摘要
[Objective] This study aimed to reconstruct the HP intein by overlap-exten- sion PCR. [Method] Several primers were designed according to the principle of overlap-extension PCR that the repeat sequences were overlapped and served as the template to the other DNA strand in amplification. Then, several rounds of over- lap PCR reaction were conducted to mutate the four cysteines in the HP intein into serines, and introduce a linker sequence containing a tag for product detection and purification. [Result] DNA sequencing analysis proved that the four cysteines in the HP intein were successfully mutated into serines; the PCR precursor fragments were also rejoined into an intact HP gene fragment, without introducing any other unex- pected mutation; the DNA linker of 46 bp was successfully inserted into the de- signed HP gene sequences, without any mutation and base pair mismatch. [Conclu- sion] The HP intein was rapidly reconstructed by overlap-extension PCR in this study, which not only expands the application of overlap PCR in protein engineering, but also provides a simple, efficient and highly accurate tool for the reconstruction and modification of intein.
[目的]利用搭桥PCR技术对蛋白质内含子HP进行改造。[方法]根据搭桥PCR中寡聚核苷酸链之间重叠的部分互相搭桥、互为模板的原则设计多对引物,通过多次PCR扩增获得目的基因片段,进而实现对蛋白质内含子HP在基因水平上进行多个位点同时定点突变和添加Linker。[结果]搭桥PCR产物克隆经DNA测序分析,证明蛋白质内含子HP内部的4个半胱氨酸成功突变成丝氨酸,几个PCR前体片段也无缝的融合成HP基因片段,而且没有引进任何其他突变;经DNA测序,46bp的DNALinker成功的插入到设计好的HP基因序列中,且没有任何碱基突变和错配。[结论]该研究不仅实现了对蛋白质内含子HP的快速改造,而且扩大了搭桥PCR的应用范围,同时也为蛋白质内含子的基础改造提供了低成本、简捷、高效的方法。
基金
Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863Program)(2006AA03Z451)
Shanghai Basic Research Key Program(10JC1400300)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(31070698)
the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(12D10520)~~
作者简介
李佳（1987-），女，陕西延安人，硕士研究生，研究方向：蛋白质内含子的研究，E-mail：594915247@qq．com。通讯作者：博士生导师，E-mail：mengqing@dhu．edu．cn。
