title: Expression of the cDNA for NAD(+)-dependent 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase as a catalytically active enzyme in Escherichia coli.
abstract: NAD(+)-dependent 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) is a key enzyme involved in the catabolism of the prostaglandins. The cDNA for human placental 15-PGDH has been expressed in Escherichia coli as a catalytically active protein. The polymerase chain reaction was used to introduce restriction endonuclease sites at each end of the 15-PGDH coding sequence. The 15-PGDH DNA was then inserted into the bacterial expression plasmids pUC-18 and pUC-19 which contain the isopropyl-l-thio-beta-D-galactopyranoside (IPTG) inducible lacZ promoter. Extracts from E. coli containing these expression plasmids exhibited 15-PGDH activity which was inducible with (IPTG). Crude extracts from E. coli expressing 15-PGDH activity were found to contain proteins of the predicted sizes in stained SDS-polyacrylamide gels and in Western blots using human placental 15-PGDH antiserum. The specific activity in E. coli extracts was several hundred-fold higher than that seen in extracts from human placenta.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0082.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ensor
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D007544:Isopropyl Thiogalactoside / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D007544:Isopropyl Thiogalactoside; D004247:DNA; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases; C035859:15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase