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  • Title: Characteristics of protein splicing in trans mediated by a semisynthetic split intein.
    Author: Lew BM, Mills KV, Paulus H.
    Journal: Biopolymers; 1999; 51(5):355-62. PubMed ID: 10685046.
    Abstract:
    Protein splicing in trans results in the ligation of two protein or peptide segments linked to appropriate intein fragments. We have characterized the trans-splicing reaction mediated by a naturally expressed, approximately 100-residue N-terminal fragment of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis intein and a synthetic peptide containing the 38 C-terminal intein residues, and found that the splicing reaction was very versatile and robust. The efficiency of splicing was nearly independent of temperature between 4 and 37 degrees C and pH between 6.0 and 7.5, with only a slight decline at pH values as high as 8.5. In addition, there was considerable flexibility in the choice of the C-terminal intein fragment, no significant difference in protein ligation efficiency being observed between reactions utilizing the N-terminal fragment and either the naturally expressed 107-residue C-terminal portion of the intein, much smaller synthetic peptides, or the 107-residue C-terminal intein fragment modified by fusion of a maltose binding protein domain to its N-terminus. The ability to use different types of the C-terminal intein fragments and a broad range of reaction conditions make protein splicing in trans a versatile tool for protein ligation.
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