[The dependence of stability of the green fluorescent protein-obelin hybrids on the nature of their constituent modules and the structure of the amino acid linker].

Autor: Skosyrev VS; Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Pushchino Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, 142290 Russia., Gorokhovatskiĭ AIu, Vinokurov LM, Rudenko NV, Ivashina TV, Ksenzenko VN, Alakhov IuB
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Bioorganicheskaia khimiia [Bioorg Khim] 2001 Sep-Oct; Vol. 27 (5), pp. 364-71.
DOI: 10.1023/a:1012344414924
Abstrakt: Recombinant plasmids containing genes for the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria and the photoprotein obelin from Obelia longissima linked in-frame by inserts differing in nucleotide sequences were constructed. The expression of the chimeric genes in Escherichia coli cells resulted in synthesis of the GFP-obelin hybrid proteins. These proteins were purified to homogeneity and subjected to limited trypsinolysis. It was shown that the resistance of GFP-obelin hybrid proteins to trypsin depends on the nature of their constituent modules and the amino acid sequences of linkers between the modules. The kinetics of accumulation of full-length hybrid proteins during the growth of bacterial cells does not depend on the structure of the peptide linkers. Most of the full-length product accumulates in cells in the form of inclusion bodies resistant to endogenous proteases. The soluble fraction of the protein undergoes considerable proteolysis regardless of the linker structure.
Databáze: MEDLINE