Intein介导的重组昆虫毒素BmK IT在大肠杆菌中的可溶性表达、纯化及活性分析

为获得重组蝎昆虫毒素BmK IT,通过PCR方法在BmK IT基因的3′端融合了编码6个组氨酸残基的核苷酸序列,将其插入原核表达载体pTWIN1的内含肽 Ssp DnaB Intein基因下游的多克隆位点（MCS）。将获得的表达质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中,用IPTG诱导融合蛋白表达。用Ni-NTA亲和层析柱从菌体裂解液中纯化了CBD-Intein-BmK IT^his6融合蛋白,并在柱上诱导Intein自剪切,成功去除融合子CBD-Intein。通过Superdex 75凝胶过滤层析获得了纯度达95%以上的BmK IT^his6蛋白,该蛋白不仅具有正确的二级结构而且有生物活性。     

Intein介导的重组昆虫毒素BmK IT在大肠杆菌中的可溶性表达、纯化及活性分析

为获得重组蝎昆虫毒素BmK IT,通过PCR方法在BmK IT基因的3′端融合了编码6个组氨酸残基的核苷酸序列,将其插入原核表达载体pTWIN1的内含肽 Ssp DnaB Intein基因下游的多克隆位点（MCS）。将获得的表达质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中,用IPTG诱导融合蛋白表达。用Ni-NTA亲和层析柱从菌体裂解液中纯化了CBD-Intein-BmK IT^his6融合蛋白,并在柱上诱导Intein自剪切,成功去除融合子CBD-Intein。通过Superdex 75凝胶过滤层析获得了纯度达95%以上的BmK IT^his6蛋白,该蛋白不仅具有正确的二级结构而且有生物活性。     

LSECtin-CRD-GST融合蛋白的原核表达、纯化及复性

目的:构建C型凝集素LSECtin主要功能结构域CRD的原核表达载体,在大肠杆菌中表达LSECtin-CRD-GST融合蛋白。方法:根据Gen Bank发布的LSECtin基因序列设计引物,利用基因重组技术将获得的LSECtin-CRDc DNA定向克隆至C端带GST蛋白标签序列的融合表达载体p GEX-6p-1中,转化大肠杆菌Origami(DE3)进行重组蛋白的诱导表达,用GST柱亲和纯化融合蛋白。结果:获得了原核表达载体p GEX-6p-1-LSECtin-CRD,诱导表达出大量相对分子质量约40×103的包涵体融合蛋白,经纯化、复性获得可溶蛋白,经Western印迹鉴定为目的蛋白。结论:获得足量的LSECtin-CRD-GST融合蛋白,为进一步研究CRD蛋白结构域的动态构象变化提供了实验材料。     

ProNGF在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化和复性

将含有前导肽的人神经生长因子基因(proNGF)克隆在原核表达载体pET15b中, 转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)pLysS, 经IPTG诱导实现了目标融合蛋白的高效表达。SDS-PAGE分析表明表达蛋白占全菌总蛋白的20%左右, 表达蛋白主要以包涵体的形式存在。用6 mol/L的盐酸胍溶解包涵体后, 通过Ni2+-NTA柱纯化, 获得纯化的目标融合蛋白, 电泳谱带扫描分析表明蛋白纯度可达90%以上。Western blotting检测显示, 表达产物有较强的免疫学活性。经肠激酶作用后得到proNGF非融合蛋白, 分子量为27 kD, 100 mL表达菌液可获得13.1 mg proNGF蛋白。用透析复性的方法将目的蛋白重折叠, 复性率为18%, 在重折叠过程中前导肽发挥了一定的积极作用。用PC12细胞进行生物活性鉴定, 结果显示复性后的proNGF蛋白具有良好的生物活性。     

ProNGF在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化和复性

将含有前导肽的人神经生长因子基因(proNGF)克隆在原核表达载体pET15b中, 转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)pLysS, 经IPTG诱导实现了目标融合蛋白的高效表达。SDS-PAGE分析表明表达蛋白占全菌总蛋白的20%左右, 表达蛋白主要以包涵体的形式存在。用6 mol/L的盐酸胍溶解包涵体后, 通过Ni2+-NTA柱纯化, 获得纯化的目标融合蛋白, 电泳谱带扫描分析表明蛋白纯度可达90%以上。Western blotting检测显示, 表达产物有较强的免疫学活性。经肠激酶作用后得到proNGF非融合蛋白, 分子量为27 kD, 100 mL表达菌液可获得13.1 mg proNGF蛋白。用透析复性的方法将目的蛋白重折叠, 复性率为18%, 在重折叠过程中前导肽发挥了一定的积极作用。用PC12细胞进行生物活性鉴定, 结果显示复性后的proNGF蛋白具有良好的生物活性。     

水稻锌指蛋白OsRZ3基因克隆及融合蛋白的原核表达、纯化

根据NCBI登录的水稻锌指蛋白基因(NO.AK062094,OsRZ3 gene)设计特异引物,通过RT-PCR克隆该基因cDNA全长序列,核苷酸测序并比对氨基酸同源性表明具有C2HC-锌指结构域、分析预测蛋白质分子量为34kD和等电点为9.05;拟南芥原生质体亚细胞定位检测表明其在细胞核。构建pGEX6P-3::OsRZ3融合载体,电转化的大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)菌株经1 mmol·L-1IPTG小量诱导表达,SDS-pAGEX蛋白电泳表明60 kD融合蛋白4 h最大;在LB液体培养中0.5 mmol·L-1IPTG过夜大量诱导表达,通过GST吸附柱层析获得大量包涵体纯化蛋白,1L菌液可诱导纯化到浓度1.58 mg·mL-1包涵体融合蛋白。所构建的融合蛋白原核表达系统能有效表达pGEX6P-3::OsRZ3融合蛋白,0.5 mmol·L-1IPTG大量诱导,通过GST柱吸附获得包涵体纯化蛋白,为作进一步的抗体制备和染色质免疫共沉淀等DNA结合的特性研究准备了基础。     

小鼠β-防御素30的原核表达和纯化

目的:在原核细胞中表达小鼠β-防御素30(DEFB30),并对表达产物进行鉴定和纯化。方法:用RT-PCR方法扩增小鼠Defb30的cDNA序列,将2个拷贝的cDNA序列串联连入原核表达载体pET28(a),构建重组表达载体pET28(a)-Defb30,并将重组表达载体转化至大肠杆菌Rosetta(DE3),IPTG诱导表达,以Western印迹分析表达产物His-DEFB30,用Ni-NTA亲和柱纯化融合蛋白。结果:构建了Defb30基因的原核表达载体,经IPTG诱导,相对分子质量约15×103的融合蛋白获得表达,Western印迹分析证实此蛋白即为目的蛋白,经Ni-NTA柱亲和纯化,获得了高纯度的融合蛋白His-DEFB30。结论:获得了在大肠杆菌中表达的DEFB30,为研究该蛋白的免疫避孕效果、抗菌活性奠定了基础。     

PTD融和蛋白的原核表达及其抗体制备

目的:为制备凋亡素重组蛋白抗体,首先获得凋亡素重组蛋白融合基因LTA,而且通过原核表达系统表达重组蛋白并制备其抗体,为进一步利用凋亡素重组蛋白导向治疗肿瘤的检测奠定基础.方法:应用重叠延伸的基因融合技术将LHRH(黄体生成激素释放激素)基因、TAT(HIV-1反式转录激活因子)基因和凋亡素基因重组,构建成凋亡素重组蛋白原核表达载体pET-28a-LTA,随后将表达质粒转入BL21菌株,经IPTG诱导表达重组融合蛋白,将已表达的重组蛋白通过Ni-NTA亲和色谱柱进行纯化,并制备LTA凋亡素重组蛋白抗体.结果:表达产物经聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测,LTA蛋白融合基因获得高效表达,凝胶薄层扫描分析表明表达蛋白占菌体蛋白12.6%.LTA蛋白经Ni-NTA亲和色谱柱柱纯化,以纯化蛋白为抗原免疫獭兔制备凋亡素重组蛋白抗血清.结果表明抗体的效价为1: 12800.结论:应用重叠延伸的基因融合技术获得凋亡素重组蛋白融合基因LTA,通过原核表达系统表达重组蛋白并制备其抗体.     

棉铃虫核多角体病毒泛素基因的克隆表达及抗体制备

昆虫杆状病毒和痘病毒是目前已知唯一编码泛素基因的病毒。通过PCR方法,克隆了棉铃虫核多角体病毒(HaSNPV)泛素基因(Ubiquitin,Ubi)。序列分析表明,该基因编码区全长252bp,编码83个氨基酸残基,预计分子量为9.24kDa。将泛素基因克隆到原核表达载体pET28a上,构建重组质粒pETUbi,转化至大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受态细胞中,IPTG诱导表达融合蛋白。用Histag抗体检测目的蛋白,Westenblot实验证明所表达的蛋白是带有Histag的重组融合蛋白。通过改变IPTG浓度和诱导时间对表达条件进行了优化。利用NI琼脂糖凝胶亲和层析柱纯化目的蛋白,SDSPAGE鉴定为单一条带,同时用提纯蛋白制备了特异性抗体,为进一步的研究打下基础。     

吉富罗非鱼源无乳链球菌Sip-GAPDH融合基因的构建及其原核表达

利用重叠延伸(SOEing)PCR技术,将吉富罗非鱼(Oreochromis niloticus)源无乳链球菌(Streptococcus agalactiae)ZQ0910株表面免疫原性蛋白(Surface immunogenic protein,Sip)基因与甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶(GAPDH)基因通过Linker序列融合,构建成为Sip-GAPDH融合基因。将其定向克隆至原核表达载体pET-32a(+)中,在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中进行诱导表达。结果表明,重组质粒pET-32a-Sip-GAPDH在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中表达后所获得的融合蛋白Sip-GAPDH分子量为102.01 kD,表达最佳条件为37℃,IPTG浓度0.1 mmol/L,诱导5 h。Western blot鉴定结果表明融合基因得到了成功表达。     

Effect of location of the His-tag on the production of soluble and functional Buthus martensii Karsch insect toxin

The low yield and poor folding efficiency in vivo of soluble and active recombinant cysteine-rich proteins expressed in Escherichia coli are a major challenge for large-scale protein production and purification. Expression vectors containing Buthus martensii Karsch insect toxin (BmK IT) fused to the C terminus of the intein Ssp DnaB were constructed in an attempt to overcome this problem. Following purification and intein self-cleavage, the fusion protein His(6)-intein-IT produced insoluble BmK IT, while intein-IT-His(6) generated soluble and properly folded BmK IT. This result indicated that the positioning of the His(6) tag has a key role in the production of soluble and functional BmK IT.     

Expression of an Insect Excitatory Toxin, BmK IT, from the Scorpion, Buthus martensii Karsch, and its Biological Activity

An insect excitatory toxin from Buthus martensii Karsch (BmK IT) was cloned into the expression vector, pTWIN1, and expressed into Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) host cells. The soluble fusion expression of CBD-intein-BmK IT was obtained. The recombinant BmK IT was purified by two anion-exchange chromatography columns and one gel chromatography column. Bioassays were carried out to verify the toxicity of this recombinant toxin. At the end of a 96 h experimental period, 83% of cotton bollworm larvae were killed with an LT(50) value of 58-62 h. Furthermore, the average weight of larvae fed on BmK IT-containing media was approx 4% of that of the control groups. The results indicate that the expressed and purified recombinant BmK IT has biological activity.     

High-level expression and purification of an analgesic peptide from Buthus martensii Karch

BmK AngM1, a scorpion peptide isolated from Buthus martensii Karch was reported to exhibit potential analgesic effect. But the relative low content of this toxin in crude venom limits its further characterization. In this study, we constructed an expression vector and transformed into E.coli. The BmK AngM1 was expressed as a fusion protein in the soluble fraction and was purified by Nickel affinity chromatography. Subsequently, the purified fusion protein was cleaved by enterokinase and was further purified by reverse-phase HPLC. We purified 25 mg recombinant BmK AngM1 (rBmK AngM1) from 1 L bacterial culture. The molecular weight of rBmK AngM1 determined by ESI-MS was 7240.4 Da which was the expected size for correctly processed. Analgesic bioassay studies of rBmK AngM1 exhibited its potential analgesic effect comparable to that of the natural BmK AngM1 peptide.     

Expression and purification of the BmK Mm2 neurotoxin from the scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch and its biological activity test

The gene encoding neurotoxin (BmK Mm2) from the scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) at a level of 1.6 mg/L using expression plasmid pExSecI system. SDS-PAGE analysis of the cell lysate confirmed that gene BmK Mm2 was expressed in soluble form and the expressed production was secreted into Luria-Bertani (LB) culture medium from Escherichia coli. According to the characters of pExSecI expression system, the IgG binding domain-ZZ of Protein A is fused to the N-terminal of BmK Mm2. Recombinant BmK Mm2 (ZZ-BmK Mm2, pI 6.81, 22.007 kDa) was purified rapidly and efficiently by IgG-Sepharose 6 Fast Flow and Superdex-75 gel filtration chromatography, produced a single band on SDS-PAGE. Western blot analysis demonstrated that this protein was recombinant BmK Mm2. The results of MTT assay, morphological observation of nucleus and single cell gel electrophoresis showed that the expressed recombinant BmK Mm2 was toxic for glial cells of mice, which indicate that it has biological activity.     

重组人MBD4蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化及活性分析

为获得重组人MBD4蛋白,将编码MBD4的开放式阅读框（ORF）插入原核表达载体pGEX6P1 GST基因下游的多克隆位点（MCS）.将获得的表达质粒转化入大肠杆菌BL21(DE3) 菌株扩大培养并用IPTG诱导融合蛋白的表达.用谷胱甘肽琼脂糖凝胶 4B亲和介质从菌体裂解液中纯化了GST-MBD4融合蛋白.经过Prescision protease专一性裂解成功去除了融合蛋白上的GST标签.通过Mono Q阴离子交换层析获得了纯度达94%以上的MBD4蛋白,该蛋白具有甲基化DNA结合和糖苷酶生物活性.     

重组环状胸腺五肽结构类似物Cyclo-（Cys- Arg-Lys –Asp-Val-Tyr）的制备、鉴定和活性检测

为了实现蛋白内含肽(Intein)介导的重组环状胸腺五肽结构类似物［cyclo-（Cys -Arg-Lys –Asp-Val-Tyr）,cTP］的高效制备,设计并合成编码6个氨基酸的cTP基因,克隆到表达载体pTWIN1,重组表达质粒pTW-cTp转化E.coli ER2566构建工程菌,IPTG诱导由几丁质结合域纯化标签（chitin binding domain,CBD）、2个蛋白内含肽和目的多肽组成的“多元”融合蛋白(CBD-intein1-cTP-intein2-CBD)的高效表达.几丁质柱亲合层析纯化融合蛋白后,改变pH值和温度诱导intein1 C端切割,硫醇MESNA诱导intein2 N端切割,释放N端为Cys,C端为硫酯的重组cTP线性前体,通过非保护多肽硫酯环合法实现环肽生成.激光飞行质谱结果显示,纯化产物的分子量为764.4,与环肽的理论值相符.免疫活性检测结果显示,环肽cTP较线性多肽TP-5具有更显著的促进巨噬细胞吞噬能力的活性（P<0.01）和促进B细胞抗体生成的活性（P<0.01）.     

High-level expression and rapid purification of rare-codon genes from hyperthermophilic archaea by the GST gene fusion system

In this study, we compared two gene fusion expression strategies using two rare codon genes (Ssh10b and MtGrxM) from archaea as a model system. Both genes can be highly expressed as N- or C-terminal fusion partners to GST or the intein/chitin-binding tag. However, the fusion protein with intein tag could not be cleaved, even under stringent conditions, possibly due to steric hindrance, thus preventing further purification. In contrast, the GST fusion system could increase protein expression level and the corresponding fusion protein could be easily cleaved by thrombin. After binding to glutathione sepharose, the fusion protein was cleaved on column, and a roughly purified protein fraction was eluted. This fraction was purified by heating at 80 degrees C for 10 min, followed by centrifugation. The correct total mass and N-terminal primary structure were confirmed by mass spectrometry and Edman degradation. Both constructs were used for in vitro expression, and similar results were obtained, indicating higher expression levels of the GST tag vs. intein/chitin tag. Taken together, our results suggest that the GST fusion system can be used as a considerable alternative to synthetic genes for the expression of rare codon genes. The affinity chromatography purification followed by a heating step is an efficient and convenient method for thermostable protein purification.     

东亚钳蝎神经毒素基因BmK IT3的克隆及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

东亚钳蝎毒素基因ＢｍＫＩＴ3 编码是由 6 5个氨基酸残基组成的多肽物质。该类毒素为专一性作用于昆虫的抑制型神经毒素 ,它已被广泛用于研究离子通道作用机理[1 ] ;同时 ,它是研究蛋白质结构和功能的极好模型 ,是研究神经药理学的理想工具 ,将具有药理活性和昆虫毒性的基因导入细胞或动植物体内具有十分重要的应用价值。它对昆虫作用的专一性很高 ,对哺乳动物无害或毒性很小 ,可作为一种安全、有效的生物杀虫剂[2 ,3 ] 。我们的研究是对该基因密码子进行优化 ,采用化学合成的方法合成了适于在昆虫中表达的ＢｍＫＩＴ3 的两条长的引物 ,通过…     

Construction of a mini-intein fusion system to allow both direct monitoring of soluble protein expression and rapid purification of target proteins

Affinity purification of recombinant proteins has been facilitated by fusion to a modified protein splicing element (intein). The fusion protein expression can be further improved by fusion to a mini-intein, i.e. an intein that lacks an endonuclease domain. We synthesized three mini-inteins using overlapping oligonucleotides to incorporate Escherichia coli optimized codons and allow convenient insertion of an affinity tag between the intein (predicted) N- and C-terminal fragments. After examining the splicing and cleavage activities of the synthesized mini-inteins, we chose the mini-intein most efficient in thiol-induced N-terminal cleavage for constructing a novel intein fusion system. In this system, green fluorescent protein (GFP) was fused to the C-terminus of the affinity-tagged mini-intein whose N-terminus was fused to a target protein. The design of the system allowed easy monitoring of soluble fusion protein expression by following GFP fluorescence, and rapid purification of the target protein through the intein-mediated cleavage reaction. A total of 17 target proteins were tested in this intein-GFP fusion system. Our data demonstrated that the fluorescence of the induced cells could be used to measure soluble expression of the intein fusion proteins and efficient intein cleavage activity. The final yield of the target proteins exhibited a linear relationship with whole cell fluorescence. The intein-GFP system may provide a simple route for monitoring real time soluble protein expression, predicting final product yields, and screening the expression of a large number of recombinant proteins for rapid purification in high throughput applications.     

结核分枝杆菌esat6-rpfD融合基因的原核表达及产物纯化

目的：构建结核分枝杆菌融合基因esat6-rpfD的原核表达载体,表达和纯化ESAT6-RpfD融合蛋白。方法：从结核分枝杆菌H37Rv株基因组中经PCR分别扩增esat6和慢周基因,克隆入pMD19-T载体,测序后克隆入原核表达载体pProExHTB,酶切重组质粒,转化大肠杆菌DH5α,IPTG诱导表达融合蛋白,亲和层析纯化融合蛋白。结果：PCR扩增的esat6、rpfD基因序列与GenBank报道一致;诱导表达后,经SDS-PAGE和Western blot分析,在相对分子质量约30000处有目的条带,融合蛋白以包涵体形式表达。结论：构建了esat6-rpfD融合基因原核表达载体,并在大肠杆菌中表达并纯化得到ESAT6-RpfD融合蛋白。