2018年5月15日
Facile preparation of highly active casein kinase 1 using Escherichia coli constitutively expressing lambda phosphatase
Analytical Biochemistry
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- 開始ページ
- 99
- 終了ページ
- 106
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- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
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- 10.1016/j.ab.2018.03.015
© 2018 Elsevier Inc. Casein kinase 1 (CK1) is a widely expressed Ser/Thr kinase in eukaryotic organisms that is involved in various cellular processes (e.g., circadian rhythm and apoptosis). Therefore, preparing highly active CK1 and investigating its properties in vitro have important implications for understanding the biological roles of the kinase. However, recombinant CK1 undergoes autoinactivation via autophosphorylation in Escherichia coli cells and thus is undesirably prepared as a phosphorylated and inactivated kinase. To circumvent this problem, we established a protein expression system using E. coli strain BL21(DE3)pλPP in which λ protein phosphatase (λPPase) is constitutively expressed. Using this system, recombinant CK1 isoforms (α, δ and ε) were readily prepared as unphosphorylated forms. Furthermore, we found that CK1s prepared using BL21(DE3)pλPP showed markedly higher activity than those prepared by the conventional BL21(DE3). Finally, we demonstrated that the kinase activity of CK1δ from BL21(DE3)pλPP was higher than that prepared by a conventional method consisting of troublesome steps such as in vitro λPPase treatment. Thus, this simple method using BL21(DE3)pλPP is valuable for preparing highly active CK1s. It may also be applicable to other kinases that are difficult to prepare because of phosphorylation in E. coli cells.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.ab.2018.03.015
- ISSN : 0003-2697
- eISSN : 1096-0309
- PubMed ID : 29559334
- SCOPUS ID : 85044114236