目的:对大肠杆菌DNA复制相关蛋白PriC进行研究。方法:构建重组表达载体pET21a-PriC及pET21a-PriC1-101,并进一步诱导表达纯化。利用Pulldown手段将pET21a-PriC-notag与pET28at-plus-PriB分别转化到大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中,诱导表达及共纯化后检测PriC与PriB的相互作用情况。结果:PriC经Ni柱亲和层析纯化获得的蛋白稳定性较差,易沉淀。根据二级结构和蛋白稳定性预测及限制性蛋白酶水解结果,构建了PriC的截短突变蛋白PriC1-101,经Ni亲和层析和superdex75纯化,获得了稳定性较好的蛋白,经Western blot鉴定为目的蛋白。PriC1-101的圆二色谱分析发现其具有较多的α-helix和无规卷曲,这为更好的了解其结构奠定了重要的基础。通过Pulldown手段发现PriC与PriB存在相互作用,并且PriC的稳定性有所提高。结论:PriC蛋白的C-端氨基酸序列是PriC蛋白与PriB蛋白相互作用的主要区域,并对PriC蛋白的稳定性有较大影响。
Objective:To investigate the PriC,a protein involved in DNA replication of Escherichia coli.Methods:Recombination expression plasmid,pET21a-PriC and pET21a-PriC1-101 were constructed and further induced,expressed and purified.In order to investigate the interaction between PriC and PriB,pET21a-PriC-notag and pET28at-plus-PriB were transformed into Escherichia coli,BL21(DE3) respectively,and induced for expression and purification with the method of Pulldown.Results:The protein of PriC obtained through the purification of Ni chelating sepherose was instable and easily precipitated.According to the secondary structure,protein stability prediction and the results of limited proteolysis experiment, A truncated mutant protein PriC1-101 of PriC was constructed.Proteins with good stability were obtained after purified by Ni chelating sepherose and superdex75,which was identified by Western blot assay as the target protein.PriC1-101 was basically consisted of many α-helix and random coils by circular dichroism detection,which laid an important foundation for a better understanding of the structure.The interaction was detected between PriC and PriB through the Pulldown method and the stability of PriC was improved.Conclusion:C-terminal amino acid sequence of PriC is identified as the main area where PriC interacted with PriB,which has a greater impact on the stability of PriC.