ISSN:
1574-6968
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
A 205–210 bases long, small RNA (MP200RNA) of Mycoplasma pneumoniae encodes an open reading frame (ORF pmp200) that has the potential to be translated into a 29 amino acids long peptide with nine cysteines. The expression of this peptide in M. pneumoniae was proven indirectly by constructing a gene fusion between the ORF pmp200 and mrfp1, the gene encoding the monomeric red fluorescent protein. The fusion construct was translated in M. pneumoniae. The corresponding fusion protein, with a molecular mass of approximately 35,000 Da, was isolated and the correct sequence was proven by Edman degradation and by mass spectrometry
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.femsle.2005.09.054