Fusion with maltose-binding protein (MBP) affects neither RNA N-glycosidase activity nor immunogenicity of karasurin-A, a ribosome-inactivating protein from Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica |
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Authors: | Toshiya Kondo Takafumi Yoshikawa Yukio Ogihara Hajime Mizukami |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8641, Japan;(2) Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan |
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Abstract: | A genomic clone encoding mature karasurin-A (KRNA), a ribosome-inactivating protein from Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica, was efficiently expressed in E. coli using an expression cassette vector pMAL-c2. The resultant recombinant KRNA fused with maltose-binding protein (MBP) was recovered from the soluble fraction of the bacterial cells and purified to near homogeneity after one round of the affinity chromatography. Neither the karasurin precursor retaining both N- and C-terminal peptides, nor the protein with the N-terminal peptide was successufully produced even as a MBP-fusion. The protein with its C-terminal peptide was over-produced but was recovered in an insoluble fraction. Both the recombinant MBP-KRNA fusion protein and recombinant KRNA with MBP removed were as active as the native KRNA from root tubers. The immunogenicity of the recombinant KRNA was also unaffected by fusion with MBP. |
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Keywords: | fusion with maltose binding protein immunogenicity karasurin ribosome-inactivating protein RNA N-glycosidase activity |
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