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    Expression platforms for producing eukaryotic proteins: a comparison ofﾠE. coliﾠcell-based and wheat germ cell-free synthesis, affinity and solubility tags, and cloning strategies
    (Springer, 2015) Aceti, David J.; Bingman, Craig A.; Wrobel, Russell L.; Frederick, Ronnie O.; Makino, Shin-ichi; Nichols, Karl W.; Sahu, Sarata C.; Bergeman, Lai F.; Blommel, Paul G.; Cornilescu, Claudia C.; Gromek, Katarzyna A.; Seder, Kory D.; Hwang, Soyoon; Primm, John G.; Sabat, Grzegorz; Vojtik, Frank C.; Volkman, Brian F.; Zolnai, Zsolt; Phillips, George N.Jr.; Markley, John L.; Fox, Brian G.
    Vectors designed for protein production in Escherichia coli and by wheat germ cell-free translation were tested using 21 well-characterized eukaryotic proteins chosen to serve as controls within the context of a structural genomics pipeline. The controls were carried through cloning, small-scale expression trials, large-scale growth or synthesis, and purification. Successfully purified proteins were also subjected to either crystallization trials or (1)H-(15)N HSQC NMR analyses. Experiments evaluated: (1) the relative efficacy of restriction/ligation and recombinational cloning systems; (2) the value of maltose-binding protein (MBP) as a solubility enhancement tag; (3) the consequences of in vivo proteolysis of the MBP fusion as an alternative to post-purification proteolysis; (4) the effect of the level of LacI repressor on the yields of protein obtained from E. coli using autoinduction; (5) the consequences of removing the His tag from proteins produced by the cell-free system; and (6) the comparative performance of E. coli cells or wheat germ cell-free translation. Optimal promoter/repressor and fusion tag configurations for each expression system are discussed.