You Are Trying to Design a Protein That Will Be

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Essay

You are trying to design a protein that will be expressed in Escherichia coli and secreted outside of the cell for purification and use as a pharmaceutical. E. coli is a gram-negative cell and the protein folds after it has exited the cell. Which secretion system would work best for this project? Support your answer with evidence based on the properties of E. coli, the protein, and the secretion system.

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