N. Wedlock et al., EXPRESSION OF HUMAN THYROID PEROXIDASE IN THE YEASTS SACCHAROMYCES-CEREVISIAE AND HANSENULA-POLYMORPHA, Journal of molecular endocrinology, 10(3), 1993, pp. 325-336
Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymo
rpha have been used to express both full-length and a large hydrophili
c domain of human thyroid peroxidase (TPO). Expression of TPO in S. ce
revisiae, using the natural signal sequence or the yeast alpha-mating
factor (MFalpha) signal sequence, resulted in undetectable or very low
levels of recombinant TPO production. However, TPO was expressed when
the natural TPO leader sequence was replaced by the yeast STE2 signal
sequence. This recombinant TPO reacted with both rabbit anti-human TP
O polyclonal and mouse antihuman TPO monoclonal antibodies on Western
blots. In the case of H. polymorpha, TPO expression was achieved when
the natural TPO leader sequence was replaced by the MFalpha leader and
the construct placed under the control of the methanol-regulated prom
oter from the methanol oxidase gene. The recombinant TPO produced in H
. polymorpha reacted with both TPO polyclonal and TPO monoclonal antib
odies. No TPO was produced when the signal sequence of SUC2 (invertase
) or the TPO natural signal sequence was used to direct expression.