title: Overexpression of genes of an extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus, in Escherichia coli cells.
abstract: The 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene from an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus, was not expressed in Escherichia coli unless a palindromic structure around the ribosome binding site was eliminated or a leader open reading frame was introduced into the upstream flanking region of the gene. This report suggests a way to increase the expression of this gene, with a high G+C content, in E. coli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oshima
mesh_terms: D050539:3-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D016963:Thermus thermophilus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D050539:3-Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase