title: Robotic large-scale application of wheat cell-free translation to structural studies including membrane proteins.
abstract: The use of the Protemist XE, an automated discontinuous-batch protein synthesis robot, in cell-free translation is reported. The soluble Galdieria sulphuraria protein DCN1 was obtained in greater than 2mg total synthesis yield per mL of reaction mixture from the Protemist XE, and the structure was subsequently solved by X-ray crystallography using material from one 10 mL synthesis (PDB ID: 3KEV). The Protemist XE was also capable of membrane protein translation. Thus human sigma-1 receptor was translated in the presence of unilamellar liposomes and bacteriorhodopsin was translated directly into detergent micelles in the presence of all-trans-retinal. The versatility, ease of use, and compact size of the Protemist XE robot demonstrate its suitability for large-scale synthesis of many classes of proteins.
authors.affiliation: Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 445 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Emily T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Beebe
authors.forename: Shin-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nozawa
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsubara
authors.forename: Ronnie O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Frederick
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Primm
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Goren
authors.forename: Brian G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D057205:Automation, Laboratory; D002474:Cell-Free System; D003902:Detergents / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008081:Liposomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D000461:Rhodophyta / Q000737:chemistry; D012371:Robotics; D014908:Triticum / Q000196:embryology*
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D008081:Liposomes; D008565:Membrane Proteins