title: Carbohydrate-binding protein 35: molecular cloning and expression of a recombinant polypeptide with lectin activity in Escherichia coli.
abstract: Affinity-purified antibodies directed against carbohydrate-binding protein 35 (CBP35), a galactose-specific lectin, were used to screen a lambda gt 11 expression library derived from mRNA of 3T3 fibroblasts. This screening yielded several putative clones containing cDNA for CBP35, one of which was characterized in terms of its expression of a fusion protein containing beta-galactosidase and CBP35 sequences. Limited proteolysis of lysates containing the fusion protein, followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting with anti-CBP35, yielded a peptide mapping pattern comparable to that obtained from parallel treatment of authentic CBP35. Such a limited proteolysis followed by affinity chromatography on a Sepharose column coupled with galactose also yielded a 30-kDa polypeptide that exhibited carbohydrate-binding activity. This polypeptide can be immunoblotted with anti-CBP35, but not with antibodies directed against beta-galactosidase. These results indicate that we have identified a cDNA clone for CBP35 that yields a recombinant polypeptide with lectin activity produced in Escherichia coli. Using this cDNA clone as a probe, Northern-blot analysis showed an increased expression of the CBP35 gene when quiescent 3T3 cells were activated by the addition of serum growth factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Mee
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morford
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agrwal
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Moutsatsos
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D037161:Galectins; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007120:Immunochemistry; D051379:Mice; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D037161:Galectins; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D004247:DNA