Abstract
Site-specific biotinylation of proteins is often the method of choice to enable efficient immobilization of a protein on a surface without interfering with protein folding. The tight interaction of biotin and streptavidin is frequently used to immobilize an antigen during phage display selections of binders. Here we describe a method of in vivo biotinylation of proteins during expression in E. coli, by tagging the protein with the short biotin acceptor peptide sequence, Avi tag, and co-expression of the E. coli biotin ligase (BirA) resulting in precise biotinylation of a specific lysine residue in the tag.
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The SGC is a registered charity (number 1097737) that receives funds from AbbVie, Bayer Pharma AG, Boehringer Ingelheim, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Eshelman Institute for Innovation, Genome Canada, Innovative Medicines Initiative (EU/EFPIA) [ULTRA-DD grant no. 115766], Janssen, Merck & Co., Novartis Pharma AG, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, Pfizer, São Paulo Research Foundation-FAPESP, Takeda, and Wellcome Trust [092809/Z/10/Z].
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Gräslund, S., Savitsky, P., Müller-Knapp, S. (2017). In Vivo Biotinylation of Antigens in E. coli . In: Burgess-Brown, N. (eds) Heterologous Gene Expression in E.coli. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1586. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6887-9_22
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