Estudos funcionais e estruturais da proteína recombinante humana UBE2G2 (Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2G2).
AUTOR(ES)
Luis Fernando Reyes
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2005
RESUMO
The ubiquitin system represents a selective mechanism for intracellular proteolysis in eukaryotic cells that involves the sequential activity of three enzymes, E1 (Ubiquitin activating enzyme), E2 (Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme), and E3 (Ubiquitin-protein ligase). The identification of these proteins and their targets as well as structural data is essential to understand their function in the eukaryotic cell. In the present study the open reading frame of human Ubiquitin- conjugating enzyme UBE2G2 was isolated from a human brain cDNA panel, cloned into pET28 vector and expressed in Escherichia coli. His-tagged protein was then purified by nickel-affinity chromatography and subjected to structural and functional studies using circular dichroism (CD) and an in vitro ubiquitin-binding assay, respectively. The affinity chromatography assay rendered approximately the 27 mg of the soluble recombinant HisUBE2G2 after expressed in bacteria at low amounts of IPTG (0,1mM) in 3 hours of induction. The CD spectra of recombinant pure protein showed a secondary structure content according with the expected for a member of the E2 family (Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme), with 35 % of α-Helix, 21 % of β sheets and 23 % of turns. Moreover, purified protein was able to bind ubiquitin molecules when mixed with a HeLa cell extract during the pull-down assay. Taken together the results presented in this work allow inferring that HisUBE2G2 was expressed in their active form.
ASSUNTO(S)
expressão heteróloga sistema de ubiquitinação genetica humana e medica genética molecular família ubc ubiquitina dicroísmo circular
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