Gene activation in plastids by the CRE site-specific recombinase |
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Authors: | Tarinee Tungsuchat Hiroshi Kuroda Jarunya Narangajavana Pal Maliga |
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Institution: | (1) Waksman Institute, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020, USA;(2) Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Prayathai, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand;(3) Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA;(4) Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University, Yamanohata, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8020, Japan |
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Abstract: | We developed a novel system for gene activation in plastids that uses the CRE/loxP site-specific recombination system to create a translatable reading frame by excision of a blocking sequence. To test the
system, we introduced an inactive gfp* gene into the tobacco plastid genome downstream of the selectable spectinomcyin resistance (aadA) marker gene. The aadA gene is the blocking sequence, and is flanked by directly oriented loxP sites for excision by the CRE. In the non-activated state, gfp* is transcribed from the aadA promoter, but the mRNA is not translated due to the lack of an AUG translation initiation codon. Green Fluorescent Protein
(GFP) expression is activated by excision of the aadA coding segment to link up the gfp* coding region with the translation initiation codon of aadA. Tobacco plants that carry the inactive gfp* gene do not contain detectable levels of GFP. However, activation of gfp* resulted in GFP accumulation, proving the utility of CRE-induced protein expression in tobacco chloroplasts. The gene activation
system described here will be useful to probe plastid gene function and for the production of recombinant proteins in chloroplasts. |
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Keywords: | CRE/loxP site-specific recombination Green fluorescent protein (GFP) Nicotiana tabacum Plastid gene activation Plastid transformation |
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