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[Expression of proteinase cathepsin L1 gene of Schistosoma japonicum in Escherichia coli].
Bing Yi, Zhuoya Li, He Ai, Xiaoying Zheng, Bin Zheng, Haojie Zhou, Yi Wang, Ruilin Zhang, Nan Yu, Ximei Zhan
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To express the proteinase cathepsin L1 gene of Schistosoma japonicum (SjCL1) in Escherichia coli JM109 cells. METHODS: The SjCL1 gene was amplified from the recombinant plasmid pcDNA3-SjCL1 by PCR. The gene was cloned into a prokaryotic expression vector pGEX4T-1 to construct a recombinant plasmid pGEX-SjCL1. The E. coli JM109 cells were transformed with the recombinant plasmid pGEX-SjCL1 and the transformants were induced by IPTG to express the recombinant protein, the target protein was then identified by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting. RESULTS: A 1 kb length PCR product was obtained and a recombinant plasmid pGEX-SjCL1 was constructed. The expression product was detected by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting and an expression band about 62000 was found. CONCLUSION: The SjCL1 gene is effectively expressed in the E. coli JM109 cells.