One kind of protein from earthworm(Lumbricus bimastus)with the molecular mass about 30 ku was extracted by SDS-PAGE. Then the N-terminal of the protein was sequenced. The PCR primer was designed according to the N-terminal sequence, and its cDNA fragment was obtained by RT-PCR. The cDNA was cloned into pGEMT-vector and sequenced. The sequence showed that the fragment was 888 bp,with the ORF of 726 bp and the 3′ untranslation terminal area. The ORF encoded a protein of 242 amino acids, so the protein was named as PV242.The prediction of protein structure shows that the PV242 has two domains,between which is the active sites-His44 and Ser191.At the same time, the pI 4.33 of PV242 was detected, and it is a protease in trypsin family of serine protease superfamily. PV242 was expressed in pTrxFUS expression system as the fusion protein TrxA-PV242 in soluble form, the TrxA was a molecular chaperon which made the expressed protein soluble. The fusion protein was purified by ion exchange chromatography. The purified fusion protein TrxA-PV242 has fibrinolytic activity.
XU Yi-Hui, LIANG Guo-Dong, SUN Zhao-Jun, CHEN Fei, FU Shi-Hong, CHAI Yu-Bo, HOU Yun-De. Cloning and Expression of The Novel Gene——PV242 of Earthworm Fibrinolytic Enzyme[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2002,29(4):610-614
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