The synthetic gene for wild-type PaNhaP (PaNhaPWT) was cloned with a C-terminal cysteine protease domain fusion into the pET21a plasmid. The PaNhaP mutation Glu-73 to Ala (PaNhaPE73A) was introduced by site-directed mutagenesis (19 (link)). The resulting plasmids were used to transform E. coli C41-(DE3) cells and target proteins were purified as described (5 (link)). Purified proteins were reconstituted at a lipid to protein ratio (w/w) of 4 into liposomes prepared from E. coli polar lipids (Avanti Polar Lipids, Inc., Alabaster, AL) as described (5 (link)).
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