title: Cloning and recombinant expression of the La RNA-binding protein from Trypanosoma brucei.
abstract: We report the isolation, cloning and recombinant expression of a Trypanosoma brucei homolog of the La RNA-binding protein. Based on peptide sequence information we have isolated a cDNA clone which encodes a protein of 335 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 37.7 kDa. The amino acid sequence fits the domain structure of known La proteins and contains a putative ATP-binding site located in the COOH-terminal domain. The cDNA was expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein in Escherichia coli, and the recombinant protein displayed RNA-binding activity in an electrophoretic mobility shift assay.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westermann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D015870:Gene Expression; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei / Q000235:genetics*; D000097585:SS-B Antigen
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D000097585:SS-B Antigen