High efficient expression of the functional ligand binding site of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor in Escherichia coli
High efficient expression of the functional ligand binding site of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor in Escherichia coli
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DOI:
10.1006/bbrc.1999.0498
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发表时间:
1999-04-21
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Mikoshiba, K
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作者:
Yoshikawa, F;Uchiyama, T;Mikoshiba, K
Type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP(3)R1), an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3)-gated Ca2+ release channel, binds IP3 within the N-terminal ligand-binding region. Here we report an improved Escherichia coli expression system in which large amounts of the IP3 binding sites could be efficiently produced as soluble active proteins. We have found that the structures of IP3 binding constructs expressed in E. coli significantly affect their production as soluble protein. Residues 1-604 (T604), which contain the putative protein folding units, yielded about 4.6% of the total soluble fraction. As a result, soluble active T604 would be 19 mg per liter of culture. The affinity for IP3 of T604 (K-d = 45 nM) is comparable to that of the native IP(3)R1, whereas that of an R441Q mutant is much higher (8.1 nM). This system should provide an invaluable and powerful means to unveil the molecular recognition of IP(3)R1 for IP3. (C) 1999 Academic Press.