The cell-free protein synthesis system from wheat germ

Methods Mol Biol. 2010:607:23-30. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-331-2_3.

Abstract

The wheat-germ cell-free protein synthesis system had been one of the most efficient eukaryotic cell-free systems since it was first developed in 1964. However, radio-labeled amino acids had long been essential for detection of the products. Since the discovery of a method for prevention of the contamination by a protein synthesis inhibitor originated from endosperm, the wheat cell-free system has found a wide variety of applications in postgenomic high-throughput screening, structural biology, medicine, and so on. In this chapter, we describe a method for preparation of the cell-free extract and a standard protein synthesis method, as the methods for the applications are found in later chapters.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Cell-Free System
  • Humans
  • Leucine / metabolism
  • Protein Biosynthesis*
  • Protein Engineering* / methods
  • RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Seeds / genetics
  • Seeds / metabolism
  • Triticum / embryology
  • Triticum / genetics
  • Triticum / metabolism*

Substances

  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Leucine