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Saturation of the Secretory Pathway by Overexpression of a Hookworm (Necator americanus) Protein (Na-ASP1)
Abstract
Human hookworm infection is one of the most significant parasitic infections, and a leading global cause of anemia and malnutrition of adults and children in rural areas of the tropics and subtropics. Necator americanus secretory protein (Na-ASP1), which is a potential vaccine candidate against hookworm infections, has been expressed in Pichia pastoris. Na-ASP1 protein was expressed extracellulary by employing the leader sequence of the α-mating factor of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Most of the protein produced by single copy clones was secreted outside the cell. The Na-ASP1 steady state mRNA levels of the clones were correlated to their Na-ASP1 gene copy number. However, increasing gene copy number of Na-ASP1 protein in P. pastoris saturated secretory capacity and therefore, decreased the amount of secreted protein in clones harboring multiple copies of Na-ASP1 gene.
Affiliation(s): (2) Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
(3) Xoma Ltd., Berkeley, CA
(4) Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Book Title: Pichia Protocols
Series: Methods in Molecular Biology  |  Volume: 389  |  Pub. Date: Aug-08-2007  |  Page Range: 65-75  |  DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-456-8_5
Subject:  Biotechnology
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