{"title":"Protein expression and refolding--a practical guide to getting the most out of inclusion bodies.","authors":"Lisa D Cabrita, Stephen P Bottomley","doi":"10.1016/S1387-2656(04)10002-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The release of sequence data, particularly from a number of medically and biotechnologically important genomes, is increasing in an exponential fashion. In light of this, elucidating the structure and function of proteins, particularly in a \"high throughput\" manner, is an important quest. The production of recombinant proteins however is not always straightforward, with a number of proteins falling prey to low expression problems, a high susceptibility to proteolysis and the often despised production of inclusion bodies. Whilst expression as inclusion bodies can often be advantageous, their solubilization and renaturation is often a time consuming and empirical process. In this review, we aim to outline some of the more common approaches that have been applied to a variety of proteins and address issues associated with their handling.</p>","PeriodicalId":79566,"journal":{"name":"Biotechnology annual review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1387-2656(04)10002-1","citationCount":"109","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biotechnology annual review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-2656(04)10002-1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The release of sequence data, particularly from a number of medically and biotechnologically important genomes, is increasing in an exponential fashion. In light of this, elucidating the structure and function of proteins, particularly in a "high throughput" manner, is an important quest. The production of recombinant proteins however is not always straightforward, with a number of proteins falling prey to low expression problems, a high susceptibility to proteolysis and the often despised production of inclusion bodies. Whilst expression as inclusion bodies can often be advantageous, their solubilization and renaturation is often a time consuming and empirical process. In this review, we aim to outline some of the more common approaches that have been applied to a variety of proteins and address issues associated with their handling.