Comparison of secretory signal peptides for heterologous protein expression in microalgae: Expanding the secretion portfolio for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Abstract
Efficient protein secretion is a desirable trait for any recombinant protein expression system, together with simple, low-cost, and defined media, such as the typical media used for photosynthetic cultures of microalgae. However, low titers of secreted heterologous proteins are usually obtained, even with the most extensively studied microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, preventing their industrial application. In this study, we aimed to expand and evaluate secretory signal peptides (SP) for heterologous protein secretion in C. reinhardtii by comparing previously described SP with untested sequences. We compared the SPs from arylsulfatase 1 and carbonic anhydrase 1, with those of untried SPs from binding protein 1, an ice-binding protein, and six sequences identified in silico. We identified over 2000 unique SPs using the SignalP 4.0 software. mCherry fluorescence was used to compare the protein secretion of up to 96 colonies for each construct, non-secretion construct, and parental wild-type cc1690 cells. Supernatant fluorescence varied according to the SP used, with a 10-fold difference observed between the highest and lowest secretors. Moreover, two SPs identified in silico secreted the highest amount of mCherry. Our results demonstrate that the SP should be carefully selected and that efficient sequences can be coded in the C. reinhardtii genome. Themore »
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- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
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- USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1419702
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- OSTI ID: 1499893; OSTI ID: 1822267
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- EE0003373; EE0008246
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- PLoS ONE
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- Journal Name: PLoS ONE Journal Volume: 13 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-6203
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- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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- United States
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- English
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- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 09 BIOMASS FUELS
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Molino, João Vitor Dutra, de Carvalho, João Carlos Monteiro, Mayfield, Stephen Patrick, and Min, ed., Xiang Jia. Comparison of secretory signal peptides for heterologous protein expression in microalgae: Expanding the secretion portfolio for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0192433.
Molino, João Vitor Dutra, de Carvalho, João Carlos Monteiro, Mayfield, Stephen Patrick, & Min, ed., Xiang Jia. Comparison of secretory signal peptides for heterologous protein expression in microalgae: Expanding the secretion portfolio for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192433
Molino, João Vitor Dutra, de Carvalho, João Carlos Monteiro, Mayfield, Stephen Patrick, and Min, ed., Xiang Jia. Tue .
"Comparison of secretory signal peptides for heterologous protein expression in microalgae: Expanding the secretion portfolio for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii". United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192433.
@article{osti_1419702,
title = {Comparison of secretory signal peptides for heterologous protein expression in microalgae: Expanding the secretion portfolio for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii},
author = {Molino, João Vitor Dutra and de Carvalho, João Carlos Monteiro and Mayfield, Stephen Patrick and Min, ed., Xiang Jia},
abstractNote = {Efficient protein secretion is a desirable trait for any recombinant protein expression system, together with simple, low-cost, and defined media, such as the typical media used for photosynthetic cultures of microalgae. However, low titers of secreted heterologous proteins are usually obtained, even with the most extensively studied microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, preventing their industrial application. In this study, we aimed to expand and evaluate secretory signal peptides (SP) for heterologous protein secretion in C. reinhardtii by comparing previously described SP with untested sequences. We compared the SPs from arylsulfatase 1 and carbonic anhydrase 1, with those of untried SPs from binding protein 1, an ice-binding protein, and six sequences identified in silico. We identified over 2000 unique SPs using the SignalP 4.0 software. mCherry fluorescence was used to compare the protein secretion of up to 96 colonies for each construct, non-secretion construct, and parental wild-type cc1690 cells. Supernatant fluorescence varied according to the SP used, with a 10-fold difference observed between the highest and lowest secretors. Moreover, two SPs identified in silico secreted the highest amount of mCherry. Our results demonstrate that the SP should be carefully selected and that efficient sequences can be coded in the C. reinhardtii genome. The SPs described here expand the portfolio available for research on heterologous protein secretion and for biomanufacturing applications.},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0192433},
journal = {PLoS ONE},
number = 2,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Tue Feb 06 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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