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 (GCGTGGATCCCCAGGAATTCCCAATCATTTCCATGTCTTTGTTGGTG) and TIA-1 RRM2,3-rev (CAGTCACGATGCGGCCGCTTATTTGCCCCAATAGCATTTCACAAC). 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: CCAATgctTTCCATGTCTTTGTTGGTGATCTCAGCCCAG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H94A-Rev: ATGGAAagcATTGGGAATTCCTGGGGATCCACG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H96A-For: TTTCgctGTCTTTGTTGGTGATCTCAGCCCAG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H96A-Rev: AAAGACagcGAAATGATTGGGAATTCCTGGGGATCCACG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H94A H96A-For: CCAATgctTTCgcTGTCTTTGTTGGTGATCTCAGCCCAG
TIA-1 RRM2,3-H94A H96A-Rev: AAAGACagcGAAagcATTGGGAATTCCTGGGGATCCACGCGG