The present invention relates to high level expression of bacterial toxoid or toxin protein of pharmacological interest by means of an optimized novel polynucleotide sequence and host transformed with the said polynucleotide. Specifically, the invention provides a method for high production of polypeptide CRM197 wherein, the polynucleotide of the invention is used to transform a suitable host resulting in over-expression of corresponding proteins and a method for isolating the expressed polypeptide. More particularly, the present invention relates to high level expression of CRM197 in Escherichia coli and a method for the isolation and purification thereof.