The M. tuberculosis raaS gene was cloned into the NdeI and NheI sites of the pET15-Tev plasmid to generate a hexahistidine-tagged recombinant protein (4 (link)). Protein expression in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) was induced by isopropyl β-d-thiogalactopyranoside at a final concentration of 0.2 mm. Recombinant RaaS was purified using a HiTrap 1-ml IMAC HP column (Amersham Biosciences). Site-directed mutants of RaaS were generated using a GeneArt mutagenesis kit (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
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