SPP System™ (Single Protein Production System)

Description:

Takara Bio, in collaboration with Dr. Masayori Inouye at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, USA, has developed a novel system for generating large amounts of highly pure, soluble protein. The SPP (Single Protein Production) System™ utilizes a modified version of Takara's existing cold shock expression vectors along with expression of the endoribonuclease mazF to achieve remarkable protein purity (up to 90% of newly-synthesized protein) and stable isotopic labeling of target proteins.

Principle of the SPP System™

The mazF protein is a sequence-specific endoribonuclease that specifically cleaves single stranded RNAs at ACA sequences. Expression of mazF virtually eliminates expression of most cellular mRNAs, while allowing synthesis of a target protein for up to 72 hours after induction. The SPP System™ consists of two co-expressed plasmids: an ACA-less pCold expression vector, for expression of an ACA-less version of the target gene; and a vector carrying the mazF gene, for inducible expression of the mazF protein. This system suppresses host protein expression more effectively than the pCold system alone, and results in higher purity and labeling efficiency for a wider variety of desired proteins. This allows for applications such as protein structural analysis by NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) or other technologies.