Cloning and expression of functional equistatin |
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Authors: | Galesa K Strukelj B Bavec S Turk V Lenarcic B |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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Abstract: | Equistatin is a 199-residue protein composed of three thyroglobulin type-1 domains. It strongly inhibits cysteine proteinases as well as the aspartic proteinase cathepsin D. In order to initiate structure-function studies by protein engineering, a cDNA library from sea anemone, Actinia equina, was screened. A positive clone of 888 nucleotides was shown to encode a protein of 231 amino acids, including the signal sequence. The mature protein region was amplified by PCR, cloned into the pET22b(+)cas expression vector and expressed in Escherichia coli. Isolation of active recombinant equistatin required only one purification step, the His-tag affinity column. The protein displays physical and inhibitory properties closely similar to the native inhibitor. |
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