Caspase-3-facilitated Stoichiometric Cleavage of a Large Recombinant Polyprotein

국문 초록 (Abstract)

선행연구에서 카스파제-3 효소가 DEVD 기질을 완전히 절단하는 반면 IETD 기질은 DEVD의 약 50%정도만을 부분적으로 분해한다는 사실을 보고하였다. 본 연구에서는 정제된 폴리-단백질이 카스파제-3 단백질 분해효소의 기질에 따른 차별적인 분해활성에 의해 프로세싱 되는 양상을 분석하였다. 모델 단백질로서 GST, MBP, RFP 세 종류의 단백질을 DEVD 및 IETD 펩타이드로 연결시킨 폴리-단백질을 제작하였으며, 폴리-단백질은C-말단에 6개의 히스티딘 태그가 결합되도록 클로닝 되었다. IMAC 크로마토그래피를 이용하여 분리 및 정제된 재조합 단백질은 SDS-PAGE 분석을 통해 분자량이 약 93 kDa으로 나타났으며, 카스파제-3 효소의 처리에 의해 각각 MBP:RFP, MBP 그리고 GST 3종류의 단백질 절편으로 절단 및 분리되었다. 이 연구를 통해 단백질 분해효소와 기질 간의 반응성의 차이를 이용하여 폴리-단백질을 정량적으로 프로세싱 할 수 있다는 예를 보여주었다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this study, it is reported that a large polyprotein can be stoichiometrically cleaved by the use of caspase-3-dependent proteolysis. Previously, it has been shown that the proteolytic IETD motif was partially processed when treated with caspase-3, while the DEVD motif was completely cleaved. The cleavage efficiency of the DEVD-based substrate was approximately 2.0 times higher than that of the IETD substrate, in response to caspase-3. Based on this, 3 protein genes of interest were genetically linked to each other by adding two proteolytic cleavage sequences, DEVD and IETD, for caspase-3. Particularly, glutathione-S transferase (GST), maltose binding protein (MBP), and red fluorescent protein (RFP) were chosen as model proteins due to the variation in their size. The expressed polyprotein was purified by immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography (IMAC) via a hexa-histidine tag at the C-terminal end, showing 93 kDa of a chimeric GST:MBP:RFP fusion protein. In response to caspase-3, cleavage products, such as MBP:RFP (68 kDa), MBP (42 kDa), RFP (26 kDa), and GST (25 kDa), were separated from a large precursor GST:MBP:RFP (93 kDa) via SDS-PAGE. The results obtained from this study indicate that a multi-protein can be stoichiometrically produced from a large polyprotein by using proteolytic recognition motifs, such as DEVD and IETD tetra-peptides, for caspase-3.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Introduction
• Materials and methods
• Results and Discussion
• References
• 초록

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