E. coli often comes to mind when reading about proteins and discussing them and

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E. coli often comes to mind when reading about proteins and discussing them and it often makes headlines in the news. My challenge for this chapter's discussion topic is this: find a recent (within the last month) news article that involves E. coli and share it with the class. Why does it seem that this bacteria is always in the news? Remember, this chapter is the protein chapter, so why is E. coli so important to proteins and vice versa?

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Explanation / Answer

E.Coli is generally used for recombinant protein production because if has the following advantages-

The recent article on using E.Coli for protein production is -

Stefan, A., Calonghi, N., Schipani, F. et al. Purification of active recombinant human histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Biotechnol Lett (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-018-2585-5

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