title: Molecular cloning, sequencing, expression of Chinese sturgeon cystatin in yeast Pichia pastoris and its proteinase inhibitory activity.
abstract: Cystatin, a superfamily of cysteine proteinase inhibitor of cathepsins and other cysteine proteinases, is widely distributed in animal tissues and body fluids. Although considerable attention has been given to mammalian and avian cystatins, little is known about cystatins from other vertebrates. In this study, a cDNA coding for Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) cystatin was isolated and characterized. The corresponding mature cystatin peptide cDNA is 336 nucleotides long and encodes a protein of 112 amino acids. Sequence comparison showed that the cloned cystatin was a homolog of the mammalian Family II cystatin. The cystatin cDNA of Chinese sturgeon was subcloned into yeast expression vector pPICZalphaA and transformed into Pichia pastoris GS115 strain. After methanol induction, SDS-PAGE analysis of the culture supernatant indicated that the yield of recombinant cystatin was about 215 mg/l medium supernatant in shaking-flask fermentation medium, accounting for 73.6% of the total supernatant secreted proteins. Our data also showed that the recombinant cystatin is active in inhibiting the protease activity of papain and cathepsin B. Heat stability of the recombinant cystatin was also measured.
authors.affiliation: Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS Key Laboratory of Tropical & Subtropical Fish Breeding & Cultivation of CAFS, Guangzhou 510380, PR China. jjbai@163.net
authors.forename: Junjie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Dongmei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Haihua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lao
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Jianren
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xiaoyong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xong
authors.forename: Yinghua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xufang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002401:Cathepsin B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015891:Cystatins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010206:Papain / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics*; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D015891:Cystatins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D029941:Fish Proteins; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002401:Cathepsin B; D010206:Papain