Cloning and expression of a new rat procarboxypeptidase B gene in Escherichia coli and purification of recombination carboxypeptidase B

Protein Pept Lett. 2003 Dec;10(6):581-90. doi: 10.2174/0929866033478627.

Abstract

A new coding sequence of the procarboxypeptidase B gene was obtained from SD rat fresh pancreas by RT-PCR and highly expressed in Escherichia coli in inclusion bodies. The folded procarboxypeptidase B was subjected to trypsin enzymatic cleavage to produce active carboxypeptidase B, subsequently, carboxypeptidase B was effectively purified with anion exchange chromatography DEAE-FF and hydrophobic interaction chromatography Octyl FF, as a result, 40 mg carboxypeptidase B per litre cell culture with specific activity 7.42 u/mg was achieved. Further research showed that the obtained recombinant carboxypeptidase B could substitute carboxypeptidase B isolated from pancreas.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Carboxypeptidase B / biosynthesis
  • Carboxypeptidase B / genetics*
  • Carboxypeptidase B / isolation & purification
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Enzyme Precursors / biosynthesis
  • Enzyme Precursors / genetics*
  • Enzyme Precursors / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Gene Expression
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pancreas / enzymology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Trypsin

Substances

  • Enzyme Precursors
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Carboxypeptidase B
  • Trypsin