title: Mini-TnhlyAs: a new tool for the construction of secreted fusion proteins.
abstract: A simple and efficient procedure for the construction of secreted fusion proteins in Escherichia coli is described that uses a new minitransposon, termed TnhlyAs, carrying the secretion signal (HlyAs) of E. coli hemolysin (HlyA). This transposon permits the generation of random gene fusions encoding proteins that carry the HlyAs at their C-termini. For the construction of model gene fusions we used lacZ, encoding the cytoplasmic beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal), and phoA, encoding the periplasmic alkaline phosphatase, as target genes. Our data suggest that all beta-Gal-HlyAs fusion proteins generated are secreted, albeit with varying efficiencies, by the HlyB/HlyD/TolC hemolysin secretion machinery under Sec-proficient conditions. In contrast, the PhoA-HlyAs fusion proteins are efficiently secreted in a secA mutant strain only under SecA-deficient conditions.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gentschev
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kranig
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Goebel
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004926:Escherichia coli; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015870:Gene Expression; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D007763:Lac Operon; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C036507:Hlya protein, E coli; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase