Transgenic Expression in Arabidopsis of a Polyprotein Construct Leading to Production of Two Different Antimicrobial Proteins | Zendy

Isabelle François | Zendy; Miguel F. C. De Bolle | Zendy; Geoff I. Dwyer | Zendy; Inge J.W.M. Goderis | Zendy; Piet F.J. Woutors | Zendy; Peter Verhaert | Zendy; Paul Proost | Zendy; W.M.M. Schaaper | Zendy; Bruno P.A. Cammue | Zendy; Willem F. Broekaert | Zendy

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Transgenic Expression in Arabidopsis of a Polyprotein Construct Leading to Production of Two Different Antimicrobial Proteins

Author(s) -

Isabelle François,

Miguel F. C. De Bolle,

Geoff I. Dwyer,

Inge J.W.M. Goderis,

Piet F.J. Woutors,

Peter Verhaert,

Paul Proost,

W.M.M. Schaaper,

Bruno P.A. Cammue,

Willem F. Broekaert

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

plant physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554

H-Index - 312

eISSN - 1532-2548

pISSN - 0032-0889

DOI - 10.1104/pp.010794

Subject(s) - arabidopsis , transgene , biology , raphanus , genetically modified crops , antimicrobial peptides , arabidopsis thaliana , fusion protein , peptide , recombinant dna , gene , biochemistry , botany , mutant

We developed a method for expression in Arabidopsis of a transgene encoding a cleavable chimeric polyprotein. The polyprotein precursor consists of a leader peptide and two different antimicrobial proteins (AMPs), DmAMP1 originating from Dahlia merckii seeds and RsAFP2 originating from Raphanus sativus seeds, which are linked by an intervening sequence ("linker peptide") originating from a natural polyprotein occurring in seed of Impatiens balsamina. The chimeric polyprotein was found to be cleaved in transgenic Arabidopsis plants and the individual AMPs were secreted into the extracellular space. Both AMPs were found to exert antifungal activity in vitro. It is surprising that the amount of AMPs produced in plants transformed with some of the polyprotein transgene constructs was significantly higher compared with the amount in plants transformed with a transgene encoding a single AMP, indicating that the polyprotein expression strategy may be a way to boost expression levels of small proteins.

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