scholarly journals Expression of a prokaryotic P-type ATPase in E. coli plasma membranes and purification by Ni2+-affinity chromatography

10.1251/bpo9 ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Geisler
1998 ◽  
Vol 1368 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Geisler ◽  
Willi Koenen ◽  
Jutta Richter ◽  
Jürgen Schumann

1993 ◽  
Vol 290 (3) ◽  
pp. 791-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Klewes ◽  
E A Turley ◽  
P Prehm

The hyaluronate synthase complex was identified in plasma membranes from B6 cells. It contained two subunits of molecular masses 52 kDa and 60 kDa which bound the precursor UDP-GlcA in digitonin solution and partitioned into the aqueous phase, together with nascent hyaluronate upon Triton X-114 phase separation. The 52 kDa protein cross-reacted with poly- and monoclonal antibodies raised against the streptococcal hyaluronate synthase and the 60 kDa protein was recognized by monoclonal antibodies raised against a hyaluronate receptor. The 52 kDa protein was purified to homogeneity by affinity chromatography with monoclonal anti-hyaluronate synthase.


1998 ◽  
Vol 201 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z Zhuang ◽  
G A Ahearn

Ca2+ transport by hepatopancreatic basolateral membrane vesicles of Atlantic lobster (Homarus americanus) occurred by at least two independent processes: (1) an ATP-dependent carrier transport system, and (2) a Na+-gradient-dependent carrier mechanism. The sensitivity of ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport to vanadate indicated that it was probably due to a P-type ATPase. This system exhibited an extremely high apparent affinity for Ca2+ (Kt=65.28+/-14.39 nmol l-1; Jmax=1. 07+/-0.06 pmol microg-1 protein 8 s-1). The Na+-gradient-dependent carrier transport system exhibited the properties of a Ca2+/Na+ antiporter capable of exchanging external Ca2+ with intravesicular Na+ or Li+. Kinetic analysis of the Na+-dependence of the antiport indicated that at least three Na+ were exchanged with each Ca2+ (n=2. 91+/-0.22). When Li+ replaced Na+ in exchange for 45Ca2+, the apparent affinity for Ca2+ influx was not significantly affected (with Na+, Kt=14.57+/-5.02 micromol l-1; with Li+, Kt=20.17+/-6.99 micromol l-1), but the maximal Ca2+ transport velocity was reduced by a factor of three (with Na+, Jmax=2.72+/-0.23 pmol microg-1 protein 8 s-1; with Li+, Jmax=1.03+/-0.10 pmol microg-1 protein 8 s-1). It is concluded that Ca2+ leaves hepatopancreatic epithelial cells across the basolateral membrane by way of a high-affinity, vanadate-sensitive Ca2+-ATPase and by way of a low-affinity Ca2+/Na+ antiporter with an apparent 3:1 exchange stoichiometry. The roles of these transporters in Ca2+ balance during the molt cycle are discussed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-513
Author(s):  
M. Z. Alam ◽  
L. Ragionieri ◽  
M. A. S. Santos ◽  
A. Iqbal

Enzymes and other protein purification using recombinant DNA technology have become popular due to scarcity of natural protein. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a demanding host, since it facilitates protein expression by its relative simplicity, safe organisms, inexpensive and has many properties of eukaryotic expression system. As an alternative host we express E. coli lacZ gene with GST tag in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and successfully purified from soluble extracts. The concentration of soluble GST-? galactosidase protein was approximately 0.57 mg/ml of elution buffer yielded from 50 ml yeast cell culture. The ?-galactosidase protein from insoluble extract was low due to the increasing solubility of GST tag. Keywords: ?-galactosidase; Heterologous expression; GST tag; Affinity chromatography. © 2013 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v5i3.13820 J. Sci. Res. 5 (3), 499-513 (2013)  


1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Kaplan ◽  
F. G. Barr ◽  
M. Daims ◽  
D. Nelson ◽  
T. B. Tanner

2001 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 1262-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhei Fujimoto ◽  
Yasuyoshi Ike

ABSTRACT Two novel Enterococcus faecalis-Escherichia colishuttle vectors that utilize the promoter and ribosome binding site ofbacA on the E. faecalis plasmid pPD1 were constructed. The vectors were named pMGS100 and pMGS101. pMGS100 was designed to overexpress cloned genes in E. coli andE. faecalis and encodes the bacA promoter followed by a cloning site and stop codon. pMGS101 was designed for the overexpression and purification of a cloned protein fused to a Strep-tag consisting of 9 amino acids at the carboxyl terminus. The Strep-tag provides the cloned protein with an affinity to immobilized streptavidin that facilitates protein purification. We cloned a promoterless β-galactosidase gene from E. coli and cloned the traA gene of the E. faecalis plasmid pAD1 into the vectors to test gene expression and protein purification, respectively. β-Galactosidase was expressed in E. coliand E. faecalis at levels of 103 and 10 Miller units, respectively. By cloning the pAD1 traA into pMGS101, the protein could be purified directly from a crude lysate of E. faecalis or E. coli with an immobilized streptavidin matrix by one-step affinity chromatography. The ability of TraA to bind DNA was demonstrated by the DNA-associated protein tag affinity chromatography method using lysates prepared from both E. coli and E. faecalis that overexpress TraA. The results demonstrated the usefulness of the vectors for the overexpression and cis/trans analysis of regulatory genes, purification and copurification of proteins from E. faecalis, DNA binding analysis, determination of translation initiation site, and other applications that require proteins purified from E. faecalis.


2001 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. NOWROUZIAN ◽  
A. E. WOLD ◽  
I. ADLERBERTH

The carriage rate of a range of virulence genes was compared between resident and transient Escherichia coli strains obtained from the rectal flora of 22 home-delivered Pakistani infants 0–6 months old. Genes for the following virulence factors were assessed using multiplex PCR: P, type 1 and S fimbriae, three P fimbrial adhesin varieties, Dr haemagglutinin, K1 and K5 capsule, haemolysin and aerobactin. The E. coli strains examined here differed from those previously obtained from hosts in Western Europe in a lower prevalence of genes for P, S and type 1 fimbriae, K1 capsule and haemolysin. Nevertheless, genes for P fimbriae, the class II variety of papG adhesin, and aerobactin were significantly more common among resident than transient strains, as previously observed in a Swedish study. The results suggest that P fimbriae and aerobactin, previously implicated as virulence factors for urinary tract infection, might contribute to persistence of E. coli in the normal intestinal microflora.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoa Quynh Do ◽  
Carla M Bassil ◽  
Elizabeth I Andersen ◽  
Michaela Jansen

The Proton-Coupled Folate Transporter (PCFT) is a transmembrane transport protein that controls the absorption of dietary folates in the small intestine. PCFT also mediates uptake of chemotherapeutically used antifolates into tumor cells. PCFT has been identified within lipid rafts observed in phospholipid bilayers of plasma membranes, a micro environment that is altered in tumor cells. The present study aimed at investigating the impact of different lipids within Lipid-protein nanodiscs (LPNs), discoidal lipid structures stabilized by membrane scaffold proteins, to yield soluble PCFT expression in an E. coli lysate-based cell-free transcription/translation system. In the absence of detergents or lipids, we observed PCFT quantitatively as precipitate in this system. We then explored the ability of LPNs to support solubilized PCFT expression when present during in-vitro translation. LPNs consisted of either dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), palmitoyl-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine (POPC), or dimyristoyl phosphatidylglycerol (DMPG). While POPC did not lead to soluble PCFT expression, both DMPG and DMPC supported PCFT translation directly into LPNs, the latter in a concentration dependent manner. The results obtained through this study provide insights into the lipid preferences of PCFT. Membrane-embedded or solubilized PCFT will enable further studies with diverse biophysical approaches to enhance the understanding of the structure and molecular mechanism of folate transport through PCFT.


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