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Extracellular Expression of Recombinant Kex2 Protease in Pichia pastoris BG10

Abstract

Kex2 is a ~67 kD protease in yeast and fungi that specifically digest at -Lys-Arg- or -Arg-Arg-. Because of the same cleaving site, Kex2 is the potential to be applied in protein engineering, for instance, for protein purification. In the recent study, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae KEX2 gene was designed and constructed using pD902 and then integrated with the genome of Pichia pastoris BG10. Under AOX1 promoter control, Kex2 was expressed with methanol induction and found in extracellular fractions. The recombinant Kex2 was successfully confirmed with a western blot using a monoclonal anti-His-tag antibody and LC/MS/MS.

Keywords:
Pichia pastoris Recombinant DNA Pichia Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yeast Protease Extracellular Monoclonal antibody Chemistry Western blot Biology Biochemistry Molecular biology Gene Antibody Enzyme Genetics

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