title: Cloning, expression, purification and properties of a putative multidrug resistance efflux protein from Helicobacter pylori.
abstract: Helicobacter pylori is a common pathogen of humans, which predisposes individuals to gastric inflammation and a variety of diseases including gastric cancer. Sequencing of the organism's genome reveals an extensive portfolio of predicted membrane transport proteins, although few of the proteins encoded by these genes have yet been isolated. We describe here the cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of the H. pylori gene hp1181 encoding a putative multidrug resistance membrane transport protein. Substantial overexpression was accomplished, and the protein was tagged with RGS(His)(6) at the C-terminus, which enabled its purification in mg quantities. Identification of the full-length protein was achieved by N-terminal amino acid sequencing and Western blotting using an antibody to the RGS(His)(6) epitope. The retention of structural integrity and occurrence of predicted alpha-helix in the protein were verified by circular dichroism spectroscopy.
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins