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Table 2 Quantification of intein-mediated protein production

From: Formation of active inclusion bodies induced by hydrophobic self-assembling peptide GFIL8

Product protein (molecular weight)

Aggregatesa (μg/mg wet cell pellet)

Quantity of purified proteina (μg/mg wet cell pellet)

Specific activity (U/mg enzyme)

Cleavage efficiencyb (%)

Percent recoveryc (mass)

For GFIL8 fusion

 LipA (21 kDa)

27.1 ± 0.7

7.5 ± 0.7

34.6 ± 2.2

64.0 ± 2.7

58.6 ± 4.8

 AMA (49 kDa)

21.4 ± 1.8

3.0 ± 0.3

1656.5 ± 48.9

64.5 ± 2.7

20.6 ± 0.9

For GFIL16 fusion

 LipA

 

4.7 ± 0.4

33.8 ± 0.5

49.0 ± 4.3

 

 AMA

 

4.3 ± 0.7

1567.7 ± 43.3

41.1 ± 5.5

 
  1. aYield of protein from LB culture with wet cell weight of 2.66 ± 0.99 mg/ml.
  2. bCleavage efficiency was defined as the mass ratio of the amount of cleaved protein aggregate over that of the total aggregate before cleavage.
  3. cPercent recovery was defined as the mass ratio of the amount of actually obtained protein released into the soluble fraction after cleavage over the theoretical maximum yield from the respective protein aggregate, assuming complete cleavage and release.