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Hrzenjak, A; Artl, A; Knipping, G; Kostner, G; Sattler, W; Malle, E.
Silent mutations in secondary Shine-Dalgarno sequences in the cDNA of human serum amyloid A4 promotes expression of recombinant protein in Escherichia coli.
Protein Eng. 2001; 14(12):949-952 Doi: 10.1093%2Fprotein%2F14.12.949 [OPEN ACCESS]
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Leading authors Med Uni Graz: Hrzenjak Andelko; Malle Ernst
Co-authors Med Uni Graz: Kostner Gerhard; Sattler Wolfgang
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Abstract:: The serum amyloid A (SAA) superfamily comprises a number of differentially expressed genes with a high degree of homology in mammalian species. SAA4, an apolipoprotein constitutively expressed only in humans and mice, is associated almost entirely with lipoproteins of the high-density range. The presence of SAA4 mRNA and protein in macrophage-derived foam cells of coronary and carotid arteries suggested a specific role of human SAA4 during inflammation including atherosclerosis. Here we underline the importance of ribosome binding site (rbs)-like sequences (also known as Shine-Dalgarno sequences) in the SAA4 cDNA for expression of recombinant SAA4 protein in Escherichia coli. In contrast to rbs sequences coded by the expression vectors, rbs-like sequences in the cDNA of target protein(s) are known to interfere with protein translation via binding to the small 16S ribosome subunit, yielding low or even no expression. Here we show that PCR mutations of two rbs-like sequences in the human SAA4 cDNA promote expression of considerable amounts of recombinant SAA4 in E.coli.
Find related publications in this database (using NLM MeSH Indexing): Binding Sites - genetics; Cloning, Molecular - methods; DNA, Complementary - methods; Escherichia coli - genetics; Humans - genetics; Mutagenesis - genetics; Recombinant Proteins - chemistry; Ribosomes - metabolism; Serum Amyloid A Protein - chemistry
Find related publications in this database (Keywords): amyloidosis; apolipoprotein; enterokinase; His-tag; rbs-like sequences; SAA4