申请人:UNILEVER N.V.
公开号:EP0129268A2
公开(公告)日:1984-12-27
The invention relates to an improved expression system for newly introduced genes in yeast and comprises a yeast regulon, and preferably a transcription terminator, derived from one of the GAPDH genes of S. cerevisiae. The about 850 nucleotides long GAPDH regulon described proved to be almost ten times as effective as smaller regulons described previously. Said regulon and/orterminator can be introduced into yeasts either as part of plasmid molecules or by incorporating into the yeast genome.
Vectors containing the expression system preferably comprise an autonomously replicating sequence derived from K. lactis (KARS) or an origin of replication originating from the S. cerevisiae 2 micron yeast plasmid.
After transformation of yeasts, in particular of the genera Kluyveromyces and Saccharomyces, with said vectors, the yeasts transformed can produce foreign proteins more effectively.
In the case ofthaumatin the presence of signal polypeptide (the pre-part) appears to be essential for expression in yeast. DNA sequence encoding other signal polypeptides are also described. The use of codons preferred by yeast in both structural genes, preferably those encoding thaumatin- like proteins and chymosin-like proteins, and DNA sequences encoding signal polypeptides is also described.
本发明涉及一种用于酵母中新引入基因的改良表达系统,它包括一个酵母调控子,最好是一个转录终止子,该调控子来自 S. cerevisiae 的 GAPDH 基因之一。事实证明,所述的约 850 个核苷酸长的 GAPDH 调节子的有效性几乎是以前所述的较小调节子的十倍。所述调控子和/或终止子可作为质粒分子的一部分或通过加入酵母基因组导入酵母。
含有表达系统的载体最好是由源自 K. lactis(KARS)的自主复制序列或源自 S. cerevisiae 2 微米酵母质粒的复制源组成。
用上述载体转化酵母菌,特别是克鲁酵母属和酵母属的酵母菌后,被转化的酵母菌能更有效地产生外来蛋白质。
就茶黄素而言,信号多肽(前部分)的存在似乎是在酵母中表达所必需的。此外,还介绍了编码其他信号多肽的 DNA 序列。此外,还介绍了酵母在结构基因(最好是那些编码类thaumatin 蛋白和类糜蛋白酶蛋白的基因)和编码信号多肽的 DNA 序列中优先使用的密码子。