OVERPRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION OF THE TN10-SPECIFIED INNER MEMBRANE TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE PROTEIN TET USING FUSIONS TO BETA-GALACTOSIDASE

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作者
HICKMAN, RK
MCMURRY, LM
LEVY, SB
机构
[1] TUFTS UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT MOLEC BIOL & MICROBIOL,BOSTON,MA 02111
[2] TUFTS UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT MED,BOSTON,MA 02111
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10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00703.x
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Tetracycline resistance in the Enterobacteriaceae is mediated by a number of genetically related, usually plasmid‐borne, determinants which specify an efflux system involving an inner membrane protein, Tet. Attempts to overproduce the Tn 10 (Class B)‐encoded Tet in Escherichia coli by cloning the structural gene tet downstream of the λPL promoter under regulation by temperature‐sensitive λ repressor c 1857 were unsuccessful; induction at 42°C resulted in filamentous, non‐viable cells containing little detectable overproduction of the protein. However, cells containing tet fused to lacZ were resistant to tetracycline at 30°C and synthesized modest amounts of a large fusion protein when induced at 42°C. Fusion of the N‐terminal half or the first 38 amino adds of tet to lacZ did lead to increased production of fusion proteins. Fusions could be purified by size or by LacZ immunoaffinity or substrate‐affinity chromatography. In the latter method, selected detergents were required to counteract nonspecific binding of Tet to the adsorbant. Amino acid sequencing of the N‐terminus of Tet–LacZ fusion proteins indicated that most molecules were blocked at this terminus. The sequence of an unblocked subpopulation was consistent with that expected from the nucleotide sequence. A collagen peptide linker, genetically placed between tet and lacZ, allowed recovery of purified Tet protein after collagenase treatment of the purified fusion protein. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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