To construct the plasmid for expression of TIA-1 RRM2,3 (93-274), pGEX-4T-2 (GE Healthcare) was modified to bear a 6xHis tag and a thrombin cleavage site. TIA-1 RRM2,3 was inserted directly after the thrombin site using oligonucleotides TIA-1 RRM2,3-For (GCG​TGG​ATC​CCC​AGG​AAT​TCC​CAA​TCA​TTT​CCA​TGT​CTT​TGT​TGG​TG) and TIA-1 RRM2,3-rev (CAG​TCA​CGA​TGC​GGC​CGC​TTA​TTT​GCC​CCA​ATA​GCA​TTT​CAC​AAC). To construct the plasmid TIA-1 RRM2,3 bearing mutations H94A, H96 A and H94A H96A, site-directed mutagenesis by inverse PCR (Liu and Naismith, 2008 (link)) was performed using the oligonucleotide pairs:
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H94A-For: CCA​ATg​ctT​TCC​ATG​TCT​TTG​TTG​GTG​ATC​TCA​GCC​CAG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H94A-Rev: ATG​GAA​agc​ATT​GGG​AAT​TCC​TGG​GGA​TCC​ACG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H96A-For: TTT​Cgc​tGT​CTT​TGT​TGG​TGA​TCT​CAG​CCC​AG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H96A-Rev: AAA​GAC​agc​GAA​ATG​ATT​GGG​AAT​TCC​TGG​GGA​TCC​ACG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H94A H96A-For: CCA​ATg​ctT​TCg​cTG​TCT​TTG​TTG​GTG​ATC​TCA​GCC​CAG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H94A H96A-Rev: AAA​GAC​agc​GAA​agc​ATT​GGG​AAT​TCC​TGG​GGA​TCC​ACG​CGG
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