小鼠TAp63γ及两种突变体的原核表达、纯化和DNA结合活性

采用PCR扩增法得到小鼠TAp63γ野生型及两种缺失突变体的cDNA，3种cDNA与表达载体pGEX-2TK重组构建成GST融合表达质粒并转化感受态E.coli BL21 (DE3)，经IPTG诱导了小鼠TAp63γ野生型及两种缺失突变体的可溶性表达. 诱导表达的菌液经离心收集菌体、超声破碎及Triton X-100增溶后获得可溶性表达蛋白粗提液. 利用Glutathione Sepharose 4 Fast Flow亲合层析纯化出电泳均一的3种GST融合蛋白. 凝胶滞留分析证实仅野生型小鼠TAp63γ蛋白能特异结合p53靶序列，经序列比对及同源建模分析，表明小鼠TAp63γ DBD结合区的完整性、关键氨基酸的保守性及三维结构的相似性可能是其DNA结合活性所必需的.

Soluble Expression, Purification, DNA Binding Activity of Mouse TAp63γ and Two Deltion Mutants Fusion Proteins

The cDNAs encoding mouse TAp63γ and its two deletion mutants were inserted into the pGEX-2TK expression vector and transformed into competent cell of E.coli BL21(DE3), respectively. The three recombinant plasmids expressed effectively soluble GST fusion proteins in E.coli BL21(DE3) when induced by IPTG under the most optimal expression conditions. The three soluble expressed crude protein lysates were achieved by harvesting cell pellet through centrifugation, breaking the cell wall through sonication and dissolving with Triton X-100. The three near-homogeneous purified GST fusion proteins judged by SDS-PAGE were obtained by Glutathione-Sepharose affinity chromatography. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) indicated only wild type GST-TAp63γ protein can bind to the p63 DNA-binding consensus motif, which is also the p53 consensus sequence. Furthermore, sequence alignment and homology modeling accounted for to some content the conservation of important residues and the high similarity of three dimensional structure of the intact DNA binding domain are necessary for the DNA binding activity of mouse TAp63γ protein.