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Standard Nuclera Additives

General Information

Uniquely, we have designed our cell-free blend to be tailorable and customizable through the addition of up to two additives that can be used to further optimize expression of your proteins in our system. See a list of our standard additives below:

  • Chaperones
  • Disulfide bond formation additives
  • Cofactors (e.g., FAD/NAD/SAM)
  • Metal Ions (e.g., Zn2+, Mg2+, Mn2+, Ca2+)
  • 3C protease

The image below can guide you through which additive should be selected for your specific protein:

Standard Nuclera Additives

Uniquely, we have designed our cell-free blend to be tailorable and customizable through the addition of up to two additives that can be used to further optimize expression of your proteins in our system. See a list of our standard additives below:

AdditiveAdditive DescriptionAdditive Characteristics
Additive bufferHEPES buffer pH 7.5 and surfactantCFPS reaction buffer, dilution normalization
PDI + GSSG MixProtein disulfide isomerase and oxidized glutathioneChaperone and redox modification to oxidizing environment to support disulfide bond formation
TrxB1Thioredoxin reductaseProtects proteins from oxidative aggregation and inactivation and acts as a reductase in redox regulation
DnaK MixChaperoneDnaK mix Chaperone mix to support folding and prevent aggregation
Zinc chlorideZinc chloride solutionCofactor that can be required for folding, stability, or activity
Calcium chlorideCalcium chloride solutionCofactor that can be required for compaction, folding, stabilization, or activity
Manganese chlorideManganese chloride solutionCofactor for metalloenzymes for structure and activity
Cofactor MixMix of NAD, acetyl CoA, FAD, SAM, and PLPCofactors that assist in folding, stability and activity
GSSGOxidized glutathioneRedox modification to oxidizing environment
3C protease3C protease solutionProtease to cleave off the N-terminal solubility tag at the specific aminoacid sequence (LEVLFQ/GP)

If you need help to desing and choose additives for your experiment, do not hesitate to contact us at techsupport@nuclera.com


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