LOCUS       Exported                3436 bp ds-DNA    circular SYN 05-12-2013
DEFINITION  Bacterial vector for expressing untagged proteins. For other reading
            frames, use pQE-50 or pQE-51.
ACCESSION   .
VERSION     .
KEYWORDS    pQE-52
SOURCE      synthetic DNA construct
  ORGANISM  synthetic DNA construct
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 3436)
  AUTHORS   Qiagen
  TITLE     Direct Submission
COMMENT     Discontinued pQE vector.
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..3436
                     /organism="synthetic DNA construct"
                     /lab_host="Escherichia coli"
                     /mol_type="other DNA"
     promoter        10..54
                     /note="T5 promoter"
                     /note="bacteriophage T5 promoter for E. coli RNA 
                     polymerase, with embedded lac operator"
     protein_bind    30..46
                     /bound_moiety="lac repressor encoded by lacI"
                     /note="lac operator"
                     /note="The lac repressor binds to the lac operator to 
                     inhibit transcription in E. coli. This inhibition can be 
                     relieved by adding lactose or 
                     isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)."
     protein_bind    62..78
                     /bound_moiety="lac repressor encoded by lacI"
                     /note="lac operator"
                     /note="The lac repressor binds to the lac operator to 
                     inhibit transcription in E. coli. This inhibition can be 
                     relieved by adding lactose or 
                     isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG)."
     RBS             101..106
                     /note="ribosome binding site"
     CDS             115..117
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="start codon"
                     /note="ATG"
                     /translation="M"
     misc_feature    119..166
                     /note="MCS"
                     /note="multiple cloning site"
     misc_feature    166..176
                     /note="stop codons"
                     /note="stop codons in all three reading frames"
     terminator      182..276
                     /gene="
                     "
                     /note="lambda t0 terminator"
                     /note="transcription terminator from phage lambda"
     CDS             320..979
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="cat"
                     /product="chloramphenicol acetyltransferase"
                     /note="CmR"
                     /note="confers resistance to chloramphenicol"
                     /translation="MEKKITGYTTVDISQWHRKEHFEAFQSVAQCTYNQTVQLDITAFL
                     KTVKKNKHKFYPAFIHILARLMNAHPEFRMAMKDGELVIWDSVHPCYTVFHEQTETFSS
                     LWSEYHDDFRQFLHIYSQDVACYGENLAYFPKGFIENMFFVSANPWVSFTSFDLNVANM
                     DNFFAPVFTMGKYYTQGDKVLMPLAIQVHHAVCDGFHVGRMLNELQQYCDEWQGGA"
     terminator      1044..1130
                     /gene="Escherichia coli rrnB"
                     /note="rrnB T1 terminator"
                     /note="transcription terminator T1 from the E. coli rrnB 
                     gene"
     rep_origin      complement(1612..2200)
                     /direction=LEFT
                     /note="ori"
                     /note="high-copy-number ColE1/pMB1/pBR322/pUC origin of 
                     replication"
     CDS             complement(2371..3231)
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="bla"
                     /product="beta-lactamase"
                     /note="AmpR"
                     /note="confers resistance to ampicillin, carbenicillin, and
                     related antibiotics"
                     /translation="MSIQHFRVALIPFFAAFCLPVFAHPETLVKVKDAEDQLGARVGYI
                     ELDLNSGKILESFRPEERFPMMSTFKVLLCGAVLSRIDAGQEQLGRRIHYSQNDLVEYS
                     PVTEKHLTDGMTVRELCSAAITMSDNTAANLLLTTIGGPKELTAFLHNMGDHVTRLDRW
                     EPELNEAIPNDERDTTMPVAMATTLRKLLTGELLTLASRQQLIDWMEADKVAGPLLRSA
                     LPAGWFIADKSGAGERGSRGIIAALGPDGKPSRIVVIYTTGSQAAMDERNRQIAEIGAS
                     LIKHW"
     promoter        complement(3232..3336)
                     /gene="bla"
                     /note="AmpR promoter"