Abstract:
:Codon-optimization refers to the alteration of gene sequences, to make codon usage match the available tRNA pool within the cell/species of interest. Codon-optimization has emerged as a powerful tool to increase protein expression by genes from small RNA and DNA viruses, which commonly contain overlapping reading frames as well as structural elements that are embedded within coding regions; these features are not widespread among large DNA viruses. We therefore examined whether codon-optimization might influence protein expression from a herpesvirus gene. We focused on the U51 gene from human herpesviruses-6 and -7, which was cloned in both native and codon-optimized form, with an N-terminal HA epitope tag to allow protein detection. Codon-optimization was associated with a profound (10-100 fold) increase in U51 expression in human (293A, HSG, K562) or hamster (CHO) cell lines, suggesting this may represent a valuable tool to facilitate functional studies on recalcitrant herpesvirus genes. Finally, it is postulated that the suboptimal expression of native U51 may reflect a regulatory mechanism that controls viral gene expression.
journal_name
J Virol Methodsjournal_title
Journal of virological methodsauthors
Bradel-Tretheway BG,Zhen Z,Dewhurst Sdoi
10.1016/s0166-0934(03)00173-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-08-01 00:00:00pages
145-56issue
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0166-0934issn
1879-0984pii
S0166093403001733journal_volume
111pub_type
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