title: Chemical synthesis and expression in yeast of a gene encoding connective tissue activating peptide-III. A novel approach for the facile assembly of a gene encoding a human platelet-derived mitogen.
abstract: A synthetic gene encoding the platelet-derived factor, connective tissue activating peptide-III (CTAP-III) (Castor, C.W., Miller, J.W., and Walz, D.A. (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 80, 765-769), has been expressed and secreted from Saccharomyces cerevisiae by using a yeast expression vector and an alpha-factor leader segment. Mitogenic activity reported for naturally derived CTAP-III has been demonstrated here for recombinant CTAP-III. Active CTAP-III has been purified to apparent homogeneity. Structural studies have confirmed its identity. A general approach for the facile synthesis of genes is presented which has permitted the assembly of the entire structural gene and flanking regions (280 base pairs) from 20 oligomers in a single annealing and ligation reaction pool.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; C009862:connective tissue-activating peptide