title: Expression of a synthetic gene for initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 in Escherichia coli and its interaction with eIF-4E and eIF-4E x m7GTP complex.
abstract: An artificial gene coding for the human initiation factor (eIF) 4E-binding protein 1 (4E-BP1) was chemically synthesized and cloned. Although the expression of the 4E-BP1 gene alone has not yet been accomplished, the gene was expressed in Escherichia coli [BL21(DE3)] as a fusion gene with the glutathione-S-transferase (GST) gene using a prokaryotic gene fusion vector (pGEX-4T-2), which contains a gene sequence coding the cleavage site for a specific protease, alpha-thrombin. The fusion gene product was purified to homogeneity by glutathione Sepharose-4B affinity column chromatography. It was shown by m7GTP- and glutathione-affinity chromatography that the binding ability of 4E-BP1 to eIF-4E is nearly the same as that to the eIF-4E x m7GTP complex, implying different binding sites of eIF-4E and its nonallosteric obligation for 4E-BP1 and mRNA cap structure. In contrast with the binding of eIF-4E to the mRNA cap structure, where some functional amino acids play an important role in the binding, the binding to 4E-BP1 was suggested to occur via multiple nonspecific interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takatsuki.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomoo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Youtani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004926:Escherichia coli; D039561:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E; D015870:Gene Expression; D005813:Genes, Synthetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D012314:RNA Cap Analogs / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D039561:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E; D010448:Peptide Initiation Factors; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012314:RNA Cap Analogs; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C017516:7-methylguanosine triphosphate