Chemically competent E. coli K12 cells suitable for T7 protein expression with enhanced capacity to correctly fold proteins with multiple disulfide bonds in the cytoplasm.
T7 expression
Engineered E. coli K12 to promote disulfide bond formation in the cytoplasm
Resistant to phage T1 (fhuA2)
Free of animal products
NEB does not add a dry ice surcharge to our competent cell shipments
Chemically competent E. coli K12 cells engineered to form proteins containing disulfide bonds in the cytoplasm. Suitable for T7 promoter driven protein expression.
Highlights
Engineered E. coli K12 to promote disulfide bond formation in the cytoplasm
Constitutively expresses a chromosomal copy of the disufide bond isomerase DsbC
DsbC promotes the correction of mis-oxidized proteins into their correct form (1,3)
The cytoplasmic DsbC is also a chaperone that can assist in the folding of proteins that do not require disulfide bonds (4)
Expresses a chromosomal copy of T7 RNAP
Tight control of expression by lacIq allows potentially toxic genes to be cloned
The following reagents are supplied with this product:
NEB #
Component Name
Component #
Stored at (°C)
Amount
Concentration
C3026J
-80
SHuffle® T7 Competent E. coli
C3026JVIAL
-80
12 x 0.05 ml
Not Applicable
Properties & Usage
Antibiotic for Plasmid Selection
Antibiotics for Plasmid Selection
Working Concentration
Ampicillin
100 µg/ml
Carbenicillin
100 µg/ml
Chloramphenicol
33 µg/ml
Kanamycin
30 µg/ml
Tetracycline
15 µg/ml
Shipping Notes
Ships on dry ice
Antibiotic Resistance
str
nit
spec
Advantages and Features
Features
T7 expression/K12 strain
Enhanced capacity to correctly fold proteins with multiple disulfide bonds in the cytoplasm
Application Features
Figure 1, vtPA activity assayed from crude lysates: Truncated tissue plasminogen activator (vtPA), which contains nine disulfide bonds when folded and oxidized correctly, was expressed from a pTrc99a plasmid in the cytoplasm of E. coli cells. After induction, cells were harvested and crude cell lysates were prepared. vtPA was assayed using a chromogenic substrate Chromozym t-PA (Roche #11093037001) and standardized to protein concentration using Bradford reagent. E. coli wt+ cells are DHB4, which is the parent of FÅ113 (Origami™).Figure 2, PfCHT1 chitinase activity assayed from crude lysates: Plasmodium falciparum chitinase (PfCHT1) with three cysteines were expressed from a plasmid under the regulation of T7 promoter. After induction, cells were harvested and crude cell lysates were prepared. PfCHT1 was assayed using a chromogenic substrate (CalBioChem #474550) and standardized to protein concentration using Bradford reagent.
STORAGE AND HANDLING: Competent cells should be stored at -80°C. Storage at -20°C will result in a significant decrease in transformation efficiency. Cells lose efficiency whenever they are warmed above -80°C, even if they do not thaw.
References
Bessette, P.H. et al. (1999). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 96, 13703-13708.
Qiu, J., Swartz, J.R. and Georgiou, G. (1998). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64, 4891-4896.
Levy, R. et al. (2001). Protein Expr. Purif. 23, 338-347.
Chen, J. et al. (1999). J. Biol. Chem. 274, 19601-19605.
Boyd, D. et al. (2000). J. Bacteriol. 182, 842-847.
de Marco, A. (2009). Microbial Cell Factories. 8, 26.
Anton, B.P., Fomenkov, A., Raleigh, E.A. and Berkmen, M. (2016) Complete Genome Sequence of the Engineered Escherichia coli SHuffle Strains and Their Wild-Type Parents Genome Announc; Mar 31;4(2), PubMedID: 27034504, DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00230-16.
Berkmen, M. (2012) Production of disulfide-bonded proteins in Escherichia coli Protein Expression and Purification; 240-251. PubMedID: 22085722
Ren, G., Ke, N. and Berkmen, M. (2016) Use of the Shuffle Strains in Production of Proteins. Curr Protoc Protein Sci; Aug 1, 1;85:5.26.1-5.26.21.. PubMedID: 27479507 , DOI: 10.1002/cpps.11.
Publications
Anton, B.P., Fomenkov, A., Raleigh, E.A. and Berkmen, M. (2016) Complete Genome Sequence of the Engineered Escherichia coli SHuffle Strains and Their Wild-Type Parents Genome Announc; Mar 31;4(2), PubMedID: 27034504, DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00230-16.
Ren, G., Ke, N. and Berkmen, M. (2016) Use of the Shuffle Strains in Production of Proteins. Curr Protoc Protein Sci; Aug 1, 1;85:5.26.1-5.26.21.. PubMedID: 27479507 , DOI: 10.1002/cpps.11.
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Transfer of the host cells that contain the cloned copy of the T7 gene 1 to third parties is explicitly prohibited. This limitation applies to E. coli ER2566, ER2833, ER3011, ER3012, ER3013 and ER3021, SHuffle T7, SHuffle T7 LysY, SHuffle T7 Express, SHuffle T7 Express LysY and their competent derivatives, C2566, C2833, C3010, C3013, C3016, C3022, C3026, C3027, C3029 and C3030 when provided separately or when provided in combination with appropriate vectors for said systems.
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