The novel plasmid pJEX93 was constructed for inducible expression of recombinant proteins in slow growing mycobacteria.
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis hspX promoter facilitates recombinant protein expression under low oxygen tension.
Recombinant products can be purified from mycobacterial lysates by virtue of a C-terminal histidine tag.
Recombinant proteins produced in this system display immunological and biochemical properties of their native counterparts.