The invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising a promoter, which is a native sequence of Pichia pastoris comprising the nucleic acid sequence of pCS1 of SEQ ID 1, or a functionally active variant thereof which is a size variant, a mutant or hybrid of SEQ ID 1, or a combination thereof, expression constructs and recombinant host cells comprising the promoter, and a method of producing a protein of interest under the control of the promoter. It further relates to a method to identify a constitutive promoter from eukaryotic cells, and an isolated nucleic acid sequence comprising a promoter which when operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein of interest directs the expression thereof in a host cell at an expression level that is higher than under control of the native pGAP promoter at high and low growth rates.
本发明涉及一种包含启动子的分离核酸序列,该启动子是由
SEQ ID 1的pCS1核酸序列组成的Pichia pastoris的原生序列,或其功能活性变体,即
SEQ ID 1的大小变体、突变体或杂交体,或其组合,还涉及包含该启动子的表达构建体和
重组宿主细胞,以及在该启动子控制下生产感兴趣的蛋白质的方法。本发明还涉及一种从真核细胞中鉴定组成型启动子的方法,以及一种包含启动子的分离核酸序列,当该启动子与编码感兴趣的蛋白质的核苷酸序列操作性连接时,可指导其在宿主细胞中的表达,其表达
水平在高生长率和低生长率下均高于在原生 pGAP 启动子控制下的表达
水平。