PMID- 23997340 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20130902 LR - 20211021 IS - 0046-8991 (Print) IS - 0973-7715 (Electronic) IS - 0046-8991 (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Sep TI - Characterization of DLP12 Prophage Membrane Associated Protein: HolinGFP. PG - 464-71 LID - 10.1007/s12088-012-0278-7 [doi] AB - Lysis cassette genes from phages determine the final lytic event of the host cells. The lysis cassette genes are conserved in phages and prophages. The membrane associated holin from DLP12 prophage, available as a GFP fusion construct, was shown to be overexpressed, using confocal microscopy analysis, in bacterial cells. The protein expression caused cell death in E. coli AG1 strain suggesting the protein was functional. The His-tag HolinGFP protein was purified using cobalt affinity column and was eluted in the presence of different non-ionic detergents DDM (n-dodecyl-ss-d-maltoside), LDAO (Lauryldimethylamine-oxide), OG (n-octyl beta-d-glucopyranoside) and C12E9 (dodecyl nonaoxyethylene ether). HolinGFP existed predominantly as a dimer in LDAO in Superdex S200 gel filtration chromatography. Circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy of the fluorescent HolinGFP in all four detergents (C12E9, DDM, LDAO, and OG) confirmed the folded state. Both dithiobis succinimidyl propionate and gluteraldehyde crosslinking revealed the existence of higher order oligomers and dimers. HolinGFP has been functionally and biophysically characterised and is being explored for crystallographic structure determination. FAU - Srividhya, K V AU - Srividhya KV AD - Department of Genetic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625021 Tamilnadu India. FAU - Krishnaswamy, S AU - Krishnaswamy S LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120628 PL - India TA - Indian J Microbiol JT - Indian journal of microbiology JID - 0374703 PMC - PMC3460124 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Crosslinking OT - DLP12 OT - HolinGFP OT - Oligomerisation OT - Prophage EDAT- 2013/09/03 06:00 MHDA- 2013/09/03 06:01 PMCR- 2013/09/01 CRDT- 2013/09/03 06:00 PHST- 2011/04/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/06/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/09/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/09/03 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 278 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12088-012-0278-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Indian J Microbiol. 2012 Sep;52(3):464-71. doi: 10.1007/s12088-012-0278-7. Epub 2012 Jun 28.