Pichia Protocols

by James M. Cregg (Editor)

Overview

Pichia Prools focuses on recent developments of Pichia pastoris as a recombinant protein production system. Highlighted topics include a discussion on the use of fermentors to grow Pichia pastoris, information on the O- and N-linked glycosylation, methods for labeling Pichia pastoris expressed proteins for structural studies, and the introduction of mutations in Pichia pastoris genes by the methods of restriction enzyme-mediated integration (REMI).

This volume fully updates and expands upon the first edition of Pichia Prools, and focuses primarily on information that has come to light since its original publication. Each chapter presents cutting-edge and cornerstone prools for utilizing P. pastoris as a model recomibinant protein production system.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617375637
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	11/19/2010
Series:	Methods in Molecular Biology , #389
Edition description:	Second Edition 2007
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

Vectors and Strains for Expression.- DNA-Mediated Transformation.- Rational Design and Optimization of Fed-Batch and Continuous Fermentations.- Saturation of the Secretory Pathway by Overexpression of a Hookworm (Necator americanus) Protein (Na-ASP1).- Purification of the N- and C-Terminal Subdomains of Recombinant Heavy Chain Fragment C of Botulinum Neurotoxin Serotype C.- Rapid Screening of Chromatography Resins for the Purification of Proteins.- Characterization of O-Linked Saccharides on Glycoproteins.- Modification of the N-Glycosylation Pathway to Produce Homogeneous, Human-Like Glycans Using GlycoSwitch Plasmids.- N-Linked Glycan Characterization of Heterologous Proteins.- Heavy Labeling of Recombinant Proteins.- Selenomethionine Labeling of Recombinant Proteins.- Selective Isotopic Labeling of Recombinant Proteins Using Amino Acid Auxotroph Strains.- Classical Genetics.- Identification of Pexophagy Genes by Restriction Enzyme-Mediated Integration.- Characterization of Protein-Protein Interactions.- Localization of Proteins and Organelles Using Fluorescence Microscopy.- Fluorescence Microscopy and Thin-Section Electron Microscopy.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

"P. pastoris has many superior traits. … can grow to very high cell densities prior to switching on an inducible promoter (the AOX1 gene) for maximal recombinant protein production. The diversity of such proteins produced by expression strains of P. pastoris is quite amazing and this book describes detailed experimental prools for a few of them (e.g. hookworm protein, botulinum toxin). … This is a stand-alone book … . a book that will prove valuable to yeast molecular geneticists and biotechnologists." (Graeme Walker, Microbiology Today, May, 2008)

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