An objective of the present invention is to provide a transformant altered so as to produce a secondary metabolite in which a benzene ring of the secondary product is modified at the para-position with a functional group containing a nitrogen atom. A transformant according to the present invention is a transformant of an organism producing a secondary metabolite having a benzene ring skeleton without substitution at the para-position with a functional group containing a nitrogen atom, said transformant being transformed by introducing a gene involved in a biosynthetic pathway from chorismic acid to p-aminophenylpyruvic acid so as to produce a secondary metabolite having a benzene ring skeleton substituted at the para-position with a functional group containing a nitrogen atom. Another objective of the present invention is to provide a novel gene involved in the biosynthetic pathway from chorismic acid to p-aminophenylpyruvic acid. A novel gene according to the present invention comprises genes encoding the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 2, 4 and 6 or modified sequences thereof.
本发明的一个目的是提供一种转化体,这种转化体经过改变后可产生次级代谢产物,其中 次级产物的苯环在对位上被含有氮原子的官能团修饰。根据本发明,一种转化体是产生具有苯环骨架的次级代谢产物的
生物体的转化体,该次级代谢产物的苯环骨架在对位上未被含有氮原子的官能团取代,所述转化体通过引入参与从络
石酸到对
氨基
苯丙酮酸的
生物合成途径的
基因进行转化,从而产生具有苯环骨架的次级代谢产物,该次级代谢产物的苯环骨架在对位上被含有氮原子的官能团取代。本发明的另一个目的是提供一种参与从壳斗菜酸到对
氨基
苯基丙酮酸的
生物合成途径的新型
基因。根据本发明的新型
基因包括编码
SEQ ID NOs: 2、4 和 6 的
氨基酸序列或其修饰序列的
基因。