Regular ArticleHeterologous Expression of the Cytotoxin RESTRICTOCIN (cas 1406-72-0) in Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus niger

Add time:09/30/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

The cDNA clone of RESTRICTOCIN (cas 1406-72-0) was placed under the control of the glucoamylase promoter from Aspergillus awamori and was transformed into Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus niger. Site-specific changes were introduced into cDNA constructs and these were transformed into A. nidulans. The secretion signal sequence was deleted from one form of the gene and three mutations introduced single amino acid substitutions into the protein. Culture conditions were optimized for maximum expression levels of restrictocin. The activities of the expressed proteins were characterized with an in vitro rabbit reticulocyte assay. Protein synthesis in this assay was inhibited 50% by 2.5 ng/ml wild-type restrictocin, 3.5 ng/ml E95G, 30 ng/ml E95C, and 600 ng/ml H136L. Toxic effects of restrictocin were observed in the A. nidulans expression system with reduced levels of cellular protein and messenger RNA upon induction of restrictocin expression as well as the formation of the α-fragment product of ribosomal RNA cleavage. Toxic effects were most highly pronounced in strains expressing restrictocin without the signal sequence, less so in strains expressing native restrictocin, and absent in strains expressing H136L restrictocin.

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