title: [Construction of derivatives of the diphtheria toxin gene and their expression in Escherichia coli cells].
abstract: A fragment of diphtheria toxin (tox) gene from beta 45 phage DNA was cloned on pUC19 plasmid in E. coli cells. The fragment is coding for toxA fragment of the toxin and contains the control region of the tox gene. The tox gene promoter is active in E. coli. The toxA protein is found mainly in periplasm of E. coli cells. The protein is enzymatically active in ADP-ribosilation of elongation factor 2 from eucaryotic cells. An in frame toxA-lacZ' fusion was constructed on pUC8 plasmid. The hybrid protein expresses both toxA and lacZ' activities. Two or seven base pairs were deleted from the central part of toxA gene by means of S1 nuclease digestion. Translation of hybrid toxA-lacZ' mRNA should be terminated downward the delections due to the frameshifts caused by them. Nevertheless, a functionally active alpha-peptide of beta-galactosidase is expressed by both the deletion fusions. The existence of another translational start site functioning in E. coli and located inside 3'-end region of toxA mRNA is suggested.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Iakubovich
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Zdanovskiĭ
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ianulaĭtis
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Iankovskiĭ
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Debabov
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004167:Diphtheria Toxin / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004167:Diphtheria Toxin; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes
vernacular_title: Konstruirovanie proizvodnykh gena difteriĭnogo toksina i izuchenie ikh ékspressii v kletkakh Escherichia coli.