Abstract
Previously, the C-terminal fragment of a split intein was known to undergo controllable C-cleavage at its C-terminus only when the N-terminal fragment of the intein was added. Here we constructed a similar split intein from the Ssp DnaX intein, but we unexpectedly observed that its C-terminal 136-aa fragment could undergo spontaneous C-cleavage without the N-terminal fragment that was up to 15 aa long and contained the conserved intein motif A. This C-cleavage activity was significantly decreased by a mutation of the conserved Thr residue in the conserved intein motif B. These findings suggest a robust intein structure in the absence of motif A and a larger role of motif B in the third step of the protein splicing mechanism.
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