Ro2-ORF

This is the RASSL Ro2, derived from the hKOR-FLAG/HA. All the sequence is identical to hKOR-FLAG/HA except for the mutations in extracellular loops 2 and 3 (making it a RASSL) and the removal of the C-terminal HA tag.

Just like hKOR-FLAG/HA: the 5'' and 3'' non-coding sequences have been removed, an N-terminal NLS from prolactin added, and the N-terminal FLAGepitope tag added. The NLS is reported to increase surface expression of receptors and is cleaved off leaving the free FLAG epitope that is recognizedby the M1 antibody (available from Kodak-IBI). The NLS construct was a gift from Shaun Coughlin (Ishii, K, et. al., JBC, 1993, 268, 9780-9786). All portions of this construct that underwent PCR have been sequenced and are identical to the original human cDNA clone kindly provide by Dr.Lee-YuanLiu-Chen (Zhu et. al., Life Sciences, 1995, Vol. 56, No 9, pg. 201-207).

The 5'' unique cloning sites are Kpn I and Xho I.

The 3'' unique cloning site is Xba I, which is blocked by Dam methylation (because of a poor choice of the preceding sequence in the stop codon).Therefore you will have to grow the plasmid in Dam(-) cells if you want to use this site.

For the full map of how that is placed into pcDNA3 see: hKOR-FLAG/HA-pcDNA3

The mutations in Ro2 that render it relatively impervious (2000 x decrease) to activation by endogenous opioids are noted in Coward et al PNAS, 1998,95 pg. 352-357. All the sequence which is not hKOR derived is noted in lowercase. The Conklin Lab reference number for this plasmid is pC157.

Sequence of Ro2-ORF:

atggacagcaaaggttcgtcgcagaaagggtcccgcctgctcctgctgctggtggtgtca
aatctactcttgtgccagggtgtggtctccgattacaaagatgatgatgatgtcGACTCC
CCGATCCAGATCTTCCGCGGGGAGCCGGGCCCTACCTGCGCCCCGAGCGCCTGCCTGCCC
CCCAACAGCAGCGCCTGGTTTCCCGGCTGGGCCGAGCCCGACAGCAACGGCAGCGCCGGC
TCGGAGGACGCGCAGCTGGAGCCCGCGCACATCTCCCCGGCCATCCCGGTCATCATCACG
GCGGTCTACTCCGTAGTGTTCGTCGTGGGCTTGGTGGGCAACTCGCTGGTCATGTTCGTG
ATCATCCGATACACAAAGATGAAGACAGCAACCAACATTTACATATTTAACCTGGCTTTG
GCAGATGCTTTAGTTACTACAACCATGCCCTTTCAGAGTACGGTCTACTTGATgaattct
tggccttttggagatgttctgtgcaagattgtcatttccattgactactacaacatgttt
accagcatattcaccttgaccatgatgagtgtggaccgttacattgccgtgtgccaccct
gtgaaagctttggatttccgaacacctttgaaagcaaagatcatcaacatctgcatttgg
ctactggcatcatctgttggtatatcagcgatagtccttggggtgacccaaccccgggat
ggagcagtggtatgcacgctccagttccccagccccagctggtactgggacactgtgacc
aagatctGCGTCTTCATCTTTGCCTTCGTGATCCCTGTCCTCATCATCATCGTCTGCTAC
ACCCTGATGATCCTGCGTCTCAAGAGCGTCCGGCTCCTTTCTGGCTCCCGAGAGAAAGAT
CGCAACCTGCGTAGGATCACCAGACTGGTCCTGGTGGTGGTGGCAGTCTTCGTCGTCTGC
TGGACTCCCATTCACATATTCATCCTaGTtcAGGCTCTGGGGAGCACCTCCCACAGCACA
GCTGCTCTCTCCAGCTATTACTTCTGCATCGCCTTAGGCTATACCAACAGTAGCCTGAAT
CCCATTCTCTACGCCTTTCTTGATGAAAACTTCAAGCGGTGTTTCCGGGACTTCTGCTTT
CCACTGAAGATGAGGATGGAGCGGCAGAGCACTAGCAGAGTCCGAAATACAGTTCAGGAT
CCTGCTTACCTGAGGGACATCGATGGGATGAATAAACCAGTATGAtctaga

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