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MICROBIAL CELL FACTORIES
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-22
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- Polish Ministry of Science and a Higher Education [N401 2794 39]
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Background: In last decade spores have been successfully used as a surface display platform. Various peptides or proteins were displayed this way as functional enzymes or antigens. Nearly all attempts involved use of three coat proteins: CotB, CotC or CotG. Increasing knowledge of the structure of the spore coat allowed us to propose the use of other proteins whose localization in the spore envelope has been determined. We also propose the application of a new linker suitable for building fusion proteins. Results: We show that a member of the outer coat, CotZ, is a good candidate as a new anchor protein useful in spore surface display. This protein allows use of relatively large passenger proteins and their efficient display on the spore surface. Analysis by Western-and dot-blotting, combined with immunofluorescence microscopy, allowed us to estimate the number of displayed fusion proteins molecules as 1.4 x 10(2) per spore. In addition, we present data indicating that the use of a peptide linker, which forms a stable a-helix, may greatly improve the display of anchored proteins on the spore surface. Conclusion: CotZ can be used as an efficient anchor protein in the outer spore coat. Its localisation in the coat crust layer should guarantee surface display of passenger proteins. Moreover, a CotZ based fusion can tolerate relatively large passenger proteins for efficient spore surface display. In addition, to the properties of both the anchor and passenger proteins, an important issue is the nature of the linker. Here we present evidence that the linker, which forms a stable a-helix, may be crucial for successful display.
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