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Document Details
Document Type
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Article In Journal
Document Title
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Molecular cloning and expression of a functional GSTmu class from the cattle tick Boophilus annulatus
الإستنساخ الجزيئي و التعبير الجيني ودراسة خواص إنزيم الجلوتاثيون-س ترانسفيريز من النوع ميو لقراد البقر بؤوفيلس انيولاتس
Subject
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Vaccine production
Document Language
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English
Abstract
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A full-length cDNA of a glutathione S-transferase (GST) was cloned from a cDNA library of the local Egyptian cattle tick Boophilus annulatus. The 672 bp cloned fragment was sequenced and showed an open reading frame encoding a protein of 223 amino acids. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence with GSTs from other species revealed that the sequence is closely related to the mammalian mu-class GST. The cloned gene was expressed in E. coli under T7 promotor of pET-30b vector, and purified under native conditions. The purified enzyme appeared as a single band on 12% SDS-PAGE and has a molecular weight of 30.8 kDa including the histidine tag of the vector. The purified enzyme was assayed upon the chromogenic substrate 1-chloro-2,4- dinitrobenzene (CDNB) and the recombinant enzyme showed high level of activity even in the presence of the b-galactosidase region on its 50 end and showed maximum activity at pH 7.5. The Km values for CDNB and GSH were 0.57 and 0.79 mM, respectively. The over expressed rBaGST showed high activity toward CDNB (121 units/mg protein) and less toward DCNB (29.3 units/mg protein). rBaGST exhibited peroxidatic activity on cumene hydroperoxide sharing this property with GSTs belonging to the GST a class. I50 values for cibacron blue and bromosulfophthalein were 0.22 and 8.45 mM, respectively, sharing this property with the mammalian GSTmu class. Immunoblotting revealed the presence of the GST molecule in B. annulatus protein extracts; whole tick, larvae, gut, salivary gland and ovary. Homologues to the GSTmu were also detected in other tick species as Hyalomma dromedarii and Rhipicephalus sp. while in Ornithodoros moubata, GSTmu homologue could not be detected
ISSN
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0304-4017
Journal Name
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Veterinary Parasitology
Volume
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152
Issue Number
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2-1
Publishing Year
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1429 AH
2008 AD
Article Type
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Article
Added Date
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Saturday, January 15, 2011
Researchers
Researcher Name (Arabic)
Researcher Name (English)
Researcher Type
Dr Grade
Email
عمرو السيد الحكيم
El Hakim, Amr El Sayed
Researcher
Doctorate
aselhakim@hotmail.com
أميرة محمد كمال أبو العلا
Abouellela, Ameera Mohamed Kamal
Researcher
Doctorate
ياسر عزت شاهين
Shahein, Yasser Ezzat
Researcher
Doctorate
نيفين محمود فريد
Farid, Nevein Mahmoud
Researcher
Doctorate
شيماء عبد المعز علام
Allam, Shymaa Abdulmoez
Researcher
Master
رجاء رضا حامد
Hamed, Ragaa Reda
Researcher
Doctorate
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