RNA‐dependent Chaperone (chaperna) as an Engineered Pro‐region for the Folding of Recombinant Microbial Transglutaminase

Publication Date

1-4-2019

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

College of Natual Science and Mathematics, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Keywords

Chaperna, Pro‐region, Protein folding, Transglutaminase

Abstract

Transglutaminase (TGase) induces the cross‐linking of proteins by catalyzing an acyl transfer reaction. TGase is a zymogen, activated by the removal of its pro‐region. Because the pro‐region is crucial for folding and inhibition of the TGase activity, the recombinant expression of the mature TGase (mTGase) without the pro‐region, usually results in inactive inclusion bodies or low protein yield. Here, Streptomyces netropsis TGase was fused with Escherichia coli lysyl‐tRNA synthetase (LysRS), as a module with chaperoning activity in an RNA dependent manner (chaperna). The TGase activity from purified fusion protein induced via the removal of LysRS by tev protease in vitro. Moreover, active mTGase was produced in E. coli via an intracellular cleavage system, wherein LysRS‐mTGase was cleaved by the coexpressed tev protease in vivo. The results suggest that LysRS essentially mimics pro‐region, which exerts a dual function—folding of TGase into active conformation and keeping it as dormant state—in an RNA‐dependent manner. Thus, trans‐acting RNAs, prompt the cis‐acting chaperone function of LysRS, while being mechanistically similar to the intramolecular chaperone function of the pro‐region. These results could be implemented and extended for the folding of “difficult‐to‐express” recombinant proteins, by harnessing the chaperna function.

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