膜蛋白
膜蛋白在结构生物学领域面临着显著挑战,需要投入大量时间和金钱。然而,如果能迅速确定最适合的表达系统和纯化条件,并使用最少的资源获得膜蛋白,则可以大幅减少初始研究时间和财务负担,从而加速项目的早期阶段。
在佰翱得,我们开发了小规模工作流程,旨在促进膜蛋白的表达和纯化筛选。我们提供以下支持:快速克隆和小规模(每种条件3-5ml细胞培养)同时筛选构建体,使用多种表达系统,如大肠杆菌、酵母、昆虫或哺乳动物细胞培养。为加快筛选过程,我们采用常用的纯化标签(如His、FLAG、Twin-Strep、GST)和荧光报告蛋白(如eGFP、RFP、YFP、mStayGold),以快速识别最适合的表达和纯化条件。优化方案包括细胞培养时间、培养温度、溶剂成分、去垢剂选择、缓冲液pH值、盐浓度和其他添加剂等因素。
我们采用以下技术评估筛选过程的成功与否:荧光检测尺寸排阻色谱法(FSEC)、SDS-PAGE凝胶和Western Blot。针对膜蛋白极低表达水平的挑战,我们能够使用公司自售的抗eGFP纳米抗体填料,其具有高度特异性,可捕获eGFP标记的膜蛋白(解离常数Kd约为6 pM)。通过这种方法,我们已成功纯化了超过300种单独的膜蛋白,如G蛋白偶联受体(GPCR)、离子通道和转运蛋白。我们上线了很多膜蛋白进行售卖,有需要可以直接联系我们进行咨询。
Construct design
Gene/GFP
          
        Homolog screening;
Protein engineering;
Affnity tags & vectors;
N/C terminal truncation;
Loop deletion;
Mutagenesis;
Fusion partners (T4L,BRIL...);
Expression system
Insent cell/Mammalian
          
        
            Insect cell expression: System: Bac to Bac
            
            Cell: sf9, Sf21 & Hi5
          
            Mammalian cell expression:
            
            System: Transient Transfection; BacMam
            
            Cell: Expi293F, Expi293F GnTI-
          
Small scale expression test
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Fluorescence microscope
              
            Rapid expression screening
Sub-cellular localization in host cell
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Fluorescence size exclusion chromatography (FSEC)
              
            High-throughput screening monodisperisty for constructs and solubilization conditions
Estimation of MPs overexpression level
No need for purification
Less than 5 ml expression media
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Western Blot
              
            Confirm the expression of intact MPs
 
Large scale expression and purification
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Anti-eGFP nanobody-based affinity purification
              
            Catch the eGFP-tagged protein with high specificity
Higher purity than the TALON/Streptactin resin
Need to cleave the eGFP tag
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Purified membrane protein
              
            Downstream application:
Nanodisc reconstitution
SPR assay;
TRIC assay;
Activity determination;
Thermal shift assay
Structure determination; 
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GPCRs
              
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lon channels
              
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SLCs
              
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ABC transporters
              
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Other MPs
              
           
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A2AR-nanodisc
            
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ABC transporter X-SMALPs
            
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ABCB10-Salipro
            
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GlyRα3-amphipol
            
           
Quality control pipeline
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Negative staining EM
            
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LC-MS
            
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Mass Photometry
            
           
ATPase assay for ABC transporters
ADP-Glo™assay
          Phosphate detection assay
          ATPase assay using 1mM ATP and purified ABC transporter in detergents
Biophysical assay-thermal shift assay
nanoDSF assay
          CPM-based assay
          Thermal shift assav usina purified ABC transporter in deteraents
Biophysical assay-SPR
SPR assay for A2AR
          SPR assay for APJR
          Biophysical assay-TRIC
TRlC( T emperature R elated I ntensity C hange)assay
              
            Dianthus NT.23 Pico Duo
Compared to Traditional MST, TRIC:
Uses less protein
Allows more conditions (384wells)
Higher throughput
Done is as little as 30 min
Less background
        在佰翱得,我们还专注于膜蛋白的冷冻电镜(Cryo-EM)研究。我们的专业知识涵盖多种类型的膜蛋白结构研究,包括非活性态G蛋白偶联受体(GPCRs)、活性态GPCRs、离子通道、溶质载体蛋白(SLCs)和ATP结合盒(ABC)转运体。通过将我们在Cryo-EM领域的专业知识与其他生物化学和生物物理测定方法相结合,我们可以全面揭示膜蛋白的结构和功能。这些信息对于理解膜蛋白在细胞过程中的作用以及开发靶向治疗药物至关重要。