Proteome Analysis of Overproduction of Recombinant Protein in Escherichia coli by Fed-Batch Fermentations

Proteomics is a formalized approach for obtaining a rapid snap-shot of the protein complement of a tissue, cell or cell component. Such an approach is powerful in that it allows a parallel assessment of temporal protein fluxes. This is an important concept in view of the dynamic nature of protein expression. Undoubtedly, changes in protein expression are essential in any study aimed at investigating cellular networks. In this study, we analyzed and compared the proteomes of recombinant E. coli strain before and after induction. Proteome expression patterns of recombinant E. coli were resolved on 2D-gels, and the variations in the relative expression level of particular proteins were examined using software-aided protein quantification tool. We observed above 800 spots on a 2D-gel using Melanie II software. Many proteins which involved in chaperones were significantly up-regulated in recombinant E. coli. Therefore, it could be concluded that the expression of recombinant protein in E. coli acted as a stress to the cells, which change cells ability to synthesize proteins and induced the expression of various protective proteins.