Aim: To express staphylococcus nuclease (SN) in E.coli and prepare rabbit antisera against SN.
Methods: The SN gene was amplified by high-fidelity PCR from plasmid pPLC-SN and then subcloned into expression vector pLEX to obtain the recombinant plasmid pLEX-SN. The expression of recombinant protein was induced by tryptophan. The expressed SN was used to immunize a rabbit to prepare specific antibody.
Results: SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the relative molecular mass (M(r)) of the expressed SN was about 17,000 and the expressed SN accounted for about 37% of total bacterial proteins. The prepared antisera were specific to react with recombinant SN.
Conclusion: Expression vector of SN has been successfully constructed and rabbit antibody against SN was prepared. These results lay the foundation for developing SN as antiviral protein.