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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 37, 662-666, Copyright © 1991 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Different constructs for the expression of mammalian gamma- glutamyltransferase cDNAs in Escherichia coli and in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

C Angele, T Oster, A Visvikis, JM Michels, M Wellman and G Siest
Centre du Medicament, URA CNRS No. 597, Nancy, France.

To prepare a reference material for gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT; EC 2.3.2.2) measurements in clinical chemistry, we constructed different vectors containing either the rat kidney or the human hepatoma Hep G2 GGT cDNA downstream from an inducible promoter for expression in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Transformed bacterial and yeast cells were tested for GGT production by use of Western blot analysis and enzymatic activity measurements. Both rat renal and Hep G2 GGT cDNAs were expressed in E. coli, producing active and nonglycosylated enzymes localized in the periplasmic space. Recombinant Hep G2 GGT was synthesized as a single-chain protein, unlike rat renal GGT, which presented two polypeptides of 62 and 30 kDa, identified as the precursor and a GGT heavy-subunit-like peptide, respectively. Rat renal GGT was produced in S. cerevisiae as two polypeptides, 55 and 30 kDa, detected by antisera against rat renal GGT. These results suggest maturation mechanisms such as glycosylation and cleavage steps, enhancing the interest of S. cerevisiae as a useful expression system for producing active mammalian proteins as reference materials.




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