Cloning and expression of soluble truncated variants of Borrelia OspA, OspB and Vmp7
Abstract
A method is provided for preparing soluble recombinant variations of Borrelia lipoproteins such as Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A (OspA) and outer surface protein B (OspB), and B. hermsii variable major protein 7 (Vmp7). The method includes synthesizing a set of oligonucleotide primers, amplifying the template DNA utilizing the PCR, purifying the amplification products, cloning the amplification products into a suitable expression vector, transforming a suitable host utilizing the cloned expression vector, cultivating the transformed host for protein production and subsequently isolating and purifying the resulting protein. Also provided are soluble, recombinant variations of Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A (OspA), outer surface protein B (OspB), and B. hermsii variable major protein 7 (Vmp7). The expression vectors harboring DNA encoding the recombinant variations, pET9-OspA, pET9-OspB and pET9-Vmp7, as well as the E. coli host BL21(DE3)/pLysS transformed with each of these vectors, are also disclosed. 38 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Associated Universities Inc
- OSTI Identifier:
- 392642
- Patent Number(s):
- 5571718
- Application Number:
- PAN: 7-941,523
- Assignee:
- Associated Universities, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 5 Nov 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; LIPOPROTEINS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA-CLONING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; RECOMBINANT DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI
Citation Formats
Dunn, J J, and Barbour, A G. Cloning and expression of soluble truncated variants of Borrelia OspA, OspB and Vmp7. United States: N. p., 1996.
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Dunn, J J, & Barbour, A G. Cloning and expression of soluble truncated variants of Borrelia OspA, OspB and Vmp7. United States.
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title = {Cloning and expression of soluble truncated variants of Borrelia OspA, OspB and Vmp7},
author = {Dunn, J J and Barbour, A G},
abstractNote = {A method is provided for preparing soluble recombinant variations of Borrelia lipoproteins such as Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A (OspA) and outer surface protein B (OspB), and B. hermsii variable major protein 7 (Vmp7). The method includes synthesizing a set of oligonucleotide primers, amplifying the template DNA utilizing the PCR, purifying the amplification products, cloning the amplification products into a suitable expression vector, transforming a suitable host utilizing the cloned expression vector, cultivating the transformed host for protein production and subsequently isolating and purifying the resulting protein. Also provided are soluble, recombinant variations of Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A (OspA), outer surface protein B (OspB), and B. hermsii variable major protein 7 (Vmp7). The expression vectors harboring DNA encoding the recombinant variations, pET9-OspA, pET9-OspB and pET9-Vmp7, as well as the E. coli host BL21(DE3)/pLysS transformed with each of these vectors, are also disclosed. 38 figs.},
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