Gene Fragments

Codon optimization of your genes

Proteins play a variety of critical roles in many biological processes. They are valuable therapeutic compounds, research reagents and industrial catalysts. NZYtech's proprietary codon optimization software – ATGenium - can alter both naturally occurring and recombinant gene sequences to achieve the highest possible levels of protein expression in any given expression system. This will save you time and money, while getting you quickly to meaningful results. ATGenium takes into consideration a variety of critical factors involved in different stages of protein expression, such as codon adaptability, mRNA structure, and various cis-elements in transcription and translation. Optimizing your gene sequence will have significant advantages in a variety of applications such as recombinant protein expression, DNA vaccine design and protein engineering.

Optimizing heterologous protein production in Escherichia coli with ATGenium:
Superior levels of recombinant proteins expressed in Escherichia coli strains can be achieved through codon optimization using the NZYtech's ATGenium algorithm.



A. Levels of protein expression of three different eukaryotic proteins in a prokaryotic system (Escherichia coli). The genes encoding these proteins were optimized by three algorithms for codons optimization, by two different competitors (light blue) and using the ATGenium algorithm developed by NZYtech (dark blue).

B. High-throughput recombinant protein expression of CAZYmes (Carbohydrate Active eNZymes). Genes encoding these proteins were optimized using the ATGenium algorithm, cloned into pHTP1 expression vector and overexpressed incoli BL21 (DE3) strain. Recombinant proteins were purified through IMAC and separated by SDS-PAGE. High protein expression yields were obtained when genes were optimized using the ATGenium algorithm