化学合成的亮氨酸脑啡肽基因在大肠杆菌中的克隆和表达

化学合成的亮氨酸脑啡肽(LEK)基因与质粒pBR322重组,转化大肠杆菌,经过原位杂交筛选,限制性图谱分析和Southern杂交鉴定,获得一批LEK基因重组体。插入乳糖操纵子(1ac)启动基因控制LEK基因的表达。一个lac转录方向和LEK基因转录方向相同的表达质粒,pLE103,能在大肠杆菌中产生LEK。用放射免疫分析方法检测,LEK的产量可达每毫克细菌蛋白426毫微克。     

亮-脑啡肽基因的合成

本文报道亮-脑啡肤基因的另一个合成途径。合成的基因,26个碱基对,是按照亮-脑啡肽的氨基酸顺序设计的。为了能够插入pBR 322质粒,基因带有EcoRI和BamHI限制性内切酶的单链粘性末端。化学合成的4个片段,8、9、17及18核苷酸,采用改良的三酯法。这些片段都具有正确的结构,最后在T_4-DNA连接酶的作用下,一步装配成脑啡肽基因。产物用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳纯化,具有正确的连接点。     

SYNTHESIS OF THE LEU-ENKEPHALIN GENE

The synthesis of Leu-enkephalin gene by an alternative approach was described in thispaper. The sequence of the synthetic gene, 26 base-pairs in length, was derived from the ami-no acid sequence of the hormone peptide Leu-enkephalin. It bears single-stranded cohesive ter-mini for the restriction endonucleases EcoR I and BamH I so that it may be inserted into apBR 322 plasmid. The 4 deoxyoligonucleotide fragments, varying in length from octanucleotideto octadecanucleotide, were synthesized by an improved phosphotriester method developed inour laboratory. All chemically synthetic fragments were pure and had the correct sequences.The assembly of the Leu-enkephalin gene was carried out in a one-step ligation reaction cata-lysed by T_4-DNA ligase with good yield, Finally, the purified products from polyacrylamidegel electrophoresis had the correct joining-points as predicted.     

THE CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF THE SYNTHETIC LEU-ENKEPHALIN GENE IN E.coli

The synthetic leu-enkephalin (LEK) gene was joined with pBR322 and transformed toE. coli. The recombinant plasmids containing the LEK gene were selected by colony hybri-dization, and characterized by restriction mapping and Southern's technique. The lac operonwas used to control the expression of the LEK gene. A recombinant plasmid, pEL 103, inwhich the lac operon and LEK gene are transcribed in the same direction, produces LEK inE. coli. The level of LEK detected by radioimmunoassay reaches 426 ng per mg of bacte-rial protein.