ISSN:
1573-9368
Keywords:
Nicotiana tabacum
;
transformed root cultures
;
metabolic engineering
;
lysine decarboxylase
;
protein targeting
;
Rubisco transit peptide
;
anabasine
;
cadaverine
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The gene of a bacterial lysine decarboxylase (ldc) fused to arbcS transit peptide coding sequence (tp), and under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter, was expressed in hairy root cultures ofNicotiana tabacum. The fusion of theldc to the targeting signal sequence improved the performance of the bacterial gene in the plant cells in many respects. Nearly all transgenic hairy root cultures harbouring the35S-tp-ldc gene contained distinctly higher lysine decarboxylase activity (from 1.5 to 30 pkat LDC per mg protein) than those which had been transformed with constructs in which the gene had been directly cloned behind the CaMV 35S promoter. The higher enzyme activity led to the accumulation of up to 0.7% cadaverine on a dry mass basis. In addition, part of the cadaverine pool was used for increased biosynthesis of anabasine, an alkaloid which was hardly detectable in control cultures. The best line contained anabasine levels of 0.5% dry mass, which could further be enhanced by feeding of lysine.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01969709
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