Liu Wei, Yu Fei, Chen Wei-Min, He Wei
Center of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2009 Dec;27(6):614-7.
OBJECTIVE; To clone the fimA gene of Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) and detect its expression in Escherichia coli (E. coli).
The fimA gene was obtained by PCR from the genome of P. gingivalis to construct a prokaryotic expression plasmid pT-BAD/fimA. pT-BAD/fimA was transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3) competent cells and the recombination protein was characterized by means of matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) analysis. The bound protein was eluted with different concentrations of imidazole (250, 200, 150, 100, 50 micromol x L(-1)) respectively.
DNA sequencing showed that the fragment was 99.9% consistent with that of the published. After induction with L-arabinose, a new 3.8 x 10(4) protein appeared on SDS-PAGE gel. The protein was further identified by MALDI-TOF-MS. Purity of 95% of the target protein was purified by Ni-NTA Purification System after eluted with 100 micromol x L(-1) imidazole.
The fimA gene of P. gingivalis was cloned successfully and its protein was expressed correctly in E. coli. A high purity of protein FimA was obtained and it could be applied for follow-up researches.
目的;克隆牙龈卟啉单胞菌(牙龈卟啉单胞菌)的fimA基因并检测其在大肠杆菌(大肠杆菌)中的表达。
通过聚合酶链反应(PCR)从牙龈卟啉单胞菌基因组中获得fimA基因,构建原核表达质粒pT-BAD/fimA。将pT-BAD/fimA转化到大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受态细胞中,并用基质辅助激光解吸电离飞行时间质谱(MALDI-TOF-MS)分析对重组蛋白进行鉴定。分别用不同浓度的咪唑(250、200、150、100、50 μmol·L⁻¹)洗脱结合蛋白。
DNA测序表明该片段与已发表的片段一致性为99.9%。用L-阿拉伯糖诱导后,SDS-PAGE凝胶上出现一条新的3.8×10⁴蛋白条带。用MALDI-TOF-MS进一步鉴定该蛋白。用100 μmol·L⁻¹咪唑洗脱后,通过镍-亚氨基二乙酸(Ni-NTA)纯化系统纯化得到纯度为95%的目标蛋白。
成功克隆了牙龈卟啉单胞菌的fimA基因,其蛋白在大肠杆菌中正确表达。获得了高纯度的FimA蛋白,可用于后续研究。