title: Practical recombinant hybrid mussel bioadhesive fp-151.
abstract: Mussel adhesive proteins (MAPs) have received increased attention as potential environmentally friendly adhesives under aqueous conditions and in medicine. However, attempts to produce functional recombinant MAPs (mainly foot protein type 1, fp-1) by several expression systems have failed. Even though we previously reported a functional expression of recombinant foot protein type 5 (fp-5) with significant adhesive ability in Escherichia coli, its practical use was limited by several problems such as low production yield, low purification yield, and high levels of post-purification insolubility. Here, to overcome these limitations, we designed and constructed the novel type of hybrid mussel bioadhesive fp-151, a fusion protein comprising six fp-1 decapeptide repeats at each fp-5 terminus. Using micro- and bulk-scale characterization and mammalian cell-adhesion analyses, we demonstrate that fp-151 has the potential to be a practical bioadhesive with strong adhesive ability, a simple purification process ( approximately 1g-purified protein per 1l-pilot-scale fed-batch bioreactor culture), proper manipulation properties ( approximately 330g/l solubility), and high biocompatibility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Soo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Youngsoo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gim
authors.forename: Hyo Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Hyung Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D049872:Bivalvia; D015153:Blotting, Western; D016466:CHO Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D017931:DNA Primers; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011506:Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014014:Tissue Adhesives
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D011506:Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014014:Tissue Adhesives; C037403:adhesive protein, mussel