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      C3P3-G1: first generation of a eukaryotic artificial cytoplasmic expression system

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          Most eukaryotic expression systems make use of host-cell nuclear transcriptional and post-transcriptional machineries. Here, we present the first generation of the chimeric cytoplasmic capping- prone phage polymerase (C3P3-G1) expression system developed by biological engineering, which generates capped and polyadenylated transcripts in host-cell cytoplasm by means of two components. First, an artificial single-unit chimeric enzyme made by fusing an mRNA capping enzyme and a DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Second, specific DNA templates designed to operate with the C3P3-G1 enzyme, which encode for the transcripts and their artificial polyadenylation. This system, which can potentially be adapted to any in cellulo or in vivo eukaryotic expression applications, was optimized for transient expression in mammalian cells. C3P3-G1 shows promising results for protein production in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO-K1) cells. This work also provides avenues for enhancing the performances for next generation C3P3 systems.

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                Journal
                Nucleic Acids Res
                Nucleic Acids Res
                nar
                Nucleic Acids Research
                Oxford University Press
                0305-1048
                1362-4962
                18 March 2019
                06 February 2019
                06 February 2019
                : 47
                : 5
                : 2681-2698
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Eukarÿs SAS, Génopole Campus 3, 4 rue Pierre Fontaine, 91058 Evry Cedex, France
                [2 ]Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB) UMR 7257 CNRS/AMU, 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
                [3 ]Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
                [4 ]Sorbonne Université, CNRS-UMR8256, Biological Adaptation and Ageing, Institut de Biologie Paris Seine (B2A-IBPS), F-75252 Paris, France
                [5 ]Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, 6–142J Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy and Health Research, 114 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1, Canada
                [6 ]INSERM Unit 1016, Institut Cochin, Bâtiment Gustave Roussy, 27 rue du faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
                [7 ]Gastrointestinal and Metabolic Dysfunctions in Nutritional Pathologies, INSERM UMRS1149, 16 rue Henri Huchard, 75890 Paris Cedex 18, France
                Author notes
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                Author information
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6046-024X
                http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6366-8436
                Article
                gkz069
                10.1093/nar/gkz069
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                30726994
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                © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@ 123456oup.com

                History
                : 25 January 2019
                : 03 December 2018
                : 11 November 2018
                Page count
                Pages: 18
                Funding
                Funded by: Society for Anthropological Sciences 10.13039/100009459
                Categories
                Synthetic Biology and Bioengineering

                Genetics
                Genetics

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