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ArticleMicrobial cell factories2011

A transferable heterogeneous two-hybrid system in Escherichia coli based on polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis regulatory protein PhaR.

Zhi-Hui Wang, Ping Ma, Jiong Chen, Jing Zhang, Chong-Bo Chen, Guo-Qiang Chen

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Article in Microbial cell factories, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zhi-Hui WangDepartment of Biological Science and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Ping Ma
Jiong Chen
Jing Zhang
Chong-Bo Chen
Guo-Qiang Chen
Shantou University · CNCenter for Life Sciences · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPolyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis regulatory protein PhaR contains a DNA binding domain (DBD) and a PHA granule binding domain (GBD), it anchors to the promoter region of PHA granule-associated protein (PhaP) to repress phaP expression. However, PhaR will bind to PHB granules and be released from phaP promoter region when PHA granules are formed in vivo, initiating expression of phaP gene. Based on this regulatory mechanism, a bacterial two-hybrid system was developed: PhaR was separated into two parts: DBD was used to fuse with the bait, GBD with the prey, and phaP was replaced by a reporter gene lacZ. However, GBD protein expressed in vivo formed inclusion bodies. Thus, PhaP with strong binding ability to PHB granules was employed to replace GBD.

resultsThree model interaction partners bFos, bJun and bATF2 were used to study the feasibility of this bacterial two-hybrid system compared with the controls lacking one or more essential elements of this system. Results showed that bFos, bJun and bATF2 bound tightly in pairs to allow strong expression of β-galactosidase in different expression levels. In contrast, very weak β-galactosidase activity was detected in all control groups.

conclusionβ-Galactosidase activity level precisely correlated with the interaction force of tested protein pairs, and very weak β-galactosidase expression was detected throughout the control groups, which demonstrated the feasibility of this system for studying protein interactions.

Indexed as

Two-Hybrid System TechniquesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsPolyhydroxyalkanoatesPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryEscherichia coli ProteinsPolyhydroxyalkanoates

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PMID21477323
PMCPMC3079617
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