title: Glutathione S-transferase in yeast: induction of mRNA, cDNA cloning and expression in Escherichia coli.
abstract: Glutathione S-transferase Y-2 mRNA synthesis was induced in yeast Issatchenkia orientalis approximately 37-fold by cultivation with o-dinitrobenzene. A cDNA library complementary to poly (A)+RNA of I. orientalis grown with o-dinitrobenzene was screened by colony hybridization. Twenty positive clones were obtained from 6,000 clones and seven of twenty positive clones expressed glutathione S-transferase activity in E. coli. One of the expressing clones harboring plasmid pHT108 had 28 times more glutathione S-transferase activity induced by Isopropyl-beta-D-thio-galactopyranoside than a strain harboring plasmid pUC118. Expressed glutathione S-transferase Y-2 protein comigrated with yeast glutathione S-transferase Y-2 on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as detected by immunoblot analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumagai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tochikura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase