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Cell‐Free Protein Synthesis: Pros and Cons of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Systems

2015; Wiley; Volume: 16; Issue: 17 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/cbic.201500340

1439-7633

Anne Zemella, Lena Thoring, Christian Hoffmeister, Stefan Kubick,

Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects

Abstract From its start as a small‐scale in vitro system to study fundamental translation processes, cell‐free protein synthesis quickly rose to become a potent platform for the high‐yield production of proteins. In contrast to classical in vivo protein expression, cell‐free systems do not need time‐consuming cloning steps, and the open nature provides easy manipulation of reaction conditions as well as high‐throughput potential. Especially for the synthesis of difficult to express proteins, such as toxic and transmembrane proteins, cell‐free systems are of enormous interest. The modification of the genetic code to incorporate non‐canonical amino acids into the target protein in particular provides enormous potential in biotechnology and pharmaceutical research and is in the focus of many cell‐free projects. Many sophisticated cell‐free systems for manifold applications have been established. This review describes the recent advances in cell‐free protein synthesis and details the expanding applications in this field.