title: [Kinetics of luciferase gene expression from fireflies Photinus pyralis and Luciola mingrelica in Escherichia coli cells. I. Kinetics of the transformation of recombinant luciferase into enzymatically-active conformers].
abstract: The Photinus pyralis and Luciola mingrelica luciferases genes expression has been studied on the pME61 or pJG lambda plasmids with a thermoinducible lambda Pr promoter in the E. coli strain CA using three independent methods: SDS gel electrophoresis to quantify the synthesized luciferase protein, EIA to quantify the enzyme native conformer and activity measurements. The cultures were incubated by the temperature schemes 28 degrees-42 degrees-21 degrees C and 28 degrees-21 degrees C. The maximal amount of the Ph. pyralis protein reached 4.5%, while that of L. mingrelica luciferase was 4.1% of the total amount of the cellular proteins after 10-hr incubation. The amount of the native conformer and the luciferase activity began to grow after a long induction period, reaching the maximal level by hour 50-60 after the thermoinduction. The increase in the enzyme activity correlated well with the increase in the ATP content in the cell. The observed "low-temperature induction" of the enzyme activity is interpreted as a protein transition to an active conformation. This transformation is considerably behind the protein biosynthesis process. Intracellular metabolic reactions have been shown to play an active part in these conformational changes.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kutuzova
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Leont'eva
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Skripkin
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Ugarova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000201:enzymology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D007700:Kinetics; D008156:Luciferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010957:Plasmids; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D008156:Luciferases
vernacular_title: Kinetika ékspressii genov liutsiferaz svetliakov Photinus pyralis i Luciola mingrelica v kletkakh Escherichia coli. I. Kinetika transformatsii rekombinantnykh liutsiferaz v fermentativno-aktivnye konfermery.