Expression of Grass carp reovirus RNA Polymerase Gene and Purification of its Product
Abstract: Abstract:Grass carp reovirus(GCRV)is a disaster agent to aquatic animals,which belongs to genus Aquareovirus.family Reoviridae.Sequences an alysis revealed GCRV S2 was 3877 nucleotides long encoding a 1 38kDa protein VP2,which is deduced as virus RNA polymerase.To understan d the properties of its RN A polym erase,here we constructed 2 expression recombinan ts as pR/RRpN an d pR/RRpC,that covered the gene sequences of N terminal an d C terminal region of RN A polymerase. The 2 recombinan ts were demonstrated in frame expression by SDS—PAGE,an d their molecular weight are about 98kDa an d 103kDa,which were interest fusion proteins.It showed the fusion proteins were able to bind to rabbit serum an ti GCRV—VP2 by using W estern Blot an alysis.In addition,6XHis—tagged GCRV RN A polymerase products were purified by afinity chromatography an d got around 90% purification of the interest proteins.Th is data provided the evidence for further GCRV RN A polymerase characterization.