VOPROSY MEDITSINSKOI KHIMII (ISSN 0042-8809)

Construction the expression system of mouse inducible nitric oxide synthase in Escherichia coli

   
Gervaziev Yu.V., Eldarov M.A., Shkundina I.S., Alexandrova C.C., Voevodskaya M.V., Sokolov N.N.
PubMed Id: 10635536
Year: 1999  Volume: 45  Issue: 5  Pages: 416-429
In the present work we describe the construction of expression system for inducible murine macrophage nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in E.coli. For this purpose a framework of translation iNOS was cloned in the expression vector pCWori +. As biosynthesis of active iNOS requires coexpression of calmodulin (CaM), for obtaining functional expression of this protein we conducted amplification of an appropriate site of the library total cDNA a frog Xenopus laevis, then plasmids for coexpression of calmodulin were constructed under a control tac and T7 promotors. Recombinant iNOS was functionally active as revealed by the analysis of CO-reduced spectrums, detection of derivation NO with the help of reaction conversion HbO2 in metHb, and also identification of a molecule NO by EPR method. The output of recombinant iNOS at usage of different constructions varied from 10 up to 22 mg/l culture, and specific activity was from 0.42 up to 0.64 U/mg of protein. These data coincide with the earlier published results of other investigators. It was established, that the expressed iNOS is associated to a membrane fraction of cells, thus in the 105,000 g-supernatant the activity of an enzyme is not detected. The data on membrane localization iNOS are inconsistent with general notion this enzyme is soluble.
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Keywords: nitric oxide synthase inducible isoform, nitric oxide, calmodulin, Xenopus Laevis, heterologous expression in E.coli, electron paramagnetic resonance, oxyhemoglbin
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Gervaziev, Yu. V., Eldarov, M. A., Shkundina, I. S., Alexandrova, C. C., Voevodskaya, M. V., Sokolov, N. N. (1999). Construction the expression system of mouse inducible nitric oxide synthase in Escherichia coli. Voprosy Meditsinskoi Khimii, 45(5), 416-429.
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