Abstract
Recent technical advances in cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) offer several advantages over cell-based expression systems, including the application of cellular machinery, such as transcription and translation, in the test tube. Inspired by the advantages of CFPS, we have fabricated a multimeric genomic DNA hydrogel (mGD-gel) via rolling circle chain amplification (RCCA) using dual single-stranded circular plasmids with multiple primers. The mGD-gel exhibited significantly enhanced protein yield. In addition, mGD-gel can be reused at least five times, and the shape of the mGD-gel can be easily manipulated without losing the feasibility of protein expression. The mGD-gel platform based on the self-assembly of multimeric genomic DNA strands (mGD strands) has the potential to be used in CFPS systems for a variety of biotechnological applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 107089 |
| Journal | iScience |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 21 Jul 2023 |
Keywords
- Biotechnology
- Molecular self-assembly
- Scaffolds in supramolecular chemistry