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Effects of Chaperones on mRNA Stability and Gene Expression in Escherichia coli  

Yoon, Hyun-Jin (Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, and Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University)
Hong, Ji-Young (Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, and Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University)
Ryu, Sang-Ryeol (Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, and Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology / v.18, no.2, 2008 , pp. 228-233 More about this Journal
Abstract
Effects of chaperones on mRNA stability and gene expression were studied in order to develop an efficient Escherichia coli expression system that can maximize gene expression. The stability of mRNA was modulated by introducing various secondary structures at the 5'-end of mRNA. Four vector systems providing different 5'-end structures were constructed, and genes encoding GFPuv and endoxylanase were cloned into the four vector systems. Primer extension assay revealed different mRNA half-lives depending on the 5'-end secondary structures of mRNA. In addition to the stem-loop structure at the 5'-end of mRNA, coexpression of dnaK-dnaJ-grpE or groEL-groES, representative heat-shock genes in E. coli, increased the mRNA stability and the level of gene expression further, even though the degree of stabilization was varied. Our work suggests that some of the heat-shock proteins can function as mRNA stabilizers as well s protein chaperones.
Keywords
mRNA stability; gene expression; chaperone;
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