Protection from proteolysis using a T4::T7-RNAP phage expression-packaging-processing system.
Protection from proteolysis using a T4::T7-RNAP phage expression-packaging-processing system.
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使用 T4::T7-RNAP 噬菌体表达包装处理系统防止蛋白水解。
DOI:
10.1016/0378-1119(95)00327-3
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发表时间:
1995
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Black,LW
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作者:
Hong,YR;Mullaney,JM;Black,LW
DNA coding for bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase (T7-RNAP) was inserted into a positive selection-vector form of the T4 genome, placing it under the control of bacteriophage T4 ipIII promoters. The recombinant T4::T7-RNAP fusion phage retained infectivity and produced T7-RNAP in infected cells. Fusion genes were constructed by insertion into a plasmid containing an iPIII (encoding internal protein III) target portion and a bacteriophage T7 promoter region. When Escherichia coli cells containing the plasmid were infected with the T4::T7-RNAP re-phage, the bacteria produced fusion protein at high levels. The newly synthesized T4::T7-RNAP re-phage progeny package and process the fusion protein into the phage capsid during head morphogenesis. In this paper, we demonstrate that truncated T4 internal protein IPIII, human IPIII::βGlo (β-globin) fusion protein, E. coli IPIII::βGlo::βGal (β-galactosidase) triple-fusion protein and IPIII::V3 fusion protein (human immunodeficiency virus envelope protein gp120 V3 region) are expressed at high levels by T4::T7-RNAP induction. With IPIII::βGlo, expression-packaging-processing (EPP) occurs simultaneously with T4::T7-RNAP re-phage infection. We also demonstrate that T4::T7-RNAP re-phage stabilize unstable proteins such as the X90 fragment of βGal, thought to be degraded by the lon protease. An unstable 20-kDa fragment of the large subunit of human cytochrome b558an integral membrane protein in phagocytes, is subject to proteolytic degradation even when produced in the lon-deficient BL21 strain. However, upon induction with T4::T7-RNAP re-phage, the 20-kDa protein is produced intact. Thus, T4::T7-RNAP re-phage appear to provide a simple, rapid and universal means of producing proteins in high yield, packaging and processing IPIII fusion proteins into easily manipulated phage capsids, and protecting proteins from proteolysis.