title: A versatile bacterial expression vector based on the synthetic biology plasmid pSB1.
abstract: We have developed an Escherichia coli expression vector that is particularly useful for construction and production of fusion proteins. Based on the synthetic biology pSB1C3 platform, the resulting vector offers a combination of useful features: the strong T7 promoter combined with lac operator, OmpA signal sequence, a selection of cloning sites located at convenient positions and a 3'-terminal His-10 tag. Each of these regions is flanked by a restriction site that allows for easy vector modification, including removal of the signal sequence without perturbation of the reading frame. All the elements were assembled by stepwise addition of three cassettes for which the design was made de novo. To prove the efficiency of the new vector, named pMD204, we successfully produced a cysteine proteinase inhibitor variant in the periplasm and in the cytoplasm of E. coli, in both cases as a soluble and active protein.
authors.affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Biochemistry Chair, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Nives
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Skrlj
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Erculj
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dolinar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015891:Cystatins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005813:Genes, Synthetic / Q000235:genetics*; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007763:Lac Operon / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019897:Periplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015891:Cystatins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C062210:bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases