A Modular Cloning Toolkit for the production of recombinant proteins in Leishmania tarentolae

Author:

Hieronimus Katrin,Donauer Tabea,Klein Jonas,Hinkel Bastian,Spänle Julia Vanessa,Probst Anna,Niemeyer Justus,Kibrom Salina,Kiefer Anna Maria,Schneider Luzia,Husemann Britta,Bischoff Eileen,Möhring Sophie,Bayer Nicolas,Klein Dorothée,Engels Adrian,Ziehmer Benjamin Gustav,Stieß Julian,Moroka Pavlo,Schroda Michael,Deponte Marcel

Abstract

Modular Cloning (MoClo) is based on libraries of standardized genetic parts that can be directionally assembled via Golden Gate cloning in one-pot reactions into transcription units and multigene constructs. Here, a team of bachelor students established a MoClo toolkit for the protist Leishmania tarentolae in the frame of the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. Our modular toolkit is based on a domesticated version of a commercial LEXSY expression vector and comprises 34 genetic parts encoding various affinity tags, targeting signals as well as fluorescent and luminescent proteins. We demonstrated the utility of our kit by the successful production of 16 different tagged versions of the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in L. tarentolae liquid cultures. While highest yields of secreted recombinant RBD were obtained for GST-tagged fusion proteins 48 h post induction, C-terminal peptide tags were often degraded and resulted in lower yields of secreted RBD. Fusing secreted RBD to a synthetic O-glycosylation SP20 module resulted in an apparent molecular mass shift around 10 kDa. No disadvantage regarding the production of RBD was detected when the three antibiotics of the LEXSY system were omitted during the 48-h induction phase. Furthermore, the successful purification of secreted RBD from the supernatant of L. tarentolae liquid cultures was demonstrated in pilot experiments. In summary, we established a MoClo toolkit and exemplified its application for the production of recombinant proteins in L. tarentolae.

Publisher

Shared Science Publishers OG

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