CHEN Quan, et al. Construction and expression of the prokaryotic expression vector of MTb esat6 gene. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (1):4-7(2003)
CHEN Quan, et al. Construction and expression of the prokaryotic expression vector of MTb esat6 gene. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University (1):4-7(2003) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.2003.01.002.
Construction and expression of the prokaryotic expression vector of MTb esat6 gene
Objective:To construct prokaryotic expression vector carrying esat6 gene and express in E. coli. Methods: The MTb esat6 gene was amplified by PCR
then cloned into pQE30 plasmid
sequenced and then cloned into pET32a( + ) plasmid. Thus two kinds of prokaryotic expression vectors were constructed. Results: After being transformed into the E. coli and inducted with 1mM IPTG
no protein was expressed in the pQE30 - ESAT6 system
but a recombinant protein
about 19 kDa
was expressed in the pET32a( + ) - ESAT6 system. In the presence of 1mM IPTG for 4h
the protein was expressed to the maximum. The protein existed in cytoplasm in soluble form and represented 42% total protein of E. coli. It’s antigenicity was confirmed by Westem blotting. The protein was purified through the Ni - NTA resin and the purity reached 92 % . Conclusion : The prokaryotic expression vector (pET32a( + ) - ESAT6) was constructed successfully
and the rESAT6 was obtained
providing an experimental basis for application of rESAT6.