The protein was expressed in FreeStyle™ 293-F Cells by transient transfection.The cells grown at 37°C in FreeStyle™ 293 Expression Medium (Thermo, 12338-026) were seeded to density of 0.7 x 10^6 cells per ml the day before transfection. On the day of transfection, 400 ml culture at density of 1x10^6 cells per ml was transfected by addition of vortexed transfection mixture. The mixture consisted of two components: 400 ug of the MAXI-prep DNA that was pre-diluted in 13 ml of FreeStyle™ 293 Expression Medium (Thermo, 12338-026) and 800 ug Polyethylenimine (PEI 25K, Polysciences CatNo 23966-1) likewise pre-diluted in 13 ml of Opti-MEM media. 24 hours post transfection, the culture was fed by addition of 100 ml of EXCELLR 293 Serum-Free Medium (SigmaAldrich, 14571C-1000ML). 24H post transfection, the cells were harvested by centrifugation at 270 g for 20 minutes, washed by 1xPBS and flash-frozenin liquid nitrogen prior to storage at -80 °C.