Part:BBa_K2933115

GST+Linker+BcII-194

This part encodes the fusion protein of GST tag and BcII-194 to promote the expression and purification of target protein(BcII-194).

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

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  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
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  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
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  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
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  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
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  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
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  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

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Usage and Biology

This composite part is made up with three basic parts, the GST tag, the cutting site of Prescission Protease and our target protein BcII-194. It encodes a protein which is BcII-194 fused with GST tag. The fusion protein is about 54.1 kD. In order to gain the highly purified target protein, we add GST tag in N-terminal of BcII-194 and combine the two parts with the cutting site of Prescission Protease. The fusion protein can be cut off at the cutting site by Prescission Protease. It is convenient for us to purify our target protein.

Molecular cloning

First,we obtained BcII by PCR.

Figure 1. The PCR result of BcII.
Then we used the vector pGEX-6p-1 to construct our expression plasmid. And then we converted the plasmid constructed to E. coli DH5α to expand the plasmid largely.After verification, it was determined that the construction is successful. We converted the plasmid to E. coli BL21(DE3) for expression and purification.

Figure 2. Left:The plasmid of BcII.Right:The verification results by enzyme digestion.

Expression and purification

Exploration of expression condition:
Take monoclone in the culture plate into LB tube and cultivate in shaking incubator overnight(10-12h) to activate bacteria. Test the OD600 number of bacteria, then pipe 5-10ul into each new 5 mL LB tube. Don’t forget to add antibiotic into tubes and mark them.Cultivate in shaking incubator for 3-4 hours until the OD600 of bacteria range from 0.6 to 0.8.Set the gradient of condition to explore how to express it best.We use 0.2mM IPTG, 16°C/0.2mM IPTG, 37°C/0.4mM IPTG, 16°C/0.4mM IPTG, 37°C/0.6mM IPTG, 16°C/0.6mM IPTG, 37°C/0.8mM IPTG, 16°C/0.8mM IPTG, 37°Cas different conditions.

References

[1]Sung-Kun Kim, Mara Demuth, Sara R. Schlesinger, Sung Joon Kim, Jonathan Urbanczyk, Robert W. Shaw & Hyunshun Shin (2016) Inhibition of Bacillusanthracis metallo-β- lactamase by compounds with hydroxamic acid functionality, Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 31:sup4, 132-137, DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2016.1222580