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Journal : Microbiology Indonesia

Cloning and Expression of Endoglucanase Gene from Thermophilic Bacteria Bacillus sp. RP1 MAELITA RAMDANI MOEIS; DESSY NATALIA; RAHMA WIDYA NINGRUM; ARI DWIJAYANTI
Microbiology Indonesia Vol. 8 No. 4 (2014): December 2014
Publisher : Indonesian Society for microbiology

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An endoglucanase gene from glycoside hydrolase family 5, had been isolated from Bacillus sp. RP1 and cloned into Escherichia coli. The cloned gene comprised the promoter, coding sequence and terminator of the gene.  This gene encoded a protein with 499 amino acid residues (Mr=55.2 kDa) with a typical Bacillus signal peptide. The recombinant endoglucanase (EG) had optimum activity at pH 5.0 and 50 °C. The recombinant EG was expressed in the extracellular, intracellular, and periplasmic fractions with the highest total activity (60.15%) in the intracellular fraction, measured at three hours after isopropyl-β-Dthiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) induction. Three hours after the addition of 1% carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), there was a two-fold increase in intracellular EG specific activity compared to the uninduced cells. Three hours after the addition of 1 mM IPTG, 1% glucose, 1% galactose or 1% cellobiose the intracellular EG specific activity decreased compared to the uninduced cells.
Expression and Purification of PhoR Sensor-Domain Histidine Kinase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Escherichia coli ERNAWATI ARIFIN GIRI-RACHMAN; FENRYCO PRATAMA; OKTIRA ROKA AJI; ARUM PATRIATI; IHSANAWATI IHSANAWATI; MAELITA RAMDANI MOEIS; EDY GIRI-RACHMAN PUTRA
Microbiology Indonesia Vol. 9 No. 2 (2015): June 2015
Publisher : Indonesian Society for microbiology

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Globally, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death. The emergence of multidrug-resistant strains (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant strains (XDR-TB) has fuelled the discovery for novel drugs and drug targets for its successful and better treatment. One of the potential candidates for drug target is PhoR sensory protein histidine kinase, a part of the Two Component System (TCS) PhoP/PhoR in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). This protein system was known for its role on regulating hundred of Mtb virulence factors, from genes for cell wall and lypid synthesis to genes for adaptation in human leukocyte and hypoxia response. Previous studies have successfully characterized, isolated, and cloned the putative sensory domain of PhoR protein gene into pRSET vector expression system. In this study, Escherichia coli was transformed with pRSET-SensPhoR and cultivated at 37oC under IPTG induction to express PhoR sensor-domain protein. Most of the proteins were overexpressed in the form of inclusion bodies.  Subsequent protein purification in Ni-NTA system under refolding condition on urea gradient was performed to isolate PhoR sensor-domain protein in soluble form. Arginine was supplemented in purified protein solution to prevent aggregation during long term storage.  While highly purified protein was acquired, small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis was conducted to obtain 3-dimensional (3D) protein structures in solution.    doi:10.5454/mi.9.2.1Â