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ArticleJournal of applied genetics2016

Highly thermostable RadA protein from the archaeon Pyrococcus woesei enhances specificity of simplex and multiplex PCR assays.

Aleksandra Stefanska, Lidia Gaffke, Anna-Karina Kaczorowska, Magdalena Plotka, Slawomir Dabrowski, Tadeusz Kaczorowski

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Article in Journal of applied genetics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aleksandra StefanskaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Lidia GaffkeDepartment of Microbiology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Anna-Karina KaczorowskaCollection of Plasmids and Microorganisms, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Magdalena PlotkaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland.
Slawomir DabrowskiA&A Biotechnology, Aleja Zwyciestwa 96/98, 81-451, Gdynia, Poland.
Tadeusz KaczorowskiDepartment of Microbiology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdansk, Poland. tadeusz.kaczorowski@biol.ug.edu.pl.
University of Gdańsk · PLA&A Biotechnology (Poland) · PL

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Abstract

The radA gene of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus woesei (Thermococcales) was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The 1050-bp gene codes for a 349-amino-acid polypeptide with an M r of 38,397 which shows 100 % positional amino acid identity to Pyrococcus furiosus RadA and 27.1 % to the E. coli RecA protein. Recombinant RadA was overproduced in Escherichia coli as a His-tagged fusion protein and purified to electrophoretic homogeneity using a simple procedure consisting of ammonium sulfate precipitation and metal-affinity chromatography. In solution RadA exists as an undecamer (11-mer). The protein binds both to ssDNA and dsDNA. RadA has been found to be highly thermostable, it remains almost unaffected by a 4-h incubation at 94 °C. The addition of the RadA protein to either simplex or multiplex PCR assays, significantly improves the specificity of DNA amplification by eliminating non-specific products. Among applications tested the RadA protein proved to be useful in allelic discrimination assay of HADHA gene associated with long-chain 3-hydroxylacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency that in infancy may lead to hypotonia, serious heart and liver problems and even sudden death.

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Multiplex Polymerase Chain ReactionArchaeal ProteinsCloning, MolecularDNA, ArchaealDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedHot TemperatureMolecular Sequence DataProtein StabilityPyrococcusRecombinant ProteinsArchaeal ProteinsDNA, ArchaealDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedRadA protein, archaealRecombinant ProteinsHyperthermophilesRecAThermal stabilityThermococcales

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