Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2013, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 123-128.

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Cloning and Expression of Bloom Helicase Mutant

Zhang Jinbiao1,2,3, Xu Houqiang2,3 ,Luo Heng2,3 ,Xu Qinghe1,2,3 ,Chen Xiang2,3 ,Li Kun1,2,3   

  1. 1. College of Life Science，Guizhou University，Guiyang 550025;
    2. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics，Breeding and Reproduction in the Plateau Mountainous Region，Ministry of Education，College of Animal Science，Guizhou University，Guiyang 550025;
    3. Guizhou Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics，Breeding Reproduction，College of Animal Science，Guizhou University，Guiyang 550025
  • Received:2012-07-06 Revised:2013-01-30 Online:2013-01-30 Published:2013-01-30

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Abstract:

Bloom syndrome(BS) which is caused by mutation of BLM is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by genomicinstability and the high rate of many types of cancer. Disease-causing missense mutations have been identified at 1 036 cysteines localized in theRecQ-Ct domain. In this work, with bioinformatics and molecular biology technology, blm gene which 985 and 1 036 amino acids were mutated was obtained by two cycles of recombinant PCR, and cloned into expression vector pET-28a, and transformed into the strain E. coli BL21(DE3).It was purified that double mutation BLM helicase is the high purity(>95%), and identified by Western blotting. They could be pivotal forunderstanding the pathogenic mechanisms of BS.

Key words: BLM helicase , Recombinant PCR , Multisite mutation , Gene cloning and expressing