Production and detection of coliphage T4 endonuclease V polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies using staphylococcal protein-A hybrid proteins |
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Authors: | K Valerie G Fronko W Long E E Henderson B Nilsson M Uhlén J K de Riel |
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Institution: | Fels Research Institute, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140. |
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Abstract: | To facilitate the production of antibodies against endonuclease V, a pyrimidine dimer-specific DNA glycosylase produced in bacteriophage T4-infected Escherichia coli, we constructed plasmids containing protein-A-endonuclease V fusion genes under control of the E. coli tac promoter. Induction with isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside produced large amounts of fusion proteins, which could easily be purified on human IgG agarose columns. The affinity-purified fusion proteins were injected into rabbits and mice to produce polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, and also used for the screening of the monoclonal antibodies. These antibodies recognized endonuclease V on immunoblots, and also inhibited the DNA-glycosylase activity in vitro. Epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies showed that they all (6/6) recognized determinants in the C-half of endonuclease V. A convenient way to detect primary antibodies on nitrocellulose was also developed using a crude protein extract containing protein-A-beta-galactosidase fusion protein and subsequent detection with a mixture of dyes. |
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