title: [Cloning, prokaryotic expression and functional analysis of pep gene from Bacillus thuringiensis lysogenic bacteriophage].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Random outbreak of lysogenic bacteriophage from Bacillus thuringiensis was very harmful to the production of Bacillus thuringiensis insecticide. We clarified the background of the phage from Bacillus thuringiensis MZ1 at the molecular level to solve the problem of random outbreak.
  
  
  METHODS
  After the strain MZ1 from a company in Meixian County of Guangdong Province was induced, we obtained phage particles. Then phage DNA was extracted and pep gene was cloned, expressed and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We obtained a lysogenic bacteriophage MZTP01with clear plaque and 1 mm diameter. Fragment D with 2362bp (Genebank No. AY639599) was obtained after the phage DNA hydrolyzed by HindIII/EcoR I. Among fragment D, the pep gene with molecular weight of 47 kDa and length of 1101bp was cloned and expressed. Recombinant M15 (pQE30pep) was built and overexpressed in Escherichia coli with a 47kDa clear band. At the same place a clear band was observed by Western blot. Judging from the time course expression, we could conclude that PEP protein produced at 1 hour after induction and then increased gradually. PEP protein was mainly in the form of inclusion body in the recombinant and slowed the growth speed of host. Homologous comparison of PEP protein from phage MZTP01 with other PEPs from BLAST were that phage MZTP01 PEP protein had 100% homologe with that of Escherichia coli K12, and most of others took the similarity in the range between 37%-84%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PEP protein had ability to hydrolyze casein with the enzyme activity of 0.3 mg/ml trypsin. PEP protein may be a kind of trypsin.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. lw@gxzjy.com
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Weichun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yanhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000821:virology*; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019295:Computational Biology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000235:genetics; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007544:Isopropyl Thiogalactoside / Q000494:pharmacology; D008242:Lysogeny; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004279:DNA, Viral; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C491294:PPP1R3C protein, human; D014764:Viral Proteins; D007544:Isopropyl Thiogalactoside; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases