Staphylococcal protein A is a novel heterologous substrate for the HIV-1 protease

Autor: András Patthy, János Molnár, Ilona Marczinovits
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Journal of Biotechnology. 37:79-83
ISSN: 0168-1656
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(94)90205-4
Popis: Upon in vitro processing of the recombinant HIV-1/gag p24 protein, expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein, by HIV-1 protease, a cleavage site within the staphylococcal protein A fusion partner was found. N-terminal sequencing of the protein A fragments showed that HIV-1 protease cleavage occurred between phenylalanine-235 and tyrosine-236 within the sequence Gln-Asn-Ala-Phe/Tyr-Glu-Ile-Leu (QNAF/YEIL) in the IgG-binding domain C of the protein A encoded by the pRIT2T fusion gene vector (Pharmacia). Results presented here have proven that the protease-sensitive site is viable in vitro on the protein A alone and other chimeric protein, protein A/β-galactosidase. A possible significance of this phenomenon in biotechnology work is discussed.
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