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Use of Human Serum Albumin Fusion Tags for Recombinant Protein Secretory Expression in the Methylotrophic Yeast Hansenula polymorpha

메탄올 자화효모 Hansenula polymorpha에서의 재조합 단백질 분비발현을 위한 인체 혈청 알부민 융합단편의 활용

  • Song, Ji-Hye (Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, KRIBB) ;
  • Hwang, Dong Hyeon (Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, KRIBB) ;
  • Oh, Doo-Byoung (Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, KRIBB) ;
  • Rhee, Sang Ki (Department of Medicinal Biotechnology, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
  • Kwon, Ohsuk (Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, KRIBB)
  • 송지혜 (한국생명공학연구원 바이오합성 연구센터) ;
  • 황동현 (한국생명공학연구원 바이오합성 연구센터) ;
  • 오두병 (한국생명공학연구원 바이오합성 연구센터) ;
  • 이상기 (순천향대학교 의약바이오학과) ;
  • 권오석 (한국생명공학연구원 바이오합성 연구센터)
  • Received : 2012.07.27
  • Accepted : 2012.11.13
  • Published : 2013.03.28
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Abstract

The thermotolerant methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha is an attractive model organism for various fundamental studies, such as the genetic control of enzymes involved in methanol metabolism, peroxisome biogenesis, nitrate assimilation, and resistance to heavy metals and oxidative stresses. In addition, H. polymorpha has been highlighted as a promising recombinant protein expression host, especially due to the availability of strong and tightly regulatable promoters. In this study, we investigated the possibility of employing human serum albumin (HSA) as the fusion tag for the secretory expression of heterologous proteins in H. polymorpha. A set of four expression cassettes, which contained the methanol oxidase (MOX) promoter, translational HSA fusion tag, and the terminator of MOX, were constructed. The expression cassettes were also designed to contain sequences for accessory elements including His8-tag, $2{\times}(Gly_4Ser_1)$ linkers, tobacco etch virus protease recognition sites (Tev), multi-cloning sites, and strep-tags. To determine the effects of the size of the HSA fusion tag on the secretory expression of the target protein, each cassette contained the HSA gene fragment truncated at a specific position based on its domain structure. By using the Green fluorescence protein gene as the reporter, the properties of each expression cassette were compared in various conditions. Our results suggest that the translational HSA fusion tag is an efficient tool for the secretory expression of recombinant proteins in H. polymorpha.

메탄올 자화효모 Hansenula polymorpha에서 분비 발현이 잘 된다고 보고된 인체 혈청 알부민(human serum albumin, HSA)을 융합단편으로 사용하여 외래 재조합 단백질을 효과적으로 분비 발현할 수 있는 발현시스템을 개발하고자 하였다. 이때 조작의 용이성 및 발현 효율 제고를 위하여 전장의 HSA 뿐만 아니라 세 종류의 각기 다른 크기의 HSA 단편을 설계하여 융합단편으로 사용하였다. 즉 HSA의 N-말단으로 부터 각기 137, 172, 320, 608개 아미노산을 갖는 융합단편 HSAft (1-4)를 제작하였다. 아울러 발현되는 HSA 단편의 검출 및 분리정제를 위한 His8-tag, HSA 융합단편과 외래 단백질간의 유연성을 부여하기 위한 2조의 $Gly_4Ser_1$ linker, 융합 발현된 타겟 단백질을 HSA 단편으로부터 용이하게 분리하기 위한 담배식각바이러스 단백질분해효소(tobacco etch virus protease, Tev) 인지 서열, 타겟 단백질 유전자를 클로닝하기 위한 멀티 클로닝 사이트(multiple cloning site, MCS)서열, 그리고 타겟 재조합 단백질의 발현 검출 및 정제를 위한 Strep-tag을 포함하는 작용기 도메인을 발현카세트 기본 골격에 포함시켰다. 이렇게 구축된 4종의 HSA 융합단편 분비발현 벡터를 H. polymorpha에 형질전환한 후 각 융합단편의 발현을 조사한 결과 HSAft 단편 3, 4의 발현을 확인할 수 있었다. 녹색형광단백질 유전자 ($GFP_{uv}$)를 상기 벡터에 클로닝한 후 H. polymorpha에 도입한 결과 형질 전환체 모두에서 녹색형광단백질의 발현을 관찰 할 수 있었다. 해당 세포로부터 분비되거나 세포내에 발현되는 HSA 단편 융합 형광단백질의 발현양을 비교한 결과 HSAft 단편 4에 융합된 경우를 제외하고 나머지 경우 모두에서 세포 파쇄액과 세포 배양액 양쪽에서 해당 HSA 단편 융합 형광단백질의 발현을 확인 할 수 있었다. 한편 HSA 융합단편의 크기에 따라 자체 혹은 타겟 단백질과 융합된 형태의 단백질 분비 발현 정도가 달라지는 것은 해당 단백질의 접힘이나 단백질 분해효소에 대한 민감성 등 여러 변수에 의한 것으로 사료되며 따라서 본 연구에서 개발한 H. polymorpha용 HSA 융합단편 분비발현 시스템은 특정 외래 재조합 단백질의 효율적인 분비발현 융합단편의 선별 및 과발현 시스템 구축에 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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