Russ. J. Bioorganic Chem., 2001, 27(5):323-329

The Dependence of Stability of the Green Fluorescent Protein-Obelin Hybrids on the Nature of Their Constituent Modules and the Structure of the Amino Acid Linker

Recombinant plasmids containing genes for the green fluorescent protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria and the photoprotein obelin from Obelia longissima linked in-frame by inserts differing in nucleotides sequences were constructed. The expression of the chimeric genes in Escherichia coli cells resulted in synthesis of the GFP-obelin hybrid proteins. These proteins were purified to homogeneity and subjected to limited trypsinolysis. It was shown that the resistance of GFP-obelin hybrid proteins to trypsin depends on the nature of their constituent modules and the amino acid sequences of linkers between the modules. The kinetics of accumulation of full-length hybrid proteins during the growth of bacterial cells does not depend on the structure of the peptide linkers. Most of the full-length product accumulates in cells in the form of inclusion bodies resistant to endogenous proteases. The soluble fraction of the protein undergoes considerable proteolysis regardless of the linker structure.

Skosyrev VS, Gorokhovatsky AY, Vinokurov LM, Rudenko NV, Ivashina TV, Ksenzenko VN, Alakhov YB

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