title: Expression of the MuIFN alpha 7 gene in Bacillus subtilis using the levansucrase system.
abstract: The mouse interferon alpha 7 gene, the signal sequence of which has been removed by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis, was introduced into a Bacillus subtilis secretion vector containing the promoter and the signal sequence of the B. subtilis levansucrase gene. Different B. subtilis strains were transformed with the fused levansucrase-interferon gene; their cell extracts and culture supernatants tested for antiviral activity and the IFN alpha 7 protein showed the presence of IFN alpha 7 only in the cell extracts. To promote IFN alpha 7 secretion, constructs were realized in order to restore the alpha helix conformation of the signal sequence of levansucrase and interferon protein junction. Our results suggest that factors other than the structure of the peptide around the cleavage site are involved in the secretion of IFN alpha 7 by B. subtilis.
authors.affiliation: Biologie Moléculaire des Interférons, Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dion
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rapoport
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doly
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005813:Genes, Synthetic; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006602:Hexosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; C021513:levansucrase