title: Expression and secretion of human atrial natriuretic alpha-factor in Bacillus subtilis using the subtilisin signal peptide.
abstract: Using the signal peptide of the Bacillus subtilis subtilisin gene (aprE) and a synthetic cDNA corresponding to the mature region of the human atrial natriuretic alpha-factor (hANF), we have constructed a secretion vector. B. subtilis cells, when transformed with this vector, secrete immunoreactive hANF peptides into the medium at about 500 micrograms/liter. The hANF is the first human gene product to be secreted from B. subtilis using this signal peptide. We have used promoters active during vegetative growth or sporulation and hosts deficient in several extracellular proteases but some proteolysis of the secretion products still occurs. In addition, both cell growth and sporulation are adversely affected by hANF production. Possible explanations for this observation are inefficient secretion of the atrial hormone or toxicity of the precursor or mature peptide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, Davis 95616.
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kalyan
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hilliker
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Doi
mesh_terms: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005796:Genes; D005813:Genes, Synthetic; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013381:Subtilisins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D013381:Subtilisins