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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
Ku is an ubiquitous nuclear heterodimeric protein consisting of p70 and p86 subunits that binds double-stranded DNA termini and associates with chromosomes in vivo. It was originally described as an autoantigen in patients with certain autoimmune diseases. The individual subunits of Ku have been difficult to isolate from human cells without denaturation and attempts to produce functional recombinant Ku have been largely unsuccessful. Here, we utilize two recombinant baculoviral vectors that carry p70 or p86 cDNA and express the Ku subunits individually as well as assemble them into the complete Ku heterodimer. In an electrophoretic mobility shift assay, recombinant Ku binds to linear double-stranded DNA but not to supercoiled, nicked circular, nor linear single-stranded DNA. Neither subunit binds DNA by itself indicating that heterodimerization is essential for function. We also describe a simple purification method for the isolation of highly purified recombinant Ku using a hexahistidine tag. The baculovirus expression system provides a stable and efficient source of not only the p70 and p86 subunits but also the functional Ku heterodimer.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, Nuclear, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Autoantigens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Circular, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Complementary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Single-Stranded, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Helicases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ku autoantigen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Macromolecular Substances, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/XRCC5 protein, human
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0305-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3918-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Antigens, Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Autoantigens, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Baculoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-DNA, Circular, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-DNA, Single-Stranded, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-DNA Helicases, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Spodoptera, pubmed-meshheading:7937112-Transfection
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Production and characterization of recombinant human Ku antigen.
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