LOCUS       Exported                4948 bp ds-DNA    circular SYN 09-1-2013
DEFINITION  Bacterial vector for expressing GST fusion proteins with a thrombin 
            site.
ACCESSION   U13850
VERSION     .
KEYWORDS    pGEX-2T
SOURCE      synthetic DNA construct
  ORGANISM  synthetic DNA construct
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 4948)
  AUTHORS   GE Healthcare
  TITLE     Direct Submission
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..4948
                     /organism="synthetic DNA construct"
                     /lab_host="Escherichia coli"
                     /mol_type="other DNA"
     misc_feature    183..211
                     /note="tac promoter"
                     /note="strong E. coli promoter; hybrid between the trp and 
                     lac UV5 promoters"
     protein_bind    219..235
                     /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)."
     CDS             258..911
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="
                     "
                     /product="glutathione S-transferase from Schistosoma 
                     japonicum"
                     /note="GST"
                     /translation="MSPILGYWKIKGLVQPTRLLLEYLEEKYEEHLYERDEGDKWRNKK
                     FELGLEFPNLPYYIDGDVKLTQSMAIIRYIADKHNMLGGCPKERAEISMLEGAVLDIRY
                     GVSRIAYSKDFETLKVDFLSKLPEMLKMFEDRLCHKTYLNGDHVTHPDFMLYDALDVVL
                     YMDPMCLDAFPKLVCFKKRIEAIPQIDKYLKSSKYIAWPLQGWQATFGGGDHPPK"
     CDS             918..935
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="thrombin recognition and cleavage site"
                     /note="thrombin site"
                     /translation="LVPRGS"
     misc_feature    930..945
                     /note="MCS"
                     /note="multiple cloning site"
     misc_feature    950..960
                     /note="stop codons"
                     /note="stop codons in all three reading frames"
     promoter        1251..1355
                     /gene="bla"
                     /note="AmpR promoter"
     CDS             1356..2216
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="bla"
                     /product="beta-lactamase"
                     /note="AmpR"
                     /note="confers resistance to ampicillin, carbenicillin, and
                     related antibiotics"
                     /translation="MSIQHFRVALIPFFAAFCLPVFAHPETLVKVKDAEDQLGARVGYI
                     ELDLNSGKILESFRPEERFPMMSTFKVLLCGAVLSRVDAGQEQLGRRIHYSQNDLVEYS
                     PVTEKHLTDGMTVRELCSAAITMSDNTAANLLLTTIGGPKELTAFLHNMGDHVTRLDRW
                     EPELNEAIPNDERDTTMPAAMATTLRKLLTGELLTLASRQQLIDWMEADKVAGPLLRSA
                     LPAGWFIADKSGAGERGSRGIIAALGPDGKPSRIVVIYTTGSQATMDERNRQIAEIGAS
                     LIKHW"
     rep_origin      2387..2975
                     /direction=RIGHT
                     /note="ori"
                     /note="high-copy-number ColE1/pMB1/pBR322/pUC origin of 
                     replication"
     promoter        3219..3296
                     /gene="lacI (mutant)"
                     /note="lacIq promoter"
                     /note="In the lacIq allele, a single base change in the 
                     promoter boosts expression of the lacI gene about 10-fold."
     CDS             3297..4379
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="lacI"
                     /product="lac repressor"
                     /note="lacI"
                     /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)."
                     /translation="MKPVTLYDVAEYAGVSYQTVSRVVNQASHVSAKTREKVEAAMAEL
                     NYIPNRVAQQLAGKQSLLIGVATSSLALHAPSQIVAAIKSRADQLGASVVVSMVERSGV
                     EACKAAVHNLLAQRVSGLIINYPLDDQDAIAVEAACTNVPALFLDVSDQTPINSIIFSH
                     EDGTRLGVEHLVALGHQQIALLAGPLSSVSARLRLAGWHKYLTRNQIQPIAEREGDWSA
                     MSGFQQTMQMLNEGIVPTAMLVANDQMALGAMRAITESGLRVGADISVVGYDDTEDSSC
                     YIPPLTTIKQDFRLLGQTSVDRLLQLSQGQAVKGNQLLPVSLVKRKTTLAPNTQTASPR
                     ALADSLMQLARQVSRLESGQ"