title: Expression and chain assembly of human laminin-332 in an insect cell-free translation system.
abstract: Laminins are a family of large heterotrimeric glycoproteins comprising alpha, beta, and gamma chains. To determine the molecular mechanisms underlying chain assembly in vitro, we expressed human laminin-332 subunits in an insect cell-free translation system. We successfully produced the beta3-gamma2 heterodimer and the alpha3-beta3-gamma2 heterotrimer of the laminin coiled-coil (LCC) domain following co-translation of each chain. The alpha3-beta3 and the alpha3-gamma2 heterodimer were not detected, suggesting that the alpha3 chain can assemble with only beta3-gamma2 heterodimer to form a heterotrimer via disulfide bonds. These results are consistent with those of a previous report indicating that laminin chain assembly proceeds through the beta-gamma heterodimer to the alpha-beta-gamma heterotrimer in vivo. We suggest that the cell-free translation system is a valid system with which to study the mechanisms underlying laminin chain assembly.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Hoang-Phuong
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ezure
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Tatsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadowaki
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niimi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002474:Cell-Free System; D004220:Disulfides; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D021122:Protein Subunits; D000097794:Kalinin
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D004220:Disulfides; D021122:Protein Subunits; D000097794:Kalinin