Co-Expression of GroEL/ES Enhances the Expression of Plant Catalase in Bacterial Cytosol

Title: Co-Expression of GroEL/ES Enhances the Expression of Plant Catalase in Bacterial Cytosol

Volume: 15 Issue: 10

Author(s): Prosenjit Mondal, Mamata Ray, Sushmita Sahu and Surendra Chandra Sabat

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Keywords: GroEL/ES, Soluble expression, western blotting, normal and variant rice catalase-B, Plant protein, Heterologous expression

Abstract: Expression of plant proteins in E. coli is frequently unsuccessful, but soluble and functional rice catalase-B can be produced in E. coli when it is co-expressed with the chaperone GroEL/ES. The rice catalase exhibited properties typical for a catalase including the decomposition of H2O2 and inhibition by aminotriazole, a specific inhibitor for plant and animal catalases. This achievement records for first time the successful expression of a both native and variant rice plant catalase in bacterial cytosol suggesting that it may be an option to be considered for the expression of other plant proteins in E. coli.

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Mondal Prosenjit, Ray Mamata, Sahu Sushmita and Sabat Chandra Surendra, Co-Expression of GroEL/ES Enhances the Expression of Plant Catalase in Bacterial Cytosol, Protein & Peptide Letters 2008; 15 (10) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986608786071058