Molecular Cloning and Expression of the Chitinase Gene from Helicoverpa armigera single-nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus in E.coli
Abstract: The PCR product of the HaSNPV chitinase gene,which was without the N—terminal signal peptide and the C-terminal endoplasmic reticulum location signal,was cloned into a prokaryotic expres— sion vector pProEXHTb.After the induction of IPTG,the chitinase gene was successfully expressed in Eschechia coli DH5a.The expression product shown a molecular weight of 60 kDa,and it covered about 40% of the total protein in E .coli.W estern blot analysis using an antibody derived from AcM — NPV ehitinase confirm ed the expression product was a homologue of baculoviral chitinase.