title: Characterization of mouse phosphatidylinositol transfer protein expressed in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The cDNA encoding mouse phosphatidylinositol transfer protein (PI-TP) was isolated by means of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The nucleotide sequence of this cDNA has a high similarity (98%) with that of rat PI-TP; the predicted amino acid sequence is 99.6% identical to that of rat PI-TP. The cDNA encoding mouse PI-TP was cloned into the expression vector pET3d and the Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) was transformed with the resulting plasmid. After induction of the bacteria with isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside, PI-TP was efficiently expressed in the E. coli strain. It was estimated that 5% of the total soluble cell protein consisted of PI-TP. The recombinant mouse PI-TP was purified from the bacterial lysate in four steps: ammonium sulphate precipitation, anion-exchange chromatography, heparin-Sepharose affinity and gel filtration chromatography. Fractionation on the heparin-Sepharose affinity column yielded two forms: PI-TP Hepa1 and Hepa2. These two proteins have the same molecular mass of 35 kDa, both contain a phosphatidylglycerol molecule and both are recognized by anti-PI-TP antibody. Both recombinant proteins have an isoelectric point of 5.4 as compared to 5.5 for bovine brain PI-TP. Sequence analysis of the first 25 N-terminal amino acid residues showed that both forms are identical, except that PI-TP Hepa1 contains the initiator methionine which is lacking from PI-TP Hepa2. The two PI-TP forms have similar phospholipid-binding and transfer activity, comparable to that of bovine brain PI-TP. Both forms and bovine brain PI-TP are phosphorylated equally well in a Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent way by protein kinase C.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Geijtenbeek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Baal
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brunink
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Westerman
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Snoek
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Wirtz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D049294:Phospholipid Transfer Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011493:Protein Kinase C