A hemoglobin expression system in Escherichia coli is described. In order
to produce authentic human hemoglobin, we need to co-express both
methionine aminopeptidase and globin genes under the control of a strong
promoter. We have constructed three plasmids, pHE2, pHE4 and pHE7, for the
expression of human normal adult hemoglobin and a plasmid, pHE9, for the
expression of human fetal hemoglobin, in high yields. The globin genes can
be derived from either synthetic genes or human globin cDNAs. The extra
amino-terminal methionine residues of the expressed globins can be removed
by the co-expressed methionine aminopeptidase. The heme is inserted
correctly into the expressed alpha- globin from our expression plasmids. A
fraction (approximately 25%) of the heme is not inserted correctly into the
expressed beta- or gamma- globin. However, the incorrectly inserted hemes
can be converted into the correct conformation by carrying out a simple
oxidation-reduction process on the purified hemoglobin molecule. We have
investigated the functional properties of the expressed hemoglobins by
measuring their oxygen-binding properties and their structural features by
obtaining their 1H-NMR spectra. Our results show that authentic human
normal adult and fetal hemoglobins can be produced from our expression
plasmids in E. coli and in high yields. Our expression system allows us to
design and to produce any recombinant hemoglobins needed for our research
on the structure-function relationship in hemoglobin.
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