title: Expression of active human DNA ligase I in Escherichia coli cells that harbor a full-length DNA ligase I cDNA construct.
abstract: A recombinant plasmid for expression of full-length human DNA ligase I (phLig-I) was constructed in a plasmid/phage chimeric vector, pTD-T7N, which was derived from pUC118 by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis. The insert contained a 2757-base pair coding sequence for a whole human DNA ligase I and an extra ACC codon adjacent to the ATG initiation codon. This ACC codon was required for achieving high levels of expression of full-length DNA ligase I in Escherichia coli strain BL21. The recombinant plasmid, which was designed to exploit the T7 late promoter and the ATG initiation codon for beta-galactosidase was transfected into E. coli BL21 cells that express T7 RNA polymerase. The recombinant clone produced relatively high levels of DNA ligase I with a molecular mass of 130 kDa, as estimated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The DNA ligase was purified to near-homogeneity by the two-step column chromatographic procedure from BLphLig-I cells that had been induced with isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactoside. The specific activity, chromatographic behavior, kinetic properties, molecular mass, and antigenicity of the recombinant human DNA ligase I were indistinguishable from those of purified mammalian DNA ligase I. Metabolically labeling experiments with 32P(i) indicate that the recombinant DNA ligase I was present as an enzyme-AMP reaction intermediate, but not as a phosphoprotein, in the E. coli cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathological Biochemistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teraoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iijima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsukada
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Koiwai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Date
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon; D000072481:DNA Ligase ATP; D011088:DNA Ligases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C000607892:LIG1 protein, human; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D011088:DNA Ligases; D000072481:DNA Ligase ATP