Table 1.

Detailed information on recombinant proteins examined in this study.

protein	predicted pI	molecular weight (kDa)	hydropathicity (GRAVY)	expression strain	yield (mg l−1)a
ELP[KEY4-n]
n = 24	6.38	15.5	−0.321	BL21(DE3)pLysS	62
n = 48	6.39	26.6	−0.209	Rosetta2(DE3)pLysS	358
n = 96	6.40	48.8	−0.140	BL21(DE3)	47
ELP[K2Y2V2-48]	10.11	25.5	0.095	BL21-CodonPlus-(DE3)-RIPL	71
ELP[K3Y3-48]	10.23	26.3	−0.295	BL21(DE3)pLysS	17

^aYield was calculated per litre of bacterial culture.