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Science 26 August 1983:
Vol. 221. no. 4613, pp. 858 - 860
DOI: 10.1126/science.6308763
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Science, Vol 221, Issue 4613, 858-860
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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High-level expression in Escherichia coli of enzymatically active Harvey murine sarcoma virus p21ras protein

JA Lautenberger, L Ulsh, TY Shih, and TS Papas

The gene for the Harvey murine sarcoma virus (Ha-MuSV) p21ras protein was fused to the amino-terminal portion of the bacteriophage lambda cII gene on the expression vector pJL6. The fusion was such that transcription was controlled by the well-regulated phage lambda pL promoter, and translation initiated in the cII gene continued in frame into the ras gene sequences that code for p21. When the pL promoter was derepressed, the Escherichia coli cells harboring the fusion plasmid synthesized 23,000-dalton protein, which represented more than 10 percent of the total cellular protein. This protein was chimeric and contained 14 residues, which were specified by the vector; these residues were followed by all of the amino acids that make up Ha-MuSV p21ras except for four residues at the amino-terminal end. The protein appears similar to Ha-MuSV p21ras in that it undergoes immunoprecipitation by monoclonal antibodies directed toward that protein, binds guanosine diphosphate, and is capable of autophosphorylation.


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