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ArticleBrazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]

Cloning and high-level expression of Thermus thermophilus RecA in E. coli: purification and novel use in HBV diagnostics.

Sudarson Sundarrajan, Sneha Rao, Sriram Padmanabhan

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Article in Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology]. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sudarson SundarrajanCancyte Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Rangadore Memorial Hospital, Sri Shankara Research Center, Shankarapuram, Bangalore, India.
Sneha RaoCancyte Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Rangadore Memorial Hospital, Sri Shankara Research Center, Shankarapuram, Bangalore, India.
Sriram PadmanabhanCancyte Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Rangadore Memorial Hospital, Sri Shankara Research Center, Shankarapuram, Bangalore, India. Electronic address: sriram.padmanabhan@cancyte.com.
Sri Kalabyraveshwara Swamy Ayurvedic Medical College, Hospital and Research Center · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We studied the role of Thermus thermophilus Recombinase A (RecA) in enhancing the PCR signals of DNA viruses such as Hepatitis B virus (HBV). The RecA gene of a thermophilic eubacterial strain, T. thermophilus, was cloned and hyperexpressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant RecA protein was purified using a single heat treatment step without the use of any chromatography steps, and the purified protein (>95%) was found to be active. The purified RecA could enhance the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) signals of HBV and improve the detection limit of the HBV diagnosis by real time PCR. The yield of recombinant RecA was ∼35mg/L, the highest yield reported for a recombinant RecA to date. RecA can be successfully employed to enhance detection sensitivity for the diagnosis of DNA viruses such as HBV, and this methodology could be particularly useful for clinical samples with HBV viral loads of less than 10IU/mL, which is interesting and novel.

Indexed as

Cloning, MolecularBacterial ProteinsEscherichia coliGene ExpressionHepatitis B virusPolymerase Chain ReactionRecombinasesThermus thermophilusBacterial ProteinsRecombinasesDNA virusHepatitis B virusRecAThermus thermophilus

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PMID29691193
PMCPMC6175717
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