“…Limitations in the secretion of recombinant proteins can impact both protein quality and yield, which can have a negative impact on downstream processes. Published reports have focused on the characterization of such ‘difficult‐to‐express’ recombinant proteins and described the modification of culture conditions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or the design of appropriate cell/protein engineering strategies to overcome restrictions in their production 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. However, little is known regarding the mechanisms underpinning poor recombinant protein production, particularly between proteins of high sequence similarity.…”