Abstract
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a useful eukaryotic expression system for mitochondrial membrane proteins due to its ease of growth and ability to provide a native membrane environment. The development of the pBEVY vector system has further increased the potential of S. cerevisiae as an expression system by creating a method for expressing multiple proteins simultaneously. This vector system is amenable to the expression and purification of multi-subunit protein complexes. Here we describe the cloning, yeast transformation, and co-expression of multi-subunit outer mitochondrial membrane complexes using the pBEVY vector system.
Keywords:
LiAc/SS transformation; Membrane protein complexes; Mitochondrial membrane protein; Multi-subunit expression; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; pBEVY.
Publication types
-
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
MeSH terms
-
Cell Fractionation / methods
-
Cloning, Molecular / methods*
-
Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
-
Genetic Vectors
-
Membrane Proteins* / chemistry
-
Membrane Proteins* / genetics
-
Membrane Proteins* / metabolism
-
Mitochondrial Membranes / chemistry
-
Mitochondrial Membranes / metabolism*
-
Mitochondrial Proteins / chemistry
-
Mitochondrial Proteins / genetics
-
Mitochondrial Proteins / isolation & purification
-
Mitochondrial Proteins / metabolism
-
Organisms, Genetically Modified
-
Protein Multimerization / genetics
-
Protein Processing, Post-Translational
-
Protein Subunits / chemistry
-
Protein Subunits / genetics
-
Protein Subunits / isolation & purification
-
Protein Subunits / metabolism
-
Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
-
Recombinant Proteins / genetics
-
Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins* / chemistry
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins* / genetics
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins* / metabolism
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae* / genetics
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae* / growth & development
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae* / metabolism
-
Transformation, Genetic
Substances
-
Membrane Proteins
-
Mitochondrial Proteins
-
Protein Subunits
-
Recombinant Proteins
-
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins