STRAIN RAL-4, USEFUL FOR PRODUCTION OF SMALL PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES

摘要

This invention presents a novel strain of E. coli, RAL-4, which is a tryptophan auxotroph and shows enhanced expression of proteins and peptides. In addition, this invention presents a method for achieving enhanced expression of proteins and peptides either by the use of RAL-4 or via generation of a host cell auxotrophy for an amino acid not resident in the heterologous protein to be expressed. In an embodiment of the invention, IGF-I and GRF are exprressed at levels above that found in wild type controls