Objective The experiment was designed to study the expression of the gene in E.coli which including a cleavage site of FXa and was ligased into the expression vector pGEX KG.Method The 5′ end of antibacterial peptides gene X was modified by PCR and the cleavage site of factor Xa was used.The chemically synthesized gene was cloned into the expression vector pGEX KG,transferred into E.coli 5α ,and was highly expressed in E.coli BL21 by IPTG induction.Results and Conclusion This fusion gene was overexpressed in E.coli with an expression level of approximate 20% of total cellular proteins and was produced mainly in the soluble form.About 50% of fusion protein was cleaved after factor Xa digestion,only the factor Xa digested GST X exhibited strong antibacterial activities.
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