波谱学杂志 ›› 2017, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 1-7.doi: 10.11938/cjmr20170101

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蛋白质INSM1中的锌指结构域ZF (4-5)的表达、纯化与表征

王华谱1,2, 朱勤俊2, 刘买利2, 杨运煌2, 岳霞丽1   

  1. 1. 华中农业大学 理学院, 湖北 武汉 430070;
    2. 波谱与原子分子物理国家重点实验室, 武汉磁共振中心(中国科学院 武汉物理与数学研究所), 湖北 武汉 430071
  • 收稿日期:2016-09-26 修回日期:2017-01-04 出版日期:2017-03-05 发布日期:2017-03-05
  • 通讯作者: 杨运煌,Tel:027-87199541,E-mail:yang_yh@wipm.ac.cn;岳霞丽,Tel:027-87288247,E-mail:yxl@mail.hzau.edu.cn E-mail:yang_yh@wipm.ac.cn;yxl@mail.hzau.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金资助项目(21575155);国家重点研发计划资助项目(2016YFA051201)

Expression,Purification and Characterization of the Zinc-Finger (4-5) Domain in Human Protein INSM1

WANG Hua-pu1,2, ZHU Qin-jun2, LIU Mai-li2, YANG Yun-huang2, YUE Xia-li1   

  1. 1. College of Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan(Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Wuhan 430071, China
  • Received:2016-09-26 Revised:2017-01-04 Online:2017-03-05 Published:2017-03-05

摘要: 胰岛素瘤相关蛋白1(INSM1)是一类转录调节蛋白,通过其C-端的锌指结构域(氨基酸250-510)来识别序列特异性的DNA分子.INSM1的C-端包含有5个串联的锌指结构域,然而这些结构域的结构及其如何识别DNA的分子机制目前仍不清楚.通过重组构建的质粒pET-32m-INSM1(424-497)表达的蛋白质(氨基酸424-497)包含了最后两个锌指结构域4和5,简称为ZF(4-5).该文详细研究了蛋白质ZF(4-5)的诱导表达条件,得到了较高产率的纯化蛋白.核磁共振(NMR)谱和圆二色谱(CD)揭示了Zn2+对稳定锌指蛋白结构的必要性,以及C2H2-Zn2+结合的组氨酸呈现为δ-异构方式.

关键词: 液体核磁共振(solution NMR), 结构与功能, 锌指蛋白, 表达与纯化

Abstract: Human insulinoma-associated protein 1 (INSM1) is a transcriptional regulator recognizing sequence-specific DNA through its C-terminal zinc finger (ZF) domains. INSM1 contains five zinc finger domains, whose structures are still not known; therefore, the mechanisms through which it recognizes DNA also remain unclear. In this study, we designed the recombinant plasmid pET-32m-INSM1(424-497), which can express the truncated INSM1 fragment containing the zinc finger domains 4 and 5[i.e., ZF(4-5)]. Expression and purification of ZF(4-5) were explored in order to achieve high protein yield for further structural and functional study. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and circular dichroism (CD) spectra revealed that chelation of Zn2+ to C2H2 in the ZF(4-5) was important for its structural stability, and also confirmed that the active-sites, Zn2+-chelated histidines, had the δ-tautomeric form.

Key words: solution NMR, protein expression and purification, structure and function, zinc finger domain

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