乳酸菌食品级nisin控制的基因表达系统NICE

乳酸菌安全应用于人们的生产和生活已有上千年的历史，是一种食品级的微生物。在过去二十年里，其生理及遗传学特性已被彻底研究。由于其遗传可行且操作简单，乳酸菌除了其传统应用外已被广泛用于表达异源基因，在食品、农业及医药工程领域具有重要的应用前景。人们已开发了一系列乳酸菌食品级基因表达系统。本文主要介绍了乳酸菌，重点是其模式菌Lactococcus lactis最常见的食品级诱导表达系统--nisin控制的基因表达系统NIC E及其食品级诱导物nisin、食品级的宿主及表达载体系统，以及NICE系统在表达异源基因方面的应用。

Food-Grade Nisin Controlled Gene Expression System--NICE of Lactic Acid Bacteria

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are traditional dairy strains which have a long history of safe use. They are a kind of food-grade microorganisms that can be used in industry to produce lots of food and drink, such as yoghourt. In the last two decades the physiology and genetics of these bacteria have been thoroughly studied. Because of their genetic accessibility and easy to handle, LAB, in addition to their traditional applications, have been extensively developed and used for the expression of heterologous genes. So they have an important foreground in agricultural, medical and many other fields. People have developed a series of food-grade gene expression systems of LAB. LAB, especially their model strain Lactococcus lactis and their most useful food-grade induced expression system--nisin controlled gene expression system NICE and its food-grade inducer nisin, food-grade host, expressing vectors and applications in expressing heterologous proteins of NICE will be introduced.