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In order to increase the synthesis of bovine growth hormone (bGH) using T7 promoter system in E. coli, the artificial AT-rich block was introduced into the upstream region of a consensus Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence and the spacer region (between SD and ATG codon) was enriched with A and T nucleotides. The cells harboring pTAJ plasmids with AT-rich block produced bGH in the range of 3% to 25% and the cells harboring pTBJ plasmids with AT-rich sequence in the spacer region from 0.8% to 20% of total cell proteins. This result suggests that AT rich block and AT nucleotides in the spacer region destabilize mRNA secondary structure, depending on the downstream coding information of bGH gene and also, implying that the disruption of mRNA secondary structure might be a major factor for regulating bGH expression in the translational initiation process.
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Received: 9 November 1998
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Choi, J., Park, H., Yun, J. et al. The artificial AT-rich block enhanced the production of bovine growth hormone in Escherichia coli . Bioprocess Engineering 21, 293–298 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00009074
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00009074