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10906770

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Recombinant HIV-1 p66 (rp66, a subunit of reverse transcriptase (RT), a heterodimer of p66 and p51) was produced in Escherichia coli in three different ways. First, rp66 was produced as a part of the fusion protein of lacZ protein and HIV-1 pol protein consisting of three components: protease (p10), RT (p51/p66), and integrase (p31), and was released from the fusion protein by the protease (pol-rp66). Second, rp66 with Ser-Ser at the N-terminus was produced as a fusion protein with maltose-binding protein containing a factor Xa site between the two proteins (MBP-Ser-Ser-rp66) and was released from the fusion protein by factor Xa (Ser-Ser-rp66). Third, rp66 with Met-Gly at the N-terminus was produced in transformed cells (Met-Gly-rp66). The recombinant proteins were purified from sonic extracts of transformed cells by ammonium sulfate fractionation and various column chromatographies. MBP-Ser-Ser-rp66 and Met-Gly-rp66 were readily purified in sufficient amounts for labeling with 2, 4-dinitrophenyl groups and beta-D-galactosidase from E. coli, but pol-rp66 and Ser-Ser-rp66 were not for enzyme-labeling. Ser-Ser-rp66 was not only polymerized but also degraded to considerable extents. The purified preparations were labeled with 2,4-dinitrophenyl groups and beta-D-galactosidase and were tested in immune complex transfer enzyme immunoassay of antibody IgG to HIV-1 RT using serum samples from 600 HIV-1 seronegative and 30 HIV-1 seropositive subjects. Among various combined uses of the two labeled preparations, the uses of 2,4-dinitrophenylated MBP-Ser-Ser-rp66 and pol-rp66 with beta-D-galactosidase-labeled Met-Gly-rp66 showed the highest (99.8%) and the second highest (99.5%) specificities, which were higher than that with the labeled preparations used in the previous study (98. 0%).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0887-8013
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
169-79
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Preparations of recombinant HIV-1 p66 antigen to improve the specificity of immune complex transfer enzyme immunoassay of antibody IgG to HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article