Medium-throughput production of recombinant human proteins: ligation-independent cloning

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1091:55-72. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-691-7_4.

Abstract

Structural genomics groups have identified the need to generate multiple truncated versions of each target to improve their success in producing a well-expressed, soluble, and stable protein and one that crystallizes and diffracts to a sufficient resolution for structural determination. At the SGC, we opted for the Ligation-Independent Cloning (LIC) method which provides the medium throughput we desire to produce and screen many proteins in a parallel process. Here, we describe our LIC protocol for generating constructs in a 96-well format and provide a choice of vectors suitable for expressing proteins in both E. coli and the baculovirus expression vector system (BEVS).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cloning, Molecular / methods*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Genetic Vectors / genetics
  • Humans
  • Proteins / genetics*
  • Proteins / metabolism*
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics*
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Transformation, Bacterial

Substances

  • Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins