Synthesis of proteins containing disulfide bonds with PDI and DsbC

Sumarry

We synthesized some model proteins, which have multiple disulfide bonds and show activity when a correct disulfide bond is formed. Some proteins could form a correct disulfide bond using GSSG (oxidizing agent) only. In most cases, isomerase, DsbC or PDI, is required for activity.

Materials and Methods

Cell-free Protein Synthesis kit PUREfrex® 2.1 (#PF213-0.25-EX)
Supplement DsbC Set (#PF005-0.5-EX)
PDI Set (#PF006-0.5-EX)
Incubation time 4 hours
Temperature 37 °C

* GSSG oxidizes PDI and has a role to move the whole reaction solution in the oxidation direction.
* Ero1α is an enzyme that specifically oxidizes PDI and does NOT move the whole reaction solution in the oxidation direction.

Results

Plasminogen activator

Organism Homo sapiens
Synthesized region 36Ser – 40Ile / 211Gly – 562Pro (+FLAG)
UniProt ID P00750
Length 368 a.a.
Molecular weight 41,072 Da
No. of disulfide bonds 9

Acetylcholinesterase

Organism Homo sapiens
Synthesized region 32Glu – 614Leu (+FLAG – His6)
UniProt ID P22303
Length 602 a.a.
Molecular weight 66,812 Da
No. of disulfide bonds 4 (intermolecular: 1)

Luciferase (Gaussia princeps)

Organism Gaussia princeps
Synthesized region 18Lys – 185Asp (+FLAG-His6)
UniProt ID Q9BLZ2
Length 187 a.a.
Molecular weight 20,407 Da
No. of disulfide bonds 5

Immunogloblin (Trastuzmab)

Organism humanized monoclonal antibody (IgG1 kappa)
Synthesized region Heavy chain (HC): 1Gln – 451Lys (+FLAG)
Light chain (LC): 1Asp – 214Cys
Length HC: 462 a.a. / LC: 215 a.a.
Molecular weight HC: 50,618 Da / LC: 23,573 Da
No. of disulfide bonds 16 (intermolecular: 4)

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