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In this chapter, we describe the production and application of a eukaryotic cell-free expression system based on Leishmania tarentolae. This single-celled flagellate allows straightforward and inexpensive cultivation in flasks or bioreactors. Unlike many other Leishmania species, it is nonpathogenic to humans and does not require special laboratory precautions. An additional reason it is a convenient source organism for cell-free lysate production is that all endogenous protein expression can be suppressed by a single antisense oligonucleotide targeting splice leader sequence on the 5′-end of all protein coding RNAs. We describe simple procedures for cell disruption and lysate processing starting from bioreactor culture. We also describe introduction of genetic information via vectors containing species-independent translation initiation sites (SITS). We consider that such an inexpensive eukaryotic cell-free production system has many advantages when expressing multi-subunit proteins or difficult to express proteins.
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Johnston, W.A., Alexandrov, K. (2014). Production of Eukaryotic Cell-Free Lysate from Leishmania tarentolae . In: Alexandrov, K., Johnston, W. (eds) Cell-Free Protein Synthesis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1118. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-782-2_1
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