PMID: 7008828Dec 23, 1980Paper

Production of biologically active N alpha-desacetylthymosin alpha 1 in Escherichia coli through expression of a chemically synthesized gene

Biochemistry
R WetzelA L Goldstein

Abstract

Thymosin alpha 1, an immune restorative polypeptide hormone, was synthesized in Escherichia coli by using recombinant DNA cloning techniques. Based on the known amino acid sequence, a gene coding for the thymosin alpha 1 polypeptide chain was designed and enzymatically assembled from chemically synthesized oligodeoxyribonucleotide fragments. The gene was ligated into plasmid pBR322 and placed under lac operon control, and N alpha-desacetylthymosin alpha 1 was expressed as part of a beta-galactosidase chimeric protein. Cyanogen bromide cleavage of this protein gave a mixture of polypeptides, among which thymosin alpha 1 activity was detected by radioimmunoassay (RIA). The E. coli product is identical with native thymosin alpha 1 isolated from calf thymus in the amino acid sequence but lacks the N-terminal acetyl group. Results of a guinea pig migration inhibition factor (MIF) assay, a terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase (TdT) assay, and radioimmunoassay indicate that the N alpha-desacetylthymosin alpha 1 produced by deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) cloning techniques has biological activity equivalent to that of the native hormone.

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