Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Expression in Escherichia coli of Full-length cDNAs of Three Human Glutathione S -Transferase Pi Gene Variants EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENTIAL CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE ENCODED PROTEINS*
Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Expression in Escherichia coli of Full-length cDNAs of Three Human Glutathione S -Transferase Pi Gene Variants EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENTIAL CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE ENCODED PROTEINS*
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1997
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F. Ali-Osman;O. Akande;G. Antoun;Jialei Mao;J. Buolamwini
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F. Ali-Osman;O. Akande;G. Antoun;Jialei Mao;J. Buolamwini
We report the isolation of three full-length cDNAs cor- responding to the mRNAs of closely related glutathione S -transferase (GST) Pi genes, designated hGSTP1*A , hGSTP1*B , and hGSTP1*C , expressed in normal cells and malignant gliomas. The variant cDNAs result from A 3 G and C 3 T transitions at nucleotides (cid:49) 313 and (cid:49) 341, respectively. The transitions changed codon 104 from ATC (Ile) in hGSTP1*A to GTC (Val) in hGSTP1*B and hGSTP1*C and changed codon 113 from GCG (Ala) to GTG (Val) in hGSTP1*C . Both amino changes are in the electrophile-binding active site of the GST Pi peptide. Computer modeling of the deduced crystal structures of the encoded peptides showed significant deviations in the interatomic distances of critical electrophile-bind-ing active site amino acids as a consequence of the amino acid changes. The encoded proteins expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by GSH affinity chroma- tography showed a 3-fold lower K m (CDNB) and a 3–4-fold higher K cat / K m for the hGSTP1*A encoded protein than the proteins encoded by hGSTP1*B and hGSTP1*C . Analysis of 75 cases showed the relative frequency of hGSTP1*C to be 4-fold Hybridization bands were quantitated by densitometry and plotted against time. Thermostability of Variant GST Pi Proteins— To further determine the effects of the amino acid changes on the variant GST Pi proteins, we compared the thermal stabilities of the enzymatic function of the three variant GST Pi proteins based in part on the expected differences in (cid:97) -helix stability of the region of the GST Pi peptides containing the amino acid changes and on a previous study (41) that showed that a recombinant GST Pi enzyme corresponding to GSTP1b-1b, created by site-directed mutagenesis, was functionally more heat-stable than the parent enzyme. Each variant GST Pi protein was incubated at approx- imately 0.1 unit/ml at 45 °C in phosphate-buffered saline (pH 7.2) in a water bath. Every 15 min, over 1 h, a 50- (cid:109) l aliquot was removed from each incubate, and total GST activity was determined as described previously using CDNB as substrate. Residual GST activity was com- puted relative to the activity of controls maintained at 25 °C and plotted against time. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting were performed as described earlier to determine if degradation of the GST Pi peptides had occurred during the incubation. , the alterations in restriction endonuclease sites caused by the nucleotide transitions in the GST Pi gene variants provide a simple, rapid, and specific technique for determining the GST Pi gene variant(s) expressed in cells The method is suitable for screening large of GST Pi phenotype/genotype be Southern or Northern