Tag: <span>sf9</span>

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) comprise a “superfamily” of cell surface receptors that play a prominent role in cell signalling and are classified into more than 100 subfamilies according to sequence, ligand structure, and receptor function. They are cell surface receptor proteins with seven transmembrane domains which transduce extracellular signals to the interior of cells through heterotrimeric G proteins. GPCRs’ exposure at the exterior cell surface and strong role in cell regulation has provided a rich target family for small compound therapeutics. Of the estimated 35,000 genes in the human genome, approximately 750 encode for GPCRs; half likely encoding sensory receptors, the remaining half representing potential drug targets. Only about 30 of these potential targets are currently modulated by existing pharmaceuticals with approximately 400 remaining potential pharmaceutical targets for validation…

Baculovirus Expression Technology Research

The Sf-9 insect cell/baculovirus expression system is one of the most commonly used protein expression systems. It is the preferred system for generating large amounts of protein in a short period of time, and it has been successfully used to express several hundreds of different proteins. A representative list of the different proteins made in our laboratory over the past decade with the Sf-9 insect cell/BEVS system is given in Table 1. These proteins are often used in drug screening studies and structure function analysis. Proteins intended for therapeutic purposes are not normally produced using this technology, although a few examples do exist. There is also an unexplored potential for the cells to be used for the production of recombinant viral vectors. Recent reports demonstrating the ability of baculoviruses to express proteins in mammalian cells, with mammalian promoters, indicate that BEVS technology might soon have a major role to play in the field of gene delivery…

Baculovirus Expression Technology