APPLICATION OF MICROBIAL RECOMBINANT PROTEIN MF3 IN REFOLDING OF PLANT CHITINASE

Abstract

Expression of recombinant proteins is important for studying their biological function. Most often, the expression system of the E. coli is used for the primary description of protein properties. However, under overexpression conditions, the rate of aggregation of target proteins often exceeds the rate of proper folding, resulting in the formation of insoluble inclusion bodies. Inclusion bodies are a clear disadvantage of the E. coli expression system because they interfere with the release of target recombinant proteins. One solution to the existing problem is the use of chaperone-like proteins in vitro to refold the target protein. In this work, the recombinant protein MF3 was taken as an example of a chaperone-like protein, which increased the yield of soluble plant chitinase by 92% compared to the yield of this protein using the standard refolding procedure.