Construction of a New Fusion Protein Vector Associated to Fibronectin Binding Protein A and Clumping Factor A derived from Staphylococcus aureus NCTC8325

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Title: Construction of a New Fusion Protein Vector Associated to Fibronectin Binding Protein A and Clumping Factor A derived from Staphylococcus aureus NCTC8325
Authors: Jamshid Faghri, Kamran Pooshang Bagheri, Delavar Shahbaz Zadeh, Rahmatolah Yazdani, Hamid Mirmohammad Sadeghi, Sharareh Moghim
Source: Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 41 (2009)
Publisher Information: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2009.
Publication Year: 2009
Collection: LCC:Medicine
Subject Terms: Cell adhesion molecules, Fusion protein vaccine, Staphylococcus aureus, Medicine
More Details: Objective(s) Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of many nosocomial and community acquired infections. According to many reports, antibiotic therapy can not guarantee the eradication of S. aureus infections. Thus designing an adhesin based vaccine could restrain the S. aureus infections. This study designed for construction of a new fusion protein vaccine against S. aureus infections based on adhesin molecules fibronectin binding protein A (FnBPA) and clumping factor A (ClfA). Materials and Methods Bioinformatic experiments were performed using Oligo analyzer and DNAMAN softwares. The fragments corresponding to fnbA binding domain and a C-terminal fragment from clfA were amplified from S. aureus NCTC8325 genomic DNA. Purified PCR products and the vector, pET15b, were digested with NcoI and BamHI. The digested PCR products were hybridized together and then ligated to digested vector. Finally incomplete construct was assembled by Taq DNA polymerase. To quick confirmation of cloning procedure the new construct designated pfnbA-clfA was digested with NcoI and BamHI. To further verification, the product was sent for sequencing. Results The data based on bioinformatic analysis showed no homology between fusion protein and human proteins. Digestion of new vector with NcoI and BamHI confirmed the ligation of fusion protein sequence into pET15b. Sequencing results verified the integrity of target sequences. Conclusion This study is the first effort to construct a new fusion protein vector based on S. aureus adhesins using a new design. This project is being continued to study the expression and biological activity of the fusion protein in a cell culture model.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2008-3866
2008-3874
Relation: http://www.mums.ac.ir/shares/basic_medical/basicmedjou/88/spring/Faghri.pdf; https://doaj.org/toc/2008-3866; https://doaj.org/toc/2008-3874
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/9f43a948d0dc4edfa4c0efd09854b4aa
Accession Number: edsdoj.9f43a948d0dc4edfa4c0efd09854b4aa
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ISSN:20083866
20083874
Published in:Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Language:English