拟南芥PKA催化亚基基因的克隆、原核表达及其催化活性的鉴定

摘要

Protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are the general means of regulation metabolism within a cell. A PKA catalytic subunit was found in Arabidopsis genome using Blast software. The cDNA was cloned by RT-PCR and sequencing result indicated a high degree of homology at protein level. The cDNA was subcloned into pET30a (+) and expressed in E.coli at different temperatures. The target protein was insoluble when induced at 37 ℃, while dissolvable if induced at 22 ℃ with 0.01 mmol/L IPTG. Ni2+-NTA affinity chromatography was used to purify the target protein, which was shown to have cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity. Western blotting analysis indicated that stress treatments affected the expression of PKA catalytic subunit at protein level just to a small extent.%蛋白质的磷酸化与脱磷酸化是生物体内存在的一种普遍的调节方式,几乎参与所有的生命活动过程.利用Blast 2.0分析拟南芥基因组序列发现存在一个与动物蛋白激酶cDNA同源性的序列,在GenBank中比较发现它与动物的依赖cAMP的蛋白激酶(PKA)的催化亚基(C亚基)有相似的特征序列.提取拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.)的总RNA,通过RT-PCR克隆得到这一cDNA片段,经序列测定证实它具有完整的阅读框架,将其克隆至pET30a原核表达载体,结果表明在大肠杆菌(E. coli) BL21 (DE3)中该表达质粒在IPTG诱导下表达产生大量带寡聚组氨酸标记的重组蛋白, 该蛋白在37 ℃表达时主要以包含体形式存在, 而在22 ℃表达时主要以可溶性蛋白形式存在.经过与组氨酸结合金属螯合树脂亲和柱层析纯化后, 得到纯化的目的蛋白, 其纯度达到87%以上.活性鉴定表明其具有依赖于cAMP的蛋白激酶活性,而加入PKA的抑制剂(H-8)后,其活性显著下降.从而证实它确实是拟南芥的PKA催化亚基.Western blot结果显示它几乎不受ABA、NaCl等逆境的诱导.