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Method for producing circular or multimeric protein species in vivo or in vitro and related methods

a multimeric protein and cyclic peptide technology, applied in the field of circular or multimeric protein species production in vivo or in vitro, can solve the problems of difficult to generate synthetic cyclic peptides larger than 100 amino acids, and procedures that do not allow the cyclization of proteins or peptides in vivo for study in living organisms

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-02-05
EVANS THOMAS C +1
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[0022]Following trans-splicing the ligated protein products were no longer fused to the intein fragments or the affinity domain and so these products were isolated by eluting it from the chitin resin. In contrast, the unused reactants remained bound. This permits the localization of the ligation reaction and overcomes many of the disadvantages and problems of the previous technologies noted above. Specifically, the present invention allows the facile separation of the ligated protein species from the unused reactants and the use of inteins such as the Ssp DnaE intein eliminates the need for the denaturant treatment step to permit the trans-splicing reaction.

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However, due to the limitations of total chemical synthesis it is difficult to generate synthetic cyclic peptides larger than 100 amino acids.
However, these procedures did not allow the cyclization of a protein or peptide in vivo for study in a living organism.

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Creation of Vectors pMEB1, pMEB2, pMEB3 for Cis-Splicing Studies

[0058]Construction of Plasmids-pMEB 1 was constructed by replacing the Sce VMA intein in pMYB129 (Chong, et al., Gene 192(2):271-281 (1997)) with the Ssp DnaE intein sequence spanning residues 5-123 to create a fusion gene composed of E. coli maltose-binding protein (MBP) (Duplay, et al., J. Biol. Chem. 259:10606-10613 (1984)), the Ssp DnaE intein (residues 5-123) and the Bacillus circulans chitin binding domain (CBD) (Watanabe, et al., J. Bacteriol. 176:4465-4472 (1994)). The Ssp DnaE intein fragment was amplified from plasmid pDnaE-C209 with primers 5′-TTTGGTACCGAAATTTTAACCGTTGAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO:1) and 5′-GGCTCTTCCTTTAATTGTCCCAGCGTCAAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO:2). The N-terminal splice junction sequence, containing the flanking 5 native N-extein residues and the 5 intein N-terminal residues, was inserted between maltose binding protein (MBP) and the intein coding regions by linker insertion into the XhoI and KpnI sites in pMEB1 to...

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The Cis-Splicing Activity of the Ssp DnaE Intein In Vivo

[0063]The in vivo splicing activity of the full length Ssp DnaE intein was investigated by analyzing protein expression from E. coli ER2566 cells (Chong, et al., Gene 192(2):271-281 (1997)) bearing plasmid pMEB8. The cells bearing the plasmid were grown in LB medium containing the appropriate antibiotic selection at 37° C. with shaking to an OD600 of 0.5. Protein expression was induced by the addition of 0.3 mM Isopropyl β-D-Thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) at either 15° C. for 16 h or at 37° C. for 2 h. Crude cell extracts were visualized by electrophoresis on a 12% Tris-Glycine gel (Novex, San Diego, Calif.) followed by staining with Coomassie Brilliant Blue.

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The Ligation of Two Protein In Vivo Using Trans-Splicing

[0064]The in vivo trans-splicing activity of the Ssp DnaE intein was demonstrated by analyzing the proteins from E. coli strain ER2566 (Chong, et al., Gene 192(2):271-281 (1997)) bearing the two compatible plasmids, pMEB4 and pKEB1. The E. coli bearing the plasmids were grown in LB medium containing the appropriate antibiotics (50 μg / mL kanamycin and 50 μg / mL ampicillin) at 37° C. with shaking until an OD600 of 0.5 was reached. Protein expression was induced by the addition of 0.3 mM Isopropyl β-D-Thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) at either 15° C. for 16 h or at 37° C. for 2 h. Crude cell extracts were visualized by electrophoresis on a 12% Tris-Glycine gel (Novex, San Diego, Calif.) followed by staining with Coomassie Brilliant Blue.

Protein Purification for in vitro trans-splicing or trans-cleavage reactions:

[0065]ER2566 cells containing pMEB2 or pBEL11 were grown at 37° C. to an OD600 of 0.5. Following IPTG (0.5 mM) induced protei...

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Abstract

A method is disclosed for forming multimeric proteins. The method relies on intermolecular trans-splicing of a split intein either in vivo or in vitro.

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CROSS REFERENCE[0001]This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09 / 937,070 filed Jan. 29, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,271,256, which is a §371 of PCT Application No. PCT / US01 / 03147, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 180,319 filed Feb. 4, 2000.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]There are a number of modifications that proteins can undergo following translation. Some of the many post-translational modifications result in proteolytic processing or the covalent linkage of an important functional group to the protein. An interesting post-translational modification is the head-to-tail cyclization of a protein or peptide to form a continuous peptide backbone. Many of the naturally occurring circular peptides posses anti-bacterial activity, such as the AS-48 peptide (Samyn, et al., FEBS Lett., 352(1) 87-90 (1994)). Also, these antibacterial peptides have been found in organisms as divergent as bacteria and primates (Samyn, et al., FEBS Lett., 352(1) ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C12P21/00C07K14/00C07K14/195C07K14/47C07K19/00
CPCC07K14/195C07K19/00C07K14/47
Inventor EVANS, THOMAS C.XU, MING-QUN
Owner EVANS THOMAS C
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