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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-28
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Expression of single-chain antibody fragments (scFvs) in the plant cytosol is often cumbersome. It was unexpectedly shown that addition at the C-terminus of the ER retention signal KDEL resulted in significantly improved expression levels. In this report the cytosolic location of the scFv-CK was confirmed, excluding possible mistranslocation to other subcellular compartments. It was shown that expression of several other scFvs was also improved in tobacco protoplasts. In addition expression was improved in transgenic potato. Changing from KDEL to KDEI did not affect the enhanced protein expression level. Addition of the KDEL motif is a simple and straightforward tool to stabilize in planta cytosolic expression of many scFvs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
415
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
235-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Hybridomas, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Immunoglobulin Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Immunoglobulin Variable Region, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Plants, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Plants, Toxic, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Protein Sorting Signals, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Protoplasts, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Solanum tuberosum, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Tobacco, pubmed-meshheading:9351003-Transformation, Genetic
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Improving scFv antibody expression levels in the plant cytosol.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nematology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. sander.schouten@medew.nema.wau.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't