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. 2010 Mar 19;9:18. doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-9-18

Table 1.

Summary of reported yields obtained with the λpL/pR/cI857 thermoinduced expression system.

Protein Plasmid Culture conditions; induction strategy Production System Ref.
Recombinant protein localized in cytoplasm

UVRA pGHY5003 BC; 30 to 42°C 7% TCP λpl, cI857 [44]
IFN-β pPLc245-HFIF25 BC; 28 to 42°C 4% TCP λpL/cI857 [61]
GXP pHEGPT BC, SF; 30 to 42°C 5% TCP λpL/cI857 [58]
IHF α, β pPlhima-1, pPLhipohim A-s BC; 31 to 42°C 3 mg/L λpL/cI857 [169]
rpGH p-LARpGH BC, SF; 30 to 42°C (3-4 h), temp reached in 5-8 min 15% TCP λpL/lcI857 [170]
rpGH p-LARpGH FB; 30 to 42°C 20% TCP λpL/lcI857 [170]
β-gal pJLACZ CC; 28 to 40°C 3,037 U/ml/OD λpL cI857 [16]
β-gal pJLACZ CC; 28 to 42°C 7,327 U/ml/OD λpL cI857 [16]
SpA-β-gal BC; 30 to 40°C 6.2 g/L λpR [65]
SpA-β-gal FB; 30 to 40°C 19.2 g/L λpR [65]
β-gal pACYC177; pRSET-
lacZ
BC, SF; 30 to 42°C (2 min), reducing to 37°C 23500 U λpL/cI857 [171]
β-gal pACYC177; pRSET-
lacZ
BC, SF- FB; 30 to 42°C (2 min), reducing to 37°C 23000 U λpL/cI857 [171]
β-gal pACYC177; pRSET-
lacZ
FB; 30 to 42°C (2 min), reducing to 37°C 285000 U
(0.95 g/L)
λpL/cI857 [171]
Carbamoylase pTAH10;
pT-GroE
BC, SF; 30 to 39°C reached abruptly (10 to 20 min), decrease to 37°C 7 U
(0.14 U/mL)
λpLpR, cI857-T7 RNA pol [67]
Carbamoylase pTAH10;
pT-GroE
BC; 30-39°C (10 to 20 min), decrease to 37°C 1830 U
(1.2 U/mL)
λpLpR, cI857-T7 RNA pol [67]
Carbamoylase pTAH10;
pT-GroE
FB; 30 to 39°C (10 min), decrease to 37°C 14256 U
(5.8 U/mL)
λpLpR, cI857-T7 RNA pol [67]
TNF-α pCY-TNF BC, SF; 30 to 42°C 12% soluble TCP λpRpL
cI 857
[10]
TNF-α pCY-TNF BC, 30 to 42°C (6 h) 11% soluble TCP λpRPL
cI 857
[10]
TRAIL pBV-Trail FB; 30 to 42°C (4 h) 1.4 g/L Temperature inducible [172]
GFP pND-GFP BC; 30 to 42°C (1 h),
reducing to 30°C
30 mg/L λpL/cI857 [137]
GFP pND-GFP BC; 37 to 42°C (1 h),
reducing to 37°C
50 mg/L λpL/cI857 [137]
GFP pND-GFP BC, SF; 37 to 42°C (1 h),
reducing to 37°C
7 mg/L λpL/cI857 [137]
GFP pND-GFP BC, SF; 37 to 42°C (1 h), reduction to 37°C (1 h), increasing to 42°C (1 h), reducing to 37°C 68 mg/L λpL/cI857 [137]
GFP pND-GFP BC, SF; 30 to 42°C (1 h), reduction to 30°C (1 h),
increase to 42°C (1 h),
decrease to 30°C
45 mg/L λpL/cI857 [137]
GFP pND-GFP FB; 30 to 42°C (30 min), decrease to 30°C,
increase to 42°C (30 min), decrease to 30°C
273 mg/L λpL/cI857 [137]

IB localized in cytoplasm

IFN-γ pPL-l BC, SF; 28°C-42°C 0.3 g/L λpL/cI857 [52]
IFN-γ pPL-l FB; 28 to 42°C 7.43 g/L λpL/cI857 [52]
Insulin A- chain-Mut3sY PMYW-A BC, SF: BL21; 30 to 42°C 30% TCP λpl/cI857 [53]
Insulin A- chain-Mut3sY PMYW-A FB, HCDC; 30 to 42°C 13% TCP λpl, lcI857 [53]
Insulin B- chain- Mut3sY PMYW-B FB, HCDC; 30 to 42°C 18% TCP
(4.6 g/L)
λpl, lcI857 [53]
IFN-α pMYW-a FB; 30 to 42°C 4 g/L λpl, lcI857 [7]
rhBMP-2 pCYTEXP3-BMP-2 BC, SF 30 to 42°C 25% TCP λpL, cI857 [94]
rhBMP-2 pCYTEXP3-BMP-2 FB; 30 to 42°C 20% TCP
(8.5 g/L)
λpL, cI857 [94]
hFGF-2 plFGFB FB; 30 to 42°C (6-8 h) 5-6 g/L λpRPL cI857 [95]
hGH pET21-hgh FB (complex media);
30 to 42°C (30 min),
reduction to 37°C (4 h)
11% TCP
(2.0 g/L)
pET21-hgh; pGP1-2 gene 1 of T7 under λpL [54]
hGH pET21-hgh FB (glycerol);
30 to 42°C (30 min),
reduction to 37°C (4 h)
15% TCP
(2.7 g/L)
pET21-hgh; pGP1-2 gene 1 of T7 under λpL [54]
IFN-α 2b pRSET-INFα 2b; pGP1-2 BC, SF; 30 to 42°C
(5, 10 and 15 min)
650 mg/L λPL, T7 RNA pol, cI857 [55]
His-tag-hPPI λ-PL-cI857 pUC FB; 30 to 42°C
heat rate 0.4°C/min
3.3 g/L λpL/cI857 [15]
His-tag- hPPI λ-PL-cI857 pUC FB; 30 to 42°C
heat rate 0.8°C/min
2.2 g/L λpL/cI857 [15]
His tag- hPPI λ-PL-cI857 pUC FB; 30 to 42°C
heat rate 1.7°C/min
1.8 g/L λpL/cI857 [15]
His tag- hPPI λ-PL-cI857 pUC FB; 30 to 42°C
heat rate 6°C/min
1.9 g/L λpL/cI857 [15]

Recombinant protein localized in cytoplasm and supernatant

TK pHETK2 BC, SF; 30°C to 42°C (16 h) 4% soluble TCP λpL/cI857 [50]
TK pHETK2 BC, SF; 30°C to 42°C (16 h) 4% soluble TCP λpL/cI857 [50]
β-gal pRA-A1Its-187Z BC, SF; 30 to 40°C (5 h) 30% TCP
(2.0 g/L)
λpR, cI857, PA1 [66]
β-gal pRA-A1Its-187Z BC; 30 to 40°C 22% TCP
(2.0 g/L)
λpR, cI857, PA1 [66]
scFv pCMT2b-scFv;pRcd1 BC, SF; 30°C to 42°C (7 h) 37 mg/L λpL/cI857; Rcd lPR [173]
scFv pCMT2b-scFv;pRcd1 FB; 30 to 42°C (8 h) 160 mg/L λpL/cI857; Rcd IPR [173]

Recombinant protein localized in supernatant

Glucagon-SEAP pBLGlu-2 BC, SF; 30 to 40°C 3.4 mg/L/OD600 λpL/cI857 [174]

Recombinant protein localized in periplasm

hGH-fusion to DsbA DsbA-hGH BC, SF; 30 to 42°C 19% λpL/cI857 [125]
hGH lPL-DsbA-hGH/pRK248cIts FB; 30 to 42°C
heat rate 6°C/min
95 mg/L λpL -cI857 [142]

UVRA: UV resistant-isoform A; IHF: Integration host factor; IFN: interferon; GXP: Guanine-xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase; rpGH: recombinant porcine growth hormone; β-gal: β-galactosidase; SpA: staphylococcal protein; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; TRAIL: TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand; GFP: green fluorescent protein; Mut3sY: Shorter version of INF-g gene; rhBMP-2: recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2; hFGF-2: human fibroblast growth factor 2; hGH: human growth hormone; scFv: single chain variable fragment; hPPI: Human pre-proinsulin; TK: Thymidine kinase; SEAP alkaline phosphatase; λPL: bacteriophage lambda; IB: Inclusion bodies; TCP: total cell protein; SF: shake flasks; HCDC: high cell density cultures; BC: Batch culture; FB: Fed-batch culture; CC: Continuous culture.