title: Prokaryotic expression and characterization of human AP DNA endonuclease.
abstract: The expression of major human apurinic/apyrimidinic DNA endonuclease (APEX) from its cDNA in E. coli (DH5 alpha) was attempted in order to obtain a biologically active recombinant APEX. E. coli cells were transformed by a prokaryotic translation vector (pGEX-4T-3) harboring APEX cDNA. GST-APEX fusion protein with a molecular weight of 6.3 KDa was induced by IPTG (1.0 mM) treatment. Western blot immunodetection identified the induced protein as the GST-APEX fusion protein. The survival rate of E. coli cells (DH5 alpha) transformed with pGEX-4T-3-APEX increased when the cells were treated with N-diethyl-N-nitrosamine (DENA) or 3'-methyl-4-monomethylaminoazobenzene (3'-MeMAB), indicating that APEX expression had a protective effect on the cytotoxicity of these carcinogens. The fusion protein extracted from E. coli cells and purified by GSH-agarose gel affinity chromatography exhibited APEX activity. Treatment of thrombin to the GST-APEX fusion protein and affinity purification followed by Sephacryl S-100 gel filtration resulted in APEX peptide with MW 36 KDa, which exhibited AP DNA repair activity (8,7000 EU/mg protein). N-ethylmaleimide (0.1 mM) or AMP (0.98 mM) inhibited APEX activity by 50% and kinetic analysis indicated that the recombinant APEX (rAPEX) had a Km value of 0.022 microM (AP sites for AP DNA) and the Ki value was 0.48 mM for AMP. These results indicated that E. coli cells expressing biologically active GST-APEX were resistant to the cell damage caused by chemical carcinogens and that rAPEX purified from E. coli cells transformed with APEX cDNA-inserted translation vector was similar to native APEX in some properties.
authors: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. shoh@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors: S H
authors: SH
authors: Oh
authors: D W
authors: DW
authors: Song
authors: M Y
authors: MY
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D019757:Carbon-Oxygen Lyases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D043603:DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase; D043223:Deoxyribonuclease IV (Phage T4-Induced); D004052:Diethylnitrosamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006801:Humans; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D004052:Diethylnitrosamine; D043223:Deoxyribonuclease IV (Phage T4-Induced); C468972:endonuclease IV, E coli; D019757:Carbon-Oxygen Lyases; D043603:DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase