Avtor/Urednik     Anderluh, Gregor; Goekce, Isa; Lakey, Jeremy H
Naslov     Expression of proteins using the third domain of the Escherichia coli periplasmic-protein TolA as a fusion partner
Tip     članek
Vir     Protein Expr Purif
Vol. in št.     Letnik 28
Leto izdaje     2003
Obseg     str. 173-81
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     The third domain of the periplasmic protein To1A from Escherichia coli (To1AIII) was used as a fusion partner in the expression of various proteins from bacteria and eukaryotes. To1AIII is small domain, expressed in high yields as a soluble protein in the cytoplasm of E. coli. Proteins were linked to the C-terminus of To1AIII by a short flexible linker containing sites for endopeptidases. Three different vectors were prepared, containing sites for enterokinase, thrombin or factor Xa. Fusion proteins also contain a His6Ser2 tag at their N-terminus for easier purification. Up to 90 mg fusion protein per liter bacterial culture was obtained using these vectors. Colicin N R-domain was expressed with this system as a fusion and processed further for functional studies. The yield of final pure R-domain was doubled as compared to the direct expression. The system may prove to be useful in the preparation of other peptides and proteins.
Deskriptorji     ESCHERICHIA COLI
CARRIER PROTEINS
CLONING, MOLECULAR
BACTERIAL PROTEINS
COLICINS
CNIDARIAN VENOMS
THROMBIN
FACTOR XA
BASE SEQUENCE