title: Molecular cloning and high-level expression of human polymerase beta cDNA and comparison of the purified recombinant human and rat enzymes.
abstract: The cDNA encoding the human polymerase beta from HeLa cells was PCR amplified and cloned, and its nucleotide sequence determined. The DNA sequence is identical to the polymerase beta cDNA sequence from Tera-2 cells. Three expression strategies were employed that were designed to maximize translation initiation of the polymerase beta mRNA in Escherichia coli and all yielded a high level of human polymerase beta. The recombinant protein was purified and its properties were compared with those of the recombinant rat enzyme. The domain structure and kinetic parameters (k(cat) and K(m)) were nearly identical. A mouse IgG monoclonal antibody to the rat enzyme (mAb-10S) was approximately 10-fold less reactive with the human enzyme than with the rat enzyme as determined by ELISA.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology, DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 19880-0400, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Widen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Beard
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010442:Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019951:DNA Polymerase beta