title: Production of cholera toxin B subunit in Lactobacillus.
abstract: The intracellular expression of the B subunit of cholera toxin (CTB) was first achieved in Lactobacillus paracasei LbTGS1.4 with an expression cassette including the P25 promoter of Streptococcus thermophilus combined with the translation initiation region from the strongly expressed L. pentosus D-lactate dehydrogenase gene (ldhD). Secretion of CTB was next attempted in L. paracasei LbTGS1.4 and L. plantarum NCIMB8826 with four different signal sequences from exported proteins of lactic acid bacteria (Lactococcus lactis Usp45 and PrtP, Enterococcus faecalis unknown protein and S. pyogenes M6 protein). Host-dependent secretion of CTB was clearly observed: whereas none of the secretion cassettes led to detectable CTB in the extracellular fraction of L. paracasei LbTGS1.4, secretion of CTB molecules was clearly achieved with three of the selected signal sequences in L. plantarum NCIMB8826.
authors.affiliation: Transgène S.A., Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Slos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dutot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reymund
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kleinpeter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prozzi
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kieny
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delcour
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mercenier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hols
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside / Q000378:metabolism; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D007778:Lactobacillus; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005677:G(M1) Ganglioside; D002772:Cholera Toxin