Improvement of Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase thermostability by introducing a disulfide bridge in the ribonuclease H region

Author:

Narukawa Yutaro1,Kandabashi Mako1,Li Tongyang1,Baba Misato1,Hara Haruka1,Kojima Kenji1,Iida Kei2,Hiyama Takayoshi3,Yokoe Sho3,Yamazaki Tomomi3,Takita Teisuke1,Yasukawa Kiyoshi1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

2. Medical Research Support Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

3. Tsuruga Institute of Biotechnology, Toyobo Co., Ltd. 10-24 Toyo-cho, Tsuruga 914-8550, Japan

Abstract

Abstract Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) reverse transcriptase (RT) is widely used in research and clinical diagnosis. Improvement of MMLV RT thermostability has been an important topic of research for increasing the efficiency of cDNA synthesis. In this study, we attempted to increase MMLV RT thermostability by introducing a disulfide bridge in its RNase H region using site-directed mutagenesis. Five variants were designed, focusing on the distance between the two residues to be mutated into cysteine. The variants were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. A551C/T662C was determined to be the most thermostable variant.

Funder

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Molecular Biology,Biochemistry,Bioengineering,Biotechnology

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