title: Expression in Escherichia coli and characterization of the fatty-acid-binding protein from human muscle.
abstract: The coding part of the cDNA encoding human muscle fatty-acid-binding protein (FABP) was ligated in the pET8c vector and expressed under the control of the lacUV5 promoter. After induction with isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside, almost 12% of the cytoplasmic proteins consisted of FABP. The protein could be isolated after sonication of the bacterial pellet followed by (NH4)2SO4 precipitations, anion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration. The muscle FABP produced in Escherichia coli has an isoelectric point of 5.3 and is recognized by anti-(human muscle FABP) antiserum after Western blotting. The purified FABP has a preference for binding to palmitic acid and C18-C22 (poly)unsaturated fatty acids, and no affinity to palmitoyl-CoA or other hydrophobic ligands tested. The dissociation constant for oleic acid is 0.58 microM, with a binding stoichiometry of 0.72 mol of fatty acid/mol of protein. The physicochemical and binding characteristics of the protein were in complete agreement with those of FABP isolated from human skeletal muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Peeters
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ena
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Veerkamp
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D003854:Deoxyribonucleotides; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003854:Deoxyribonucleotides; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009829:Oleic Acids; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D019301:Oleic Acid; D004247:DNA