The suppression of the glutelin storage protein gene in transgenic rice seeds results in a higher yield of recombinant protein |
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Authors: | Young-Mi Kim Jong-Yeol Lee Theresa Lee Yeon-Hee Lee Se-Hee Kim Sang-Ho Kang Ung-Han Yoon Sun-Hwa Ha Sun-Hyung Lim |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Suwon, 441-707, Korea
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Abstract: | Glutelin is a major seed storage protein, accounting for 60?C80?% of the total endosperm protein content in rice. To test whether we could augment the expression of an introduced recombinant protein in rice by suppressing the glutelin gene, we generated transgenic glutelin RNAi (glu RNAi) rice seeds. RNA gel blot analyses confirmed that the endogenous glutelin gene was severely suppressed in these transgenic rice lines. RT-PCR analysis further revealed that all the members of glutelin multigene family were downregulated. Transgenic glu RNAi rice seeds expressing a recombinant red fluorescent protein (RFP) showed stronger fluorescence than seeds transformed with the RFP gene only. Western blot analysis further revealed that the relative accumulation of RFP in glu RNAi seeds was twofold higher than that in the RFP-only transgenic seeds. These results suggest that RNAi targeting of an endogenous storage protein could be of great utility in obtaining higher transgene expression in genetically engineered rice and other plant lines. |
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