Pichia / chemistry*
  • Pichia / genetics
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Butyrates
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Glycoproteins
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositols
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • 4-nitrophenyl butyrate
  • Lipase
  • lipase B, Candida antarctica