Part:BBa_K3185003

SPYCatcher

Usage and Biology

SpyCatcher is a protein that came from the CnaB2 domain of FbaB, Streptococcus pyogenes(SpyCatcher:BBa_K1159200). In a natural environment, CnaB2 domain is used for attaching to host cells. In a paper, it is partially changed and divided into two domains [1]. Nowadays, these two protein domains are known as SpyCatcher/SpyTag system because they bind irreversibly with a covalent bond.

In our experiment, we used the SpyCatcher/SpyTag system and designed only SpyCatcher part for assay(SpyCatcher:BBa_K1159200, SpyTag:BBa_K1159201). In addition, this has two tag or cleavage sites. First is 6×His-tag inserted in the N-terminus of SpyC for protein purification. Second is a TEV protease site because, in the paper, it was used for protein purification [2]. However, we didn’t use it in our experiment.

We put it between BamHI site and Ndel site on pET11-a. The expression plasmids were introduced into BL21(DE3) and expressed by T7 promoter/ T7 RNAP system. Ni-NTA agarose was used for the purification.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

Purification

Fig.1 SDS-PAGE of imidazole elutes, CBB stained.

Expression

• Cells were grown in 200ml LB media (100μg/ml Ampicillin) at 37^oC shaking at 140 rpm to an OD600 of 0.5, verifying via a spectrophotometer.

• Protein was expressed in 0.1mM IPTG for 2hours.

Purification

1. E.coli which expressed this part were lysed with sonification.
2. Proteins are purified from lysate with Ni-NTA agarose(QIAGEN).
3. Imidazole eluates were visualized and confirmed by SDS-PAGE followed by CBB staining.

This purification method works. As shown in Fig.1, the protein successfully purified.

Result

Fig.2 Plastic-binding protein binding to PET film
A 3µL of protein solution dropped on PET film, then left for 20min. Then the film was washed in TBST for 5min x3, then placed with Anti-His-tag-HRP conjugated for 1h. ECL substrate was added, then chemiluminescence was imaged by LAS-3000. The exposure time is 6min.

Fig.3 Isopeptide bond formation between Plastic binding proteins and Encapsulin.
3µL of SpyCatcher-Plastic-binding protein (SpyC-PBP) solution and 3µL of SpyTag inserted TmEncapsulin (SpyTmEnc) solution was mixed, then placed for 16h at room temperature. Then 6µL of 2x SDS sample buffer was added. 10µL of each sample was loaded. SDS-PAGE for 30min in 200V. The gel was CBB stained.

Fig.4 Quantification of conjugated band
Conjugated bands’ intensity was quantified with ImageJ. Orange dots show averages value of three experiments. Blacklines show standard deviations. The time point 60min was deleted because it includes negative value.

Fig.4 Quantification of conjugated band Conjugated bands’ intensity was quantified with ImageJ. Orange dots show averages value of three experiments. Blacklines show standard deviations. The time point 60min was deleted because it includes negative value.

References

1 Zakeri, B., Fierer, J.O., Celik, E., Chittock, E.C., Schwarz-Linek, U., Moy, V.T., and Howarth, M. (2012).
Peptide tag forming a rapid covalent bond to a protein, through engineering a bacterial adhesin.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. <i>109.

2 Veggiani, G., Nakamura, T., Brenner, M.D., Gayet, R. V., Yan, J., Robinson, C. V., and Howarth, M. (2016).
Programmable polyproteams built using twin peptide superglues.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A.
113, 1202–1207.