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Electronic Journal of Biotechnology
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
ISSN: 0717-3458
Vol. 30, No. 1, 2017, pp. 88-94
Bioline Code: ej17082
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2017, pp. 88-94

 en Development of a novel vector for cloning and expressing extremely toxic genes in Escherichia coli check for this species in other resources
Li, Hedan; Hao, Chengwei & Xu, Daqing

Abstract

Background: Escherichia coli has been widely used as a host to clone and express heterologous genes. However, there are few vectors available for cloning and expressing extremely toxic genes, which limits further basic and applied research on extremely toxic proteins.
Results: In this study, a novel vector pAU10 was constructed in E. coli. pAU10 utilizes the combination of the efficient but highly repressible T7-lacO promoter/operator and the strong rrnBT2 transcriptional terminator upstream of the T7 promoter to strictly control unwanted transcription of the extremely toxic gene; in addition, the trp promoter/operator is oriented opposite to the T7 promoter to control the production of the antisense RNA that may block the translation of leaky mRNA. Without the supplementation of IPTG and L-tryptophan in the culture medium, transcription of the extremely toxic gene by the T7 promoter is highly repressed, and the trp promoter produces the antisense RNA, which strictly prevents unwanted expression of the extremely toxic protein in E. coli. With the supplementation of IPTG and L-tryptophan, the T7 promoter efficiently transcribes the extremely toxic gene, and the trp promoter does not produce the antisense RNA, ensuring efficient expression of the extremely toxic protein in E. coli. Tight regulation and efficiency of expression of an extremely toxic gene cloned in the vector pAU10 were confirmed by cloning and expressing the restriction endonuclease-encoding gene bamHI without its corresponding methylase gene in E. coli JM109(DE3).
Conclusion: pAU10 is a good vector used for cloning and expressing extremely toxic genes in E. coli.

Keywords
pAU10 vector; T7-lacO hybrid promoter; rrnBT2 terminator; Leaky transcription; trp promoter/operator; Antisense RNA; Tight regulation; IPTG inducer; L-tryptophan corepressor; Efficient expression

 
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