Expression, purification and ligand binding properties of the recombinant translation initiation factor (PeIF5B) from Pisum sativum

Author: Rasheedi Sheeba   Suragani Madhuri   Haq Soghra     Bhardwaj Rajesh   Hasnain Seyed   Ehtesham Nasreen  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0300-8177

Source: Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Vol.344, Iss.1-2, 2010-11, pp. : 33-41

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Abstract

Gene encoding a novel translation initiation factor PeIF5B from Pisum sativum with sequence similarity to eIF5B from H. sapiens, D. melanogaster, S. cerevisiae as well as archaeal aIF5B from M. thermoautotrophicum was earlier reported by us. We now describe the expression and purification of 96 kDa recombinant PeIF5B (rPeIF5B) protein. Using fluorescence and circular dichroism spectra analyses, we show that Mg2+ binding does not lead to any change in PeIF5B aromatic amino acid micro-environment, whereas GTP binding induces significant changes in the local environment of the aromatic amino acids. However, the protein undergoes changes in secondary structure upon metal ion and nucleotide binding. Charged initiator tRNA binding to PeIF5B is found to be cofactor dependent. PeIF5B binds to GTP in vitro as evident from autoradiography. Based on homology modeling of the catalytic domain of PeIF5B, we could confirm the conformational changes in PeIF5B following ligand binding.

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