Critical Factors Affecting the Success of Cloning, Expression, and Mass Production of Enzymes by Recombinant E. Coli

Overview

Journal ISRN Biotechnol

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2015 May 14

PMID 25969776

Citations 27

Authors

Md Fakruddin

Reaz Mohammad Mazumdar

Khanjada Shahnewaj Bin Mannan

Abhijit Chowdhury

Md Nur Hossain

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Abstract

E. coli is the most frequently used host for production of enzymes and other proteins by recombinant DNA technology. E. coli is preferable for its relative simplicity, inexpensive and fast high-density cultivation, well-known genetics, and large number of compatible molecular tools available. Despite all these advantages, expression and production of recombinant enzymes are not always successful and often result in insoluble and nonfunctional proteins. There are many factors that affect the success of cloning, expression, and mass production of enzymes by recombinant E. coli. In this paper, these critical factors and approaches to overcome these obstacles are summarized focusing controlled expression of target protein/enzyme in an unmodified form at industrial level.

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